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VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 93 Williamtton. Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 21, 1941. ESTABLISHED 1899
Superior Court In
Recess Here After
Long Trial of Case
Tribunal Will Resume Work
Next Monday Following
Spending long hours on the trial
of the case of Mrs. Susie Bunting
against P. L. Salsbury, the Martin
County Superior Court cleared very
few cases from its docket here Wed
nesday. The long, drawn-out trial,
starting at 10:30 Wednesday morn
ing and lasting until dark that eve
calendar and it is not known now
' just what cases will be heard next
Monday. Two more cases were to
have been heard Wednesday after
noon, but they were carried over.
One of them was the Roebuck ali
mony case which, it is understood,
will be strongly contested.
The court, created by a special act
of the State Legislature for the trial
of civil cases only, has attracted very
little attention, and at times there
were more witnesses waiting outside
to be heard than there were specta
tors and lawyers inside the court
room.
Taking the Bunting-Salsbury case
at 4:50, the jury reached an agree
ment within ten minutes and return
ed a verdiet favoring the plaintiff.
The case involved aged accounts,
liens, and insurance premiums, and
had a cash value of about $700.
Other proceedings in the court:
In the case of Shapleigh Hard
ware Company against C. C Rawls,
Sr., the plaintiff was granted a
judgment in the sum of $702 97 with
interest.
A voluntary non-suit was taken
by the plaintiff in the case of J. T.
Daniel against Cortez. Green, color
ed. The case was one of several in
volving the litigants.
The jury concurred in the settle
ment made as a result of an accident
on the Everetts road last September
21st when Sherwood Carraway,
small child, was struck by a car
driven by J. W. Zimmerman. The
plaintiff, going into court by his
next friend, Whit Moore, was award
ed $575. The court recognized the
settlement as fair and reasonable.
No judgment has been entered in
the records, but there was some talk
of a possible settlement in the Roe
buck alimony suit.
a
Granted $6,000 In
Death Of Husband
Mrs. Harvey Perry whose hus
band was accidentally killed the
latter part of August while work
ing in the plant of the North Caro
lina Pulp Company, was awarded
$6,000 at a hearing of the State In
dustrial Commission in Plymouth on
Wednesday, according to information
reaching here that afternoon. The
amount was the maximum allowed
by lawAit is understood. The widow,
who lives in Williams Township, will
share the amount with seven small
children.
Perry was in the act of closing a
loft window in the plant when he
was shocked or slipped and fell to
his death forty feet below. The de
fense was said to have claimed that
the man died of a heart attack, and
settlement of the claim was delayed
two weeks.
Agree To Relieve
Parking Situation
By a signed agreement, local
merchants and other business oper
ators will do everything possible to
relieve the parking congestion in the
business districts between now and
January 1, R. H. Smith, Chamber of
Comerce secretary, announced to
day.
Every business house except one
and there were no cars there, will
support the movement calling for
limited parking by local merchants
and employees
The petition read in part, "Wil
liamston merchants, recognizing the
value of reserving every possible
parking space for visitors, do here
by agree to leave their cars at home
or park them in the backlots or on
little used streets, and ask all em
ployees to do the same during the
period beginning now and ending
January 1, 1942."
Charge Woman With
Drunken Driving
Katherine Theresa Halpin, of 47th
and Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach,
was detained here early Wednesday
afternoon for alleged hit-and-run
and drunken driving. She was arrest
ed by Patrolman Whit Saunders and
later released under bond in the
amount of $100.
Driving south on U. S. Highway 17
the woman ran an autoist off the road
down the river hill. Weaving her
way up Main Street she crashed in
to a laundry truck parked on West
Main Street. She continued without
stopping and was arrested near the
Farm ville-Wood ward Lumber Com
pany plant on the Washington Road.
FRAGMENTS OF DEATH AUTO
Mrs Fred Satterfield, of Fairmont. West Virginia, was instantly
killed, and Darius Edwin Mitchell, of Princeton, was fatally injured
when a sport model car. the fragments of which are pictured above,
crashed into the east end of the Roanoke River bridge near here last
Saturday night.
County Whiskey Sales
Approach New Record
CONTINUED I
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The drive for library funds
-started last week will be con
tinued for a few more days, it
was announced today. The ex
tension was ordered to rive thr
canvassers time to complete
their work.
So far less than $100 had been
contributed, the library board
statin* at the beginning of thr
drive that they believed approx
imately $500 could be raised.
The drive in some quarters has
not been very heartening while
in others a generous support has
been willingly offered. It has
been pointed out that the public
library is receiving far less than
the amount spent for question
able reading matter at news
stands.
Advisory Council Is
Named By Governor
Governor Broughton has just com
pleted the appointment of 322 mem
bers of Local Advisory Councils of
the Unemployment Compensation
Commission, made up of seven mem
bers, two each representing employ
ers. and employees and three repre
sentor the general public, for each
of the 46 local permanent employ
ment office areas.
Members of the local advisory
council, named by Governor Brough
ton to serve in the area covered by
the Williamston Employment Office,
arc as follows: Representing labor:
Lawrence Lindsley, Jr., of William
ston, and J. C. Swain, Plymouth.
Representing employers: Herman
Bowen and R. W Bondurant, Wil
liamston. Representing general pub
lic: Francis Manning, Hugh Horton,
Mrs. Elbert Peel, Williamston.
- These local advisory councils will
serve for two and three year per
iods and will meet to consider prob
lems that arise in both the State Em
ployment Service and Unemploy
ment Compensation divisions. The
local office manager will serve as
secretary.
? These councils will advise on local
conditions and serve as units of the
state-wide and nation-wide employ
ment security programs. They will
cooperate in making effective such
measures as may be necessary under
special conditions, such as these re
lated to supplying and training
workers in defense activities.
They will also promote coopera
tion among all groups and local
agencies concerned with employ
ment security; discuss problems re
lating to employment security, par
ticularly as applied to local condi
tions; promote plans and methods of
providing employment, reducing un
employment and stimulating the lo
cal application of such plans.
LITTLE PROGRESS )
The annual Red Crom mem
bership roll call Is meeting with
little progress In the Martin
County Chapter, according to in
complete reports heard here to
day. Assigned a quote of 1,1*0
members by the national organ
isation in the hope that every
possible dollar could be raised
to relieve the starving, the local
chapter this morning reported
hardly more than 5* members
enrolled.
The question is being asked,
"Will Martin County citisens
stage a charity strike while mil
lions of humans face starva
tion?" Don't wait for a solicitor,
send in your membership fee of
$1 or $5 or more to Red Cross
Roll Call Chairman, Williams
ton, or leave it with a member
of the Junior Woman's Clnb, the
organisation sponsoring the roll
call along with others.
Total Of $788,968.85
Is S|M'iit For Liquor
Since Stores Opened
lain! Quarter Sale* Are the
Urgent for Any Corre
sponding Period
Supported by higher farm prices
and improved business conditions
generally, legal liquor sales in Mar
tin County for the third quarter set
an all-time record, the official audit
just recently released showing that
$40,601.90 worth of spirits had been
sold during the period. The previous
high record sale for the third quar
ter was reported in 1938 when the
sales amounted to $32,502.15. Com
pared with those of a year ago, the
last quarter sales were larger by
$13,040.08
With the marked gain last quarter,
liquor sales of the legal kind in the
county have passed the three-quar
ter million dollar mark and are
now staiulmg at $788,968.75, Profits
set down in the books stands at
$189,091.75. Only in five other quar
ters have the sales been as large as
those reported for July, August and
September of this year
The gain in sales was general in
the county, each store reporting
' large increases. Williamston led the
pTsi with a gain of more than $6,000
j in its sales. A comparison of sales
follows, by siores, for the third quar
ter, 1940 and 1941:
1940 1941
Williamston $14,287.62 $20.320 00
RobersonviJle 8,585.55 12,354.85
OakCitv 2,127.10 4.194.60
Jamesville 2.561.55 3,732.45
$27,561.82 $40,601.90
it is fairly apparent from the fig
ures that the amount of money in
circulation has more to do in con
trolling liquor sales than cither le
gal stores or prohibition."
On the profit side, the county made
a new record for the third quarter,
but when reserves, sales taxes and
divisions were deducted, the $10,
584.52 net income was whittled to
a bare $5,377.20 for Martin County.
Net profits before law enforcement
reserve and sales taxes were deduct
ed, were reported as follows, by the
Tour stores for the corresponding
quarters in 1940 and 1941:
1940 1941
Williamston $3,516 47 $ 5,547.05
RobersonvTlle 1,822.00 3.177 72
Oak City 324.17 1.002.04
Jamesville 472 04 857.71
$6,194.68 $10,584.52
While the stores were declaring
profits in the sum of $10,584.52, the
Martin County Alcoholic Beverages
Control Board was paying out-of
State liquor manufacturers a total
of $26,074.70 or 64.22 per cent of tin
gross sales, leaving the county a
gross profit of $14,527.20. Operating
expenses whittled that figure down
by $3,942.68, leaving $10,584.52 Dis
continued on page four)
Truck Turns Over
Creek Embankment
R. B. Spruill, colored, escaped un
hurt when the large lumber truck
and tractor turned over with him
near Sweet Water Creek early Tues
day evening.
Spruill, driving for J. E. Andrews
owner, said the lights went out and
he could not see and that before hi
could stop, the truck had traveled
across the road and tumbled dowr
the creek embankment. Heavy tim
bcrs on the truck crashed through
the cab but they missed the man anc
he was not hurt. Very little damagt
was done to the machine and it wai
placed back in operation the follow
tng day.
The wreck was the tenth one re
ported in the county since last Fri
day. ,
This Week In
Defense
Navy Secretary Knox issued a
statement that removal of the Neu
trality Act shipping restrictions
Low it "piiKh> tr> flft thfr
aid materials authorized by Congress
for use in the war against the Axis
powers transported to those posi
tions where they can be usefully
employed /It also insures . . . that
the war efforts of the British Com
monwealth. of China and Russia
hold out greatly increased promise
of ultimate victory . .
In an Armistice Day address Pres
ident Roosevelt # said the United
States took up arms in 1917 "to makp
the world habitable for decent \self
respectmg men." Me said the men
who died then did so to "prevent the
very thing that now . . . has happen
ed from one end of Europe to the
other . " The President said the
people of America believe liberty is
worth fighting for. "and if they are
obliged to fight they will fight eter
nally to hold it. This duty we owe
to the many who died to gain
our freedom for us?to make the
world a place where freedom can
live and grow into the ages."
Lend-Lease Aid
President RoogeveR authorized
Lcnd-Lease Administrator Stettinius
"to take immediate action to transfer
defense supplies" to Russia. The
OPM -Priorities Division issued?a
special allocation order designed to
promote a steady flow of from $10,
000,000 to $15,000,000 of American
rr.ade machine tools to the Soviet
Union. The Navy announced two
more British warships have enter
ed U. S ports for repairs.
President Asks Support
For Red Cross
President Roosevelt asked for sup
port of the Red Cross in its roll call
for membership which closes Nu
mber 30th, to "prove that we have
the heart as well as the sinews to
keep ourselves strong and free . .
The Red Cross announced it is seek
ing a membership matching its
greatest World War figure of 18,
000,000. Last year's adult member
hip was 9,200,000.
Civilian Defense
The Office of Civilian Defense is
ued specifications of dimcntions,
colors and materials for 16 insignia
to be worn by trained volunteer
workers. OCD Assistant Director
Davison estimated volunteer women
workers needed in defense fields in
clude 1.000.000 in first aid. 500,000
home gardeners. 100,000 each in life
saving, home nursing, school lunches
nd for staffs of local volunteer of
fices, Ttm.Otm in the protection pro
gram, 600,000 rural leaders and 200,
000 in the aircraft warning service.
The OCD also issued a 60-page pam
phlet on blackouts stating areas
within 300 to 600 miles of seacoasts
must be prepared to blackout on a
night to night" basis.
Production and Subcontracting
Vice President Wallace, speaking
in New York City, said "By putting
ne-half Our effort into national de
fense instead of less than one-fifth,
we shall match what the British and
Germans are doing . . Priorities
Director Nelson told the New Eng
land Council defense expenditures
(Continued on page four)
Bookmobile Makes
Its Third Hun In
County Next Week
More Than 2(H) New llonkh
Have Been Made Avail
altle for Circulation
The B--H-M Regional Library
Bookmobile Service will begin its
third trip in Martin County, Novem
ber 24th. Many new books have been
received and they will be ready tor
circulation at that time. This will be
the last trip before the Christmas
holidays.
Final reports from thr three coun
ties have been received for the sec
>nd month. It is ph asing to note an
inerease of 135 registered borrowers
making a total of 454 Circulation
was up to 1545. For the books left in
school and public libraries, there was
i reported circulation of 1118.
The schedule for next week:
Monday, Nov. 24: C. B Allen's
Service Station, 9:15 a m ; Hamilton
ichool, 10:00; In front of Bank of
Hamilton, 11:05; Gold Point school,
12:45; Harry Roberson's Service Sta
tion, 2:05.
Tuesday, Nov. 25: Hassell school,
9:30; Hassell Post Office, 10:20; Oak
City school, 11:15; Wilbur Barrett's
Drug Store, 1:35, Smith's Store on
Parmele Post Office, 3:00.
Wednesday, Nov. 26: Williamston
high school, 9:00; Everetts school,
9:45; J. S. Ayers store, Everetts,
11:00; Cross Roads Church, 11:30;
Elementary school, Robersonville,
1:00; Robersonville high school, 2:20;
Parmele oPst Office, 3:00.
Thursday, Nov. 27: Williamston
elementary school, 9:00; Farm Life
school, 11:00; Corey's Cross Roads,
1:15; Bear Grass school, 2:00.
Friday, Nov. 28: Jordan's store,
Dardens, 9:30; Browning's store,
10:25; Ange Town by intersection.of
road, 11 00; Poplar Chapel Chutch,
11:30; Jamesville school, f2:45;
Brown's store, Jamesville, 2:20; Hol
ly Springs Church, 3:00,
Thanksgiving Day Holiday Is
Quietly Observed In County
. The Thanksgiving Day holiday was j
quietly observed in this county, pre-1
liminary reports coming from high- '
way patrol headquarters, police de
pal tmi'iits and sheriff's uff ice-stating
that the day passed without inqi
dent.
Traffic was unusually heavy on the
highways in this section, but no
wrecks marred the observance
schedule. There were no arrests, and
the observance was marked for its
quietness and soberness. While a
few may have gone through the day
without a bite of turkey, the 1941
edition of the special day of thanks
posstWy suw a greuter t>rosperity-tn
this section than in any other year
during the past two decades.
The faithful few, possibly 135 per
sons, found time to bow down in
humble worship and thanksgiving
and hear Rev. Z. T. Piephoff, Pres
byterian minister, preach the annual
community Thanksgiving sermon in
the Episcopal Church at IP oi'clock
that morning. Thoro were pervices
during the day in other churches.
The population, as a whole, turned
to the fields and sporting events to
pa.sK tin day Hunters reported?only
fair success in their trips to the
fields in search oi choice quail. The
weather was unusually warm, and
not at all ideal for man and dog
On the business front an air-tight
observance was reported by mer
chants and shopkeepers, but industry
moved along according to a rapid
schedule filling orders directly or in
directly for defense. A few farmers
patronized the peanut market which
was hetd"TTprn during the day.
Thanksgiving yesterday had a
more realistic mcaning ttvatr some of
those in the past in Williamston and
Martin County, but concern was ex
pressed for the 95 per cent of the
population who was not in attend
ance upon a thanksgiving service of
any kind.
Local Parents And
Teachers In Meet
Tuesday Afternoon
[ncrcused Interest Ih Seen in
Activities of the
A^MtN'iation
The Williamston Parent-Teacher
Association helds its November
netting in the high school auditor
ium last Tuesday afternoon with ap
proximately 75 parents and teachers
in attendance. A brief entertainment
was rendered by the Rhythm Band,
composed of children from Miss Ben
son's second grade room, who were
accompanied on the piano by Miss
Mewborn, after which interesting
and timely discussion of children's
problems commanded the attention
>f the assembled group.
Timely talks on recreation and
leisure time problems among stu
dents were as follows:
"Athletics and Leisure Time Prob
lems," by S. R. Edwards;
"Reading and the Funny Book
Habit," Mrs. Joel Muse;
"Dangers in Certain Types of Mo
tion Pictures," Mrs. Titus Critcher,
"The Need for More Adult Atten
tion to Youth's Interests," Mrs. J. W.
Watts;
"Survey of Youth's Leisure Timi
Activities," D. N. Hix.
- Free contribution to the discussion 1
revealed a wholesome interest in J
the improvement of conditions sur
rounding youth's leisure time activi
ties in the community.
In addition to the reports from 1
regular committees, Miss Ruth Man- ]
ning, speaking for the elementary j
library committee, stated that the 1
central library at the grammar
school was equipped with book cases,
magazine racks, tables, window
drapes, etc., at a cost of $35. Over
two thousand books have been cir
culated in the library since it was
established in October. The stand
ing committee on first aid rooms,
Mrs. H. R Williams, chairman, re
ported the furnishing of two well
equipped first aid rooms at each
school building.
Attacking the problem of sanita
tion in the local schools, the asso
ciation went on record as sponsoring
the employment of a matron or ma
trons to serve the needs of the local
schools .It was agreed that the as
sociation would raise funds to pro
vide for such a project if matrons
could be employed.
Mrs. Garland Woolard, president,
presided over the business session.
Mrs. John Goff had charge of the
program.
Sale Of Christmas
Seals Opens Monday
Handled by members of the local I
Junior Woman's Club, Christmas
t seals will be placed on sale
here next Monday, it was
announced today by Mrs.
Edwin Holding, chairman.
Governor J M Broughton
addresses the following ap
peal to all people urging
them to support the sale:
"Under the sponsorship of the
North Carolina Tuberculosis Asso
ciation, there will again be held this
year the annual sale of Christmas
Seals. The people of North Carolina
have always responded wholeheart
edly to this opportunity for serving
so commendable a purpose.
"It is well known that the proceeds
of the sales of Christmas seals go di
rectly and completely towards the
object stated; that is, for the relief
and prevention of tuberculosis in
North Carolina. A substantial por
tion of the proceeds is used in the
respective counties in which the
sales are made. Those who are
charged with this undertaking are
among our most highly regarded and
public-spirited citizens, who are de
serving of the fullest cooperation on
the part of our people.
"Now more than ever before there
is a need for this sort of undertaking,
and I earnestly urge that the peo
ple ot this state in every city, town
and county will give wholehearted
response to this appeal."
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With only a little hash and a
few other delicacies left to re
mind one of Thanksgiving, the
eyes of millions are now turned
toward the Christmas season.
Thfre are pnly 28 more shop
ping days left before the one
great anniversary.
Anticipating the event with
care. Williamston merchants
have purchased large stocks of
holiday goods, and already the
shop windows are taking 011 an
appearance directly remindful of
the holiday shopping season.
Prices, while slightly higher than
those of a year ago for some ar
ticles, are strictly in line with
those throughout this section of
the country.
Arrest Men For
Hauling Liquor
William Seth Owens. Joe Bailey,
and Hubert Brown, local colored men.
were jailed by Patrolman Whit
Saunders and county, officers here
early Tuesday night for the alleged
transportation of seven gallons of
liquor. The case is being turned ov
er to the federal authorities subject
to action in the federal court at
Washington some time during the
early part of next year
1 Owens Rniley nnd Rrnwn aeconi
I panied by Owens' wife and little ba
by were driving into Williamston
when they were stopped by one
way traffic at a wreck near Sweet
Water Creek. The two men, appar
ently seeing the "law" started un
loading the load of white lightning
with lightning sbecd The officers
saw the jugs sailing through the air
and arr< sted the trio right there,
confiscating Owens' automobile
At a preliminary hearing here 011
Wednesday afternoon before United
States Commissioner J. C. Munden,
of Elizabeth City, Owens was placed
under a $500 bond and Bailey and
Brown under $250 bond each. Each
of the defendants was said to have
denied liquor was. in the car.
Expect Action In
Coal Strike Soon
Remembering that little was gain
ed and that France was lost when
the French Fascists and Royalists
crushed the labor union ahead of
Hitler, President Roosevelt has been
slow to take action in the "captive"
coal mine strike. However, some ac
tion is expected after tomorrow. The
Mine Woik ers' Policy Committee is
meeting tomorrow, and with the left
wing of the CIO already behind the
President and his foreign* policy it
is believed that a serious situation
can be avoided.
During the meantime, violence is
becoming more general in and
around the strike areas. Eleven per
sons were injured in Pennsylvania
this morning when pickets and strike
breakers clashed The strike is also
spreading and 111 addition to around
53,000 miners in the captive . mines
possibly more, than 100,000 others
have quit in sympathy with the de
mand for a "closed shop" agreement,
the action forcing steel furnaces to
suspend operations.
PEANUT M ARKET
Hardly slowing up for the
Thanksgiving Day holiday, the
local peanut market la rrporting
another large delivery of the
goobers today. However, the
peak of the season apparently
has been reached, some of the
obsrrver* declaring that virtual
ly all of the crop in this area will
have moved to market by the
latter part of next week.
Prices continue to hold firm
at five cents a pound, a few far
mers reporting small premiums
for fancy stock. Their plants ov
erflowing. some of the cleaners
are said to be storing fairly large
quantities of the goobers here
and In various parts of the coun
ty.
Moscow Defense Is
Again Threatened
Bv New Nazi Drive
IjiI?' Krpori* From Diploma
lie anil ft ar Fronts Not
Very F.nroiiriipinp
With tin' niili'iimr ulHie Japanese
American peace or war conference
still in doubt, the outlook on the di
plomatic and war fronts is not very
encouraging today And unrest in
this country, tormented by strikes,
isolationists and greed, is only ag
gravating the situation.
Late reports indicate that the Ger
mans are making a renewed drive
on Moscow, that- the Ru^ian lines,?
hard-pn ssed in the half-moon front,
1 lave been on reed and that the de
fense of the Soviet capital is in a
precarious way. The drive toward
the Caucasus is apparently moving
forward despite a stubborn defense
and the luavy toll in German life
and mounting property losses. The
British army in Africa estimated to
have 73(1.OIK) men and equipment
equal that of the fiormans. has Start
ed a drive in Libya and is pushing
toward Tubruk"""where an English
garrison has resisted two German
divisions successfully for months.
While tiie "second" front may be of
.minor consequence -and will?possb?
bly fail to relieve pressure now be
ing borne by Russia, some observers
believe that quick successes there
will enable the British to move in
the defense of the Caucasus. The
British drive earty today had en
countered no main opposition from
the Germans, indicating that the
move will -bring material results
within a short time.
This afternoon reports state that
British forces have encountered the
miserable Italians in an extensive
tank battle m the Libyan desert, and
that it may mark the beginning of
an important battle.
The Red Army has withdrawn
from Kerch to consolidate more fav
orable strategic positions in Eastern
Crimea after a siege which cost the
Germans 20,1)00 men and hundreds
of tanks, guns and planes, the Soviet
high command reported
The Russian garrison in the Kerch
fortress guarding the narrow water
gap to tire Caucasian mainland man
aged to evacuate all of its equip'
men-Land supplies as well as other
valuable properties, a communique
from Moscow said
A late Moscow communique re
ported especially violent fighting in
the Tula and Volokolamsk sectors
of Hie MoSOuw iroot, on wnich it said
2.000 Germans were killed Thursday
and before Rostov on the Don
The Red army organ Red Star told
of a terrific onslaught by four Ger
man divisions of probably (50.000 men
on the southern front, precipitating
a situation conceded by the Red army
to be "serious".
The German attack admittedly
shoved the Russians hack?at one .
place before Soviet resistance stiff
lied.
On the diplomatic front. Hitler
(Continued on page four)
Miss Lula Council
Passes In Hospital
M i^TruIa--C-ou-neil-, respected coun
ty citi/cn. dmd m a Washington hos
pital Wednesday afternoon at three
o'clock. She had been in declining
health for several years, but her
condition was not regarded serious
until about a week ago when she
was removed to the hospital for treat
ment.
The daughter of the late B. S. and
Elizabeth Richards Council, she was
burn frr Gbofie Nest Township near
Oak City (it) years ago. For the past
ten or twelve years she had made
her home with her brother-in-law,
Mi Frank I. Haisiip, m Hamilton.
wTu'ic she made many friends and
where she was held in high esteem
by all who knew her. She was the
last member of a large and promi
nent family of children. Miss Coun
nl held membership' Iff the Oak
City Baptist Church for a long num
ber of years.
Funeral services were conducted
7fT Tier Tide home in Hamilton yes
terday afternoon at 2 30 o'clcok by
Rev. W O. Andrews. Baptist minis
ter of Hobersonville, assisted by Rev.
John W. Hardy, rector of the Epis
|copal Church here. Interment was in
the Haislip family plot in the Ham
ilotn Cemetery.
Inspects Libraries
In Three Counties
Mrs Dorcas W Rcid, new field
worker with the North Carolina Li
hrary Commission, made several vis
,ts in the region while on her trip in
this part of the State last week. Mrs.
Reid came to this State from the
West Coast where she had much ex
perience in the public library field.
She commended the work in the
local libraries visited and also the
progress made in the B-H-M Region
al Library Service. She recognized
the greatest need of the service as
more books. With her assistance, it
is hoped that more books may be se
cured from the N. C. Library Com
mission to be used until sufficient
books may be purchased for region
al uSe.