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VOLUME XLVUI—NUMBER 90
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 13, 1943
ESTABLISHED 1899
Forty-Nine Youth
• During Past Month
List Includes Several Veterans
Who Had Followed War
From Beginning to End
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Forty-nine Martin County young
men registered under the Selective
Service Act during October. The
registration was among the largest
reported for any month in some time
in this county. Heretofore, a major
ity of the registrants were colored
but thirty-five of the forty-nine reg
istering last month were white.
Several of the registrants were vet
erans, some of whom had followed
the war from beginning to end. Sev
eral of those registering during the
period have already been called for
pre-induction examinations.
The names of the October regis
* trants and their addresses follow:
Leslie Thurston Fcwden, w. Wil
liamston.
Howard Russell Taylor, w, Rober
sonvilie.
Thad Leach Hodges, w, RFD 2,
Williamston.
Junior Manning, w, Parmele.
Peter Alonza P. Godard, col, Wash
ington.
Curtis Wilmer Hopkins, w, RFD 3,
Williamston.
— Edward Eason Matthews, w, RFD
" 3, Williamston.
Ellis Gray Keel, w, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Frederic Carson Wagstaff, w, Rob
ersonville.
Raymond Matthew Pope, w, Wil
liamston.
Ben Biggs, Jr., col., Norfolk.
Ernest Lee Bryant, col., Oak City
John Lindwood Cherry, w, Wil
liamston.
David Clifton Roberson, w, RFD 3
* Williamston.
Dannie Randolph Roberson, w
RFD 2, Williamston.
Stephen Everett Harris, w, RFD 1
Bethel.
Howard J. Simpson, w, RFD 2, Rob
ersonville.
Woodrow Wilson Respass, w, Oak
City.
Lorey Hiram White, w, RFD 3
Williamston.
Willie Warren Mizello, w, RFD 1
4 Williamston.
Darwin Lafayette Coburn, w, Rob
ersonville.
Henry Clayton Bullock, col, RFC
3, Williamston.
Ernest Charles Mooring, Jr., col
RFD 2, Robersonville.
James Hudgins, col, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Samuel Morris Beechman, w, RFE
3, Williamston.
4 William Henry Harrell, Jr., w
RFD 1, Hobgood.
Archie Lee Revels, w, RFD 1, Wil
liamston.
Willie Edward Burns, col., RFD 2
Robersonville.
Charlie Limon Fulford, w, RFD 3
Williamston.
Simon Lilley, Jr., w., RFD 1, Wil
liamston.
Elijah Williams, col, RFD 1, Oal
- City.
Alton Dean Andrews, w, RFD 2
Robersonville.
Vanderbilt Meeks, col, RFD 2, Rob
ersonville.
Ernest Daniel, Jr., col, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Joseph L. Noah Godard, col, RFI
1, Williamston.
Howard Chesson Bowen, w, RFI
2, Williamston.
Jesse Reuben Brown, w, RFD 3
Williamston.
* John Wesley James, col., RFD 1
Jamesville.
Dallas Hopkins, w, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Joseph Ray Leary, w, RFD 2, Wil
liamston.
James Edward Whitaker, w, RFI
3, Williamston.
J Wilson Wiggins, w, RFD 1, Wil
(Continued on page six)
Robbers Enter Two
Places Of Business
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Breaking through windows, rob
bers entered the office of the Wil
liamston Parts and Metal Compan
and the store of William Rogers o
+ West Main Street some time durin
late last Saturday night or early Sun
day morning. Nothing but mone
was missed at both places.
W. K. Parker, owner and operate
of the company, lost a few dollar;
and Rogers told officers that ap
proximately $25 was taken in cas
from his cash drawer.
No lead in the robberies has bee
established, Chief Chas R. Moble
• said yesterday.
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Former Local Young Man
Returns F rom Europ
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After spending more than a year i
the European Theater of Operation
Carlton Phelps recently returned ’
the States and is now spending a 5.
day leave with his parents, Mr. ar
r Mrs. C. E. Phelps, in Roper. T1
Phelps family lived here for sever
years and Carlton was here yeste
day visiting his friends. In additic
to his many other decorations 1
wears three battle stars.
Local Tobacco Market Closes
{Success fti
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With sales dropping to only a few
thousand pounds daily, the Williams
ton Tobacco Market will close the
1945 season on Thursday, November
15, it was announced this week by a
representative of the board o' trade.
The closing, it was pointed out, will
enable tobacco buyers and several of
the market employes to reach their
homes in distant states in time for
the Thanksgiving holiday, and it is
believed that few or no patrons will
be inconvenienced. Several markets
in the belt closed last week and quite
a few others are suspending activi
ties for the season this week. A few
of the larger markets will continue
open for a few more days.
Up until this morning the Wil
liamston market had sold 11,195,390
pounds. The figures include resales,
but even then it is understood that
the market has set a poundage re
cord. and Aid-timers can't recall a
period when nearly five million dol
lari were paid to growers in a single
season. Prices on the market here
have averaged well over $44.00 per
hundred pounds, and the grower in
come was fairly uniform. Prices
have been maintained from the be
ginning of the season up to the pres
ent with little variation. The season
possibly has been the most successful
in the history of the market.
More local farmers have patroniz
ed the market this season than in
years, and new patrons have been
added to the list from surrounding
territory, some from quite a dis
tance.
The East Carolina Bright Belt
through last Friday had sold 392,181,
449 pounds at an average of $43.85
per hundred pounds. It is now be
lieved that sales for the season in the
belt will pass the 400 million mark
by a small margin. Sales of scrap
are expected to continue here for
some time, but most farmers tied up
and sold theirs.
RETURNS
Rev. B. T. Hurley was return
ed by the annual Methodist Con
ference in session at Goldsboro
last Sunday to begin his sixth
year as pastor of the Methodist
church here. The minister is the
first to be recalled for the sixth
year by the local church.
Oak City Reports
Little Crime Wave
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Moving in to check a little crime
wave that struck the Oak City com
munity last week, Officer Edmond
Early and Deputy Sheriff C B. Roe
buck arrested almost a dozen alleged
violators of the law last Friday af
ternoon.
Charged with public drunkenness,
the use of profane language and dis
orderly conduct on a public convey
ance, several men were tried before
Justice J. B. Whitfield last Saturday
morning. It was brought out during
the trial that the bus driver, Henry
Glisson, stopped the bus and asked
the men to be quiet. Spencer Bry
ant was fined $35 and taxed with the
1 cost. Alexander (Duke) Savage was
fined $10 and taxed with the cost and
1 Buss Powell and Captain C. Davis
were each fined $25 and required to
1 pay the costs.
Last Thursday night the colored
■ school children in Oak City were
holding a program and a dance when
Duk.- Bryant, Elbert and Ernest Bel
lamy, Alexander Savage and Charlie
Marrow engaged in a free-for-all
fight and a genuine cutting scrape.
* It could not be learned how many
gashes were opened in his body, but
Savage had to be hospitalized and
Elbert Bellamy was cut about the
head in several places. He was treat
ed in a local doctor's office, and both
knife victims are said to be getting
along all right. They were schedul
ed to appear before the trial justice
> last evening for a hearing.
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Volunteer riremen
' Called Out Twice
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f Local volunteer firemen were call
ed out twice last week-end when a
r grass fire threatened the Williamston
Package Manufacturing Companj
’’ i plant near the river early Saturday
[j evening, and again shortly after 7
o'clock Sunday morning when a short
n circuit in an electric refrigerator
motor fired the Chas. A. James home
on East Main Street.
The grass fire was brought under
control quickly and there was no
damage.
e At the James home, the fire was
confined to the kitchen, but smoke
n filled the entire house end poured
s, out of nearly every opening No es
o timate on the damage could be hac
!- immediately, but ii will run into sev
d eral hundred and possibly over £
te thousand dollars,
il Firemen brought the fire undei
r- control with a small hose line, bu
in two other lines were connected wit!
le the town system and made ready foi
use.
Young Woman Badly
Hurt In Car Wreck
Yesterday Morning
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Driver Of Car, Theodore Zo
rila, Held In County Jail
For Drunken Driving
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Rosalie Whichard, Robersonville
young woman, was critically hurt
and Lt. Theodore Zorila, was slightly
injured in an automobile accident
about two miles west of Roberson
ville on U. S. Highway 64 at 3:30
o’clock Monday morning. After re
ceiving first aid treatment at the
Ward Clinic, Miss Whichard was re
moved to a Rocky Mount hospital.
Reports stated that her skull was
fractured, that she apparently suf
fered internal injuries and that she
was bleeding badly at the mouth and
ears. She had not regained con
sciousness, according to the latest in
formation received here.
Slightly cut on the head and suf
fering from shock, Lit. Zorila was
treated in the Ward Clinic and was
later removed to the county jail. He
was formally charged with drunken
and reckless driving, Cpl. W. S.
Hunt, investigating the accident, ex
plaining that bond was being denied
pending the outcome of Miss Which
ard’s condition
Just recently returned from over
seas where he was in the air force,
Lt. Zorila came to the county last
week-end to visit friends. He and
Miss Whichard visited in several
towns and late Sunday night, Cecil
E. Williams talked with Zorila in
Bethel. It was declared that Zorila
was drinking at the time.
Williams continued to Rocky
Mount to take some one to catch the
train. Returning about two hours
later, he saw the couple parked in
their car, a Nash convertible coupe,
in the middle of the highway be
tween Bethel and Parmele. Williams
said he called them, an<^ Zorila
started the car and drove east. A few
minutes later, Williams found the
wreck.
Cpl. Hunt stated that the car, ap
parently speeding, ran off the road
on the left side just before entering
the Roberson curve and traveled
about 65 yards with all four wheels
on the dirt. The machine then struck
the concrete and skidded about thirty
yards diagonally down the highway
before it ran off the right side of the
road and turned over and skidded a
distance of about fifty yards before
coming to a stop on its wheels and
facing toward Bethel.
Damage to the car will exceed
$500, it was estimated by Cpl. Hunt
of the Highway Patrol.
About 8 o’clock on the evening be
fore, someone turned over the 1935
Chevrolet sedan belonging to Curtis
Smith, county colored man. Driving
on the road between Gold Point and
Hassell, the driver apparently lost
control and the car went into the
ditch. After traveling about 35 yards
in the ditch, it broke into the road
and came to a stop, blocking traffic
there for about two hours. The
wreck was deserted, but other trav
elers reported it to the patrol who
cleared it up. Damage to the ma
chine will approximate $100, Cpl.
W. S. Hunt of the Highway Patrol,
said.
Smith was later identified as the
driver of the car, and he was formal
ly charged with reckless driving and
operating a motor vehicle without a
driver’s license.
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Man's Car Fired Upon Here
Early Last Sunday Evening
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I No one was hit but the marks o
I two loads of eon shot were left nr
t his car early last Sunday eveninj
' when Nathan Reed, Poplar Point col
'ored tenant farmer, was fired upox
while turning his machine around or
| Washington Street near the peanu
center.
Reed was questioned by local ant
county officers, but he declared tha
■ he had no idea who shot him or whi
would want to harm him.
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John LTavlor Dies
lifcwwiwsS* ■ - ,i't
is /umictrKitrr
After Long Illness
Funeral Service Saturday,
Burial Following In Fam
ily Cemetery Near Here
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John L. Taylor, well-known county
citizen and retired farmer, died at his
home near Robersonville at 1:30
o’clock last Friday morning follow
ing a long period of declining health.
Suffering a stroke about Mve years
ago, he had not been very active, but
was able to be up and about until
about three months ago. Since that
time his condition had been critical.
His suffering in recent weeks was in
tense, but he bore his affliction with
great fortitude, his patience and
humbleness impressing those who
visited him during his last days.
Three months ago he attended ser
vices at Skewarkev where his family
had worshipped down through the
years. He remarked at the time that
it would likely be his last visit to the
church and with old friends in the
community. Mr. Taylor was a mem
ber at Skewarkey for a number of
years.
The son of the late Eli and Sarah
Virginia Mobley Taylor, he was
born on January 7, 1885, near Wil
liamston where he spent his early
life. About eighteen years ago he
located near Robersonville.
When a young man he was married
to Miss Mamie Riddick and she sur
vives with two children, Mrs. Bruce
Everett and Jeffrey L. Taylor, both
of Robersonville, and four sisters,
Mrs. Lena Manning of Griffins Town
ship, and Mrs. Daisy Purvis of Wil
liamston, Mrs. B. R. Barnhill of Dur
ham and Mrs. L. T. Walters of Wake
Forest. He was the last of several
brothers.
Funeral services were conducted
at the home Saturday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock by his pastor, Elder B. S.
Cowin, and interment was in the
family cemetery near the old home
in Williamston Township.
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John Thomas Beach
Died Near Everetts
On Friday Morning
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Funerul Services Heltl Sumlu)
For Respected Citizen
And Farmer
| John Thomas Beach, highly re
spected citizen and progressive farm
er of Cross Roads Township, died at
his home near Everetts last Friday
morning at 11:50 o’clock of apoplexy.
He had been in declining health for
several years and had undergone
hospital treatment for several weeks
'about a year ago. His condition had
been critical since last Tuesday when
he suffered the attack and never re
gained consciousness. Mr. Beach had
been greatly worried over his son
Pvt. Thermon Beach, who has beer
ill in a government hospital out in
Iowa.
| The son of the late John Thomas
Beach and wife, Nancy Wynne
Beach, he was born in Cross Roads
' Township 67 years ago. He joined
the church at Cross Roads nearly
half a century ago and attended ser
vices regularly and was a loyal sup
porter. He was held in high esteem
by all who knew him, and was devot
ed to his family and friends.
| In early life he was married tc
Miss Ludie Clark and she survives
with two sons, Wheeler Beach of the
home, and Thermon Beach, who was
recently stationed in the Army in
I Iowa following service overseas; sev
en daughters, Mrs, John Mobley oi
Cross Roads, Mrs. Nunnie Ilaislip
and Mrs. Lewis Wynne, both of Ev
eretts, Mrs. Robert Mobley and Mrs
Llewellyn Barber, both of James
ville, Mrs, Elix Page and Mrs. J. B
Warren, both of Norfolk; nineteer
grandchildren and two great grand
children.
Funeral services were conducted
from the late home Sunday after
noon at 2:30 o’clock by his pastor
Rev. Dennis Warren Davis, assisted
by Rev. J. M. Perry. Interment was
in the Clark family cemetery ir
Cross Roads Township.
ROUND-UP
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A little crime wave reported
in the Oak City area apparently
relieved the pressure on the
crime front here and only four
persons were arrested and jailed
at this point during the past
week-end. All four of those ar
rested and jailed were white,
their ages ranging from 19 to 32
years of age. Three were charg
ed wiih public drunkenness and
cats with drunker, driving
While four fell victims of the
law, other alleged violators got
away with their crimes. Nathan
Reed was a target for two blasts
of gun shot, and there was a
fight at the bus station which
I cleared itself before any arrests
t could be made. Two places of
i business were robbed on West
Main Street.
Short of the goal by approximately
j$6,000, Martin County citizens arc be
! ing earnestly urged to extend volun
teer contributions to the United War
Fund during the next ten days. No
other appeals will be made after that
date even if the challenge remains
unanswered. The windup of the drive
will copter on p Thanksgiving day of
fering ,n various religious meetings,
it was announced following the re
ceipt of a special letter from Gover
nor R. Gregg Cherry, the campaign’s
honorary chairman.
No complete report on the drive is
to be had in this county, but favor
able reports are said to have been
received from several communities.
There is good reason to believe that
the colored citizens in the county
will reach and pass their $1,000 goal,
while several other districts are still
working to better their showings.
Governor Cherry in his special
Thanksgiving' 1 said “On No
vember 22 we richly blessed North
Carolinians will give thanks for
God's great generosity to us through
the past year. Let us give more than
thanks. Let us make it possible for
others to give thanks through un
selfish gifts to the United War Fund.
The response of our people will feed
the hungry, clothe the naked, heal
'the sick, care for the destitute, pro
vide shelter for the homeless—many
millions of them around the world—
if we remember our debt to them
and express our thankfulness in
deeds, not words.
“If your United War Fund gift
does not fully measure your sacri
ficial gratitude, I urge you voluntari
ly to increase it. If your gift has not
been made, please make it quickly,
generously, thankfully.”
In quite a few instances, canvass
ers in this county were unable to
reach every section. Those who were
not contacted are prayerfully asked
to give or send their contributions to
one of the following chairmen: Mrs.
J. C. Kirkman, Jamesville; Mrs. R. J
Hardison, Williams; Mrs. J. Eason
I.illey, Griffins; Mrs. Pete Menden
hall. Rear Gross: .1 C. Manning or
Bill Spivey, Wifliamston; Mrs. L. H.
Taylor, Poplar Point, Henry Johnson,
Hamilton, John W. Eubanks, Hassell;
Mrs. E. E. Pittman, Goose Nest; Mrs.
A. P. Barnhill, Cross Roads; Mayo
Little, Robersonville, or Clarence W.
Griffin, county chairman, Williams
ton.
Peanut Harvesting
Progressing Very
Slowly In County
Weather anti Condition of the
Crop Delaying Marketing;
Activities Here
The marketing of peanuts, ordi
narily under way on a tremendous
scale at this season of the year, is
progressing very slowly at the pre
sent time. Reports state that the
cleaners are handling the crop about
as rapidly as it can be made ready
for market. Unfavorable weather
and the condition of the crop have
materially delayed harvesting activi
ties on the farms, and no exception
ally large movement of the goobers is
expected until better weather pre
vails. It was pointed out that the
stems are mighty soft, that the pick
ers choke up with the soft hay and
large clods of dirt.
r <1121111 a aiu cA^ciicutiiig
difficulty in getting picker operators
to contract the harvest jobs, and
prices have soared, reports declare.
Some picker operators are charging
75 cents per bag for picking and 15
cents a bale for baling hay, the sale
price for hay ranging from 30 cents
j up on the open market. In some in
| stances ,the picker operators are said
to have refused to contract on a bag
basis and are charging so much pet
hour for their pickers and balers.
The price ranges on this basis from
$4 to $6 an hour, depending on the
j number of workers the picker owner
furnishes. Even then, some of the
operators point out, there is little
money to be made in the work this
year. “We are threshing and baling
hay and picking peanuts on the side,"
lone operator declared.
Last year it was the rule for a
farmer to harvest more bugs of pea
nuts than bales of hay. This year,
most farmers are harvesting two
bales of hay for every bag of pea
nuts, and the ratio runs as high as
four to one in some cases, it was
learned.
It is predicted that many peanuts
will not be picked before February
and March next year, and that some
will never be harvested for the mar
ket. Quite a few crops were never
dug, the farmer finding it more prof
itable to leave the goobers in the
ground for the hogs.
Keen competition continues in the
market here, and prices are holding
to top market figures. Improper
grading has been reported in some
sections, but as far as it could be
learned no individual cases have been
1 cited publicly. During the mean
time, there has been no discernible
variation in prices offered locally.
The consumer market demand con
tinues unusually strong and cleaners
are shipping the processed peas to
manufacturers without storing for
more than a few hours.
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Infant Dias At Home Of
Grandmother Here Friday
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Brenda Faye, eight - days - old
daughter of J. T. and Ella Mae Park
er Bland, died at the home of her
grandmother, Mrs. J. T. Bland, Sr.,
here on North Smithwick Street last
Friday morning at 2 o’clock of pneu
monia.
Funeral services were conducted
that afternoon and interment was in
the Robersonville cemetery.
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Locals IWin First Game Of
The Season Here Frida)
The local high school eleven wor
' its first game of the season last Fri
day afternoon when Hugh Horton
J'r., grabbed a 40-yard pass fronr
Quarterback Tommie Brandon anc
ran twenty yards for a touchdown tc
turn Edenton back by a 6 0 score
It was a hard-fought game, the win
ning score coming in the early part o:
the fourth quarter.
ARMISTICK l>A\
Aside from attention Riven it
in religious services, Armistice
Day went by virtually unnotic
ed here Sunday. However, sev
eral business houses and a num
ber of offices observed Monday
as a holiday. There was no par
ade and no progrntn was prepar
ed to mark the observance of the
day. The American Legion Post
served a supper to several hun
dred veterans of World Wars I
and II and to visiting servicemen
in the legion hut here last even
ing.
The banks were among the in
stitutions observing yesterday as
a holiday and a late report on the
current Victory Itoml sales could
not be had in lime for publica
tion today.
Atom Bomh Caused
Great Destruction
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Writing to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Modlin in Jamesville sev
oral weeks ago, Seaman Elmer Mod
Im, Jr., described an exciting trip
to Nagasaki and told of the great
damage done there by bombers and
the atomic bomb.
"After staying in Okinawa about
two weeks we moved out and are
now at Nagasaki, Japan. We had
planned to make the trip in 211 hours,
hut due to mines which had not been
cleared from the waters it took us
fifty hours. We blew up six mines
on the way. It was an exciting trip.
The ships in front of us would
search for the mines and each find
was blown up. During the mean
time vve would sil there in the mid
die of the ocean with a storm beating
down on us, waiting to move up and
stop again.
“When we got to Nagasaki every
one was out to see the strange and
once-read ubout place. There were
sunken and wrecked ships in the bar
bor and the houses which had been
bombed by B 29k. The most excit
ing part was a review of the damage
done by the atomic bomb. There
were no glass panes left, and the
building roofs were wrecked, the
second floor having been pushed
through the top by the tremendous
pressure. The atomic bomb was real
ly powerful.
“Today, in fact, this very minute, a
formal surrender of Nagasaki is be
ing signed on the dock i ight beside
our ship. It is something I will re
member the rest of my life. There
are Japanese generals of every sort.
The two captains from our ship are
present along witli other big men,
and the Navy photographers are
filming everything.”
"Boo” Corey Likes
His County Paper
Writing from Texas, Pvt. C. C.
“Boo” Corey says lie is enjoying his
county paper. “I have been getting
The Enterprise most of the six
months I have been in service, and
it is a great morale builder. You
I don’t know how good it is to get the
| paper, and a person in Texas surely
needs a morale builder. At times
! when the paper is a bit late I blame
it on the Pony Express as anything
can happen down here in the Pan
handle.”
1 The young Jamesvilk* man went on
t r,ny th'.f hr v/nr: w'-rhlTv* irt
physical training department and is
playing basketball. “We have a very
good team but I am sure we could
get one out of Martin County that
would be lots better," he said, extend
ing wishes to all the basketball play
ers and fans back home for a greal
season.
1 Corey was a valuable man on tht
court and will be missed this season
Farm Bureau Groiip
Kinwi&dktfkrn thi
Meeting In Raleigh
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Vnuiial Klerlion Of Officers
Scheduled In County On
December 7
In a meeting marking the close of
the annual membership campaign.
Farm Bureau officers and committee
members last Friday night received a
report on a conference of the State
organization held in Raleigh a short
time ago. The meeting was held here
in the Woman's Club hall.
Messrs. J. Robert Everett, J. Mar
ion Griffin, J. L. Knowles and Chas.
L. Daniel were chosen to represent
thi' county organization at the an
nual meeting of the American Farm
Bureau Federation to be held in Chi
cago beginning on December 17.
The county Farm Bureau will hold
the annual election of officers at a
meeting in the courthouse on Friday,
December 7, and a general invitatfre.
is being extended the entire member
ship to attend and participate in the
election. A program for the meeting
has not been announced.
Reviewing the work of the Raleigh
conference. President Chas. L. Dan
iel declared that it was one of the
best lie had ever attended, that the
organization was keeping in close
touch with activities on the agricul
tural front. The president was fair
ly optimistic over the outlook for
agriculture in H)4t>.
In addition to a discussion of spe
cific farm Crop problems, the Raleigh
conference reviewed the apparent
discrepancy m prices paid for pulp
wood m this and other states, the of
ficer explained. According to the
conference report, $7.50 is being paid
farmers for pulp wood in this state,
while in most other states the price
ranges around $11 and more. “A
pulpwood representative was to at
tend the conference and offer an ex
planation, but he did not show up,
and the farm organization is anxious
to learn the basis for such discrep
ancy. 11 lias received little attention
but some farmers have deserted the
market or gone on strike against the
low pulpwood price.
The Raleigh meeting also discuss
ed programs calling for the further
consolidation of high schools. “The
program is destroying community
centers,” one spokesman was quoted
as saying, and the sentiment of the
meeting favored the maintenance of
rural high schools.
Turning to the strictly farm crop
program, Mr. Daniel said that the
I Dace parity bill was approved, and it
was tlie belief of those at the confer
ence that the bill will be passed by
Congress. The Pace bill would in
clude labor costs as a feature in de
termining parity figures, meaning
that the parity price for peanuts
would be upped from about 7 1-2
Cents to around !) cents, that the
parity price for tobacco would be
jumped to around 45 cents.
According to information gained
by the conference, tobacco companies
will pay more attention to quality in
1114(1 when they start buying the new
crop, that the old variation in prices
will again be in effect.
While there'll be no quotas for pea
nuts in 11)4(1, Mr, Daniel explained
that they are expected for 11)47, and
that a vote could be expected some
time next year. Quotas for tobacco
are certain for 11)4(1, and 5 percent
will be set aside for new growers and
two percent for adjustments, he add
ed.
Two Convicts Flee
And arc Recaptured
Escaping while working on roads
in tins and Bertie County a few days
ago, two convicts, stationed in the
Martin County camp, were captured
a short time later.
Joshua II. Martin, Roanoke Rapids
colored man serving a short term, es
caped while working in the Hassell
section Thursday and was taken a
few hours later between Highways
11 and 44, about five miles from the
escape point. He had freed him
self of shackles.
Wdliam L. Taylor, Martin County
colored man serving a short term,
escaped over in Bertie County Thurs
day and was recaptured in Ahoskio
the following night.
Both men escaped a first time
about two weeks ago while they held
j honor grade rank. At the time of
their second escape they were in
I stripes and shackles.
Mrs. iMiichintfliouse Is Red
Cross Executive Secretary
Mrs. Edna Laughinghouse, recent
ly moved here from Greenville, has
accepted the position of executive
secretary of the Martin County Chap
ter of the American Red Cross, and
will observe office hours on the third
t floor of the town halt each day from
• n.*m vjork ■- *It! neon and
1 from 2 until 4 p. m. Mrs. Laughing
Ihouse is succeeding Mrs. Eva A.
'("Grimes who recently resigned after
doing an able work for the organiza
tion in this chapter during the past
several years
Mrs. Laughinghouse will be glad
to assist relatives of servicemen or
handle end prescribed duties for re
turning veterans.