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Hear Governor A. W. McLean Speak at the Oak City High School Wednesday May 6, 1925 WATCH THB LABEL ON YOtJR PAPBB, IT CABBIES THB DATE YOUK SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRE^ Mi 111 i ma "I VOLUME XXVI—NUMBER 23 GRAND JURY SHOWS QUICK ACTION Charge by Judge Sinclair Is Model for Conciseness Returns 33 Indictments In > Record Time; Needleman Will Stand Trial for Life Five Alleged Members of Mob Back in Jail; Others Out on Bond The grand jury for the special term of court, after a short but pointed charge from Judge'N. A. Sinclair, came back at the court with equal promptness, turning in 33 true bills in less than three and a half work ing hours, which may be the speed record for the State. The grand jury found ■ true bill against Joseph Needleman, chargiii* him with a capital felony, rape. True bills were also returned against eight of the alleged mob mem bers, charging them with the crime o mutilation. They art: F. W. Sparrow, F. W. Sparrow, jr., and Claro Heath, of Kinston; Julian Bullock, H. U. Griffin, and Roy Gray, of Roberson ville; E. C. Stone and Johnny Gurkln, of Griffins Township. Bills charging accessory to jail breekingftwere found against Edgai Johnson, •%£ster Edmondson, Ton, Harrell, L. A Croom, Louis Johnson, Jaa. H. Gflsy, Grady Smith, E. C. Stone, JohfGray Corey, James H. Coltrain, P. Griffin, Johnny Gurkin, Albert Gurkin, ClaWnee Gur kin, A. T. Lilley, Allen Griffin, J. 1. Smithwick, Benny lilley, Roy Gray, Sherwood RBberson, E C. Stone, John A. Griffin, A. W. Griffin, Hubei-. Griffin, and ClaroTleath. In the cases charging accessory to Jail breaking Edgar Johnson, Louis Johnson, James H. Gray, and She»- wcod Roberson all mode the plea ol nolo eontedeie. A. W. Griffin and Hubert ©limn plead not guilty through their counse. and Ben Lilley, who had no counsel, plead not guilty. All the parties charged with tho principal offense plead hot guilty. Cases Consolidated Solicitor Donnell Gilliam presented a mc ion to the court asking that all the eases be consolidated that trial be commenced Tuesday aftemooiv S olicitor Gilliam stated that upon con sideration and investigation he felt that Martin County WAS the prop*, p'.nce to try the case for various rea sons. That fie had every reason to believe that a fair and proper tna. could be had here for the State. Upon this motion Hon. John G. Dawson, of Kinston, representing Claro Heath, made an earnest plea for continuance upon the ground that he had expected the trial to be con tinued to the court of some other county and that he had not Lad proper Strand Theatre i - - • .' ; DON'T FORGET , THE SHOW AT THE STRAND .TONIGHT THE ENTERPRISE Will Demonstrate Dusting for 801 l Weevil by Plane in Halifax Scotland Neck, May I.—Arrange ments haye been completed with a commercial aihplaine company to give a cotton-dusting, demonstra tion to control the boll weevil on the farm of J. A. Kitchin, of this county, on Friday, May 15, accord ing to County Agent C. E. Little john, of Halifax County. Mr. Littlejohn states—Uiat the demonstration will be held on a field of young cotton on Mr. Kitch in's farm about two and one-halt miles from Scotland Neck on the Hobgood' road. The company wilt have two airplanes and will actually lay a dust Lloud of calcium arsenate from the air. The cotton will be too young and the boll weevils too ' few for the dusting to be actually effective in control, but the idta is to prove that airplane dusting is a practical and effective way of com batting the pest. The work will be done under the Spectators Must Pay Attention to Court Judge Sinclair called the atten tion of the people attending court Monday to the hsbit of nonstten tion and disrespect tor courts, and suggested that the fault was not entirely with the spectators bet frequently with members of the bar. Upon his recommendation • motion was msde, seconded, and carried recommending that the court, officers, tiie bar, all people interested, and spectators in at tendance should rise while ( th* sheriff convenes and adjourns court. Upon Ihe passsge of such mo tion (he court ordered Ihst such procedure be followed st each ses sion of the court during this term. time to prepare his case. He stated that the defense of his client would be an alibi. Judge Sinclair with the solicitor, declaring it appurent that sufficient notice had been given all defendants, since they Had been arres'.ed more than three weeks ago. Attorney Fred I. Sutton represent ing the Sparrows, also asked for more time, but failed to impress the court with the idea that the defendants had not had plenty of time to sel up their defense. Cheeo Postponed to Wednesday However, upon request of counsel for the defense the case was postponed until Wednesday morning ai 9 o'clock, to give time for getting thair wit nesses in court. —=-« i The State asked that a special ve nire be ordered to appear in the case, whereupon the court ordered that by consent of counsel for the State and all defendants a venire of 2W Then were ordered to be summ&ned by the sheriff to appear in court on Wed nesday, May 6, at 9a. m. 1 No plans have so far been an nounced as to the trial of Josepi. Needleman for the capital offense charged. Court will possibly have a rest day today (Tuesday) while the sheriff Is summoning the jury and the attorney* are laying their plans for the big fight Wednesday. five Men Remanded to Jail Just before the adjournment of court Indie Sinclair called F. V Sparrow, sr., and F. W. Sparrow, Jr., of Kineton, H. D. Griffin, Julian But lock, and Roy Gray, at Robersonville, to stand and placed them in the cus tody of the sheriff, with Instructions that they be UM to ftfl. AIT tho other defendants wan permitted to leave npder their «eptfß*e UHSs. Mr. Tan Dsmopoet, ef Oak City, Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 5,1925 Huperviboin of Mr. Littlejohn and Extension Entomologist W Hruce Ma bee, of State College. Mr. Little john already has about 1,500 acres of cotton signed up which the plant ers will dust with airplanes if fhe> are convinced by the demonstration. "Last year," says Mr. Little john, "Scotland Neck and the neigh boring communities in lower Hali fax had more cotton under "protec tion "by the use of calcium arsenate dust during the first season of dam age than any other community in the South. Five thousand acres were protected during the season. There were 80 of these big three-row "dusters ready for operation and a majority of theim were used. This is one reason why the Scotland Neck community was selected foi the demonstration. We want cotv ton farmers from every cotton growing county of the Stale to at tend this demonstration on May 16." TWO PLAYS PUT ON - IN ROBERSONVILLE High School Publicly Tlurta HhoM Who Auiitcd in Two Musical Comedies There (Special to The Knterprise) Robersonville, May 6.—The Rober sonville 11 iRh School wishes to use this means in expressing it h gratitude to all who had a part in staging and producing the two musical comedies recently _ rendered in the auditorium. We owe a debt of gratitude to e&ch and every person who participated. With a feeling of intense thankfulness we delight in giving you the honor foj all success of the plays. We eoneede the fact that without your untiring effort, your willingness, your goo» humor, your gratuitous service, ami your delightful personalities, success could not have come. We beg to acknowledge with pleas ure the several abilities of each mem ber of the troupe. Special mention is herewith made of Miss Margaret Stevenson as pianist; Mrs. Mayo Lit le as "Itose"; Miss Elizabeth Hunt as "Jacqueline Deaux vill' '; Miss Helen Rober. on as "Babe fiuinette"; Mr. Clyde, Cverette as "Jerry"; Mr. Warrington as "Fa Per kins"; Mis r Varina Smith as "Ma Per kins"; Mr. Robert Arikin:. as "J. Dil lingham Jones"; Mr. Sherwood Rob erson as "Props O'Reilly"; Mr. Edgar Johnson as "Percy Peabody"; Miss Helen Gurganus as "French Maid"; the high school girls and toys as chor us girls and soldiers. We also thank the public for the generous patronage. R. I. LLAKE. Secret Marriage in March Announced ' Mrs. Maud Mizelle announces the marriage of her daughter, Mart&a Simmons, to Mr. Roy Lindell Ward, on Saturday,„the seventh of March, nine teen hundred and twenty-Ave. De troit, Michigan. The above announcement was mailed to friends of the contracting parties in several States last Saturday. Mrs. Ward is the attractive daugh ter of Mrs. James H. Micelle and the late Mr. Miselle, of this city, and ha* always been very popular with tht. younger set. Far the past few years she has made her home "hT Detroit, where she waa employed by the Rl)m* Real Estats Co. Mr. Ward is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ward; jf BoAy Mount. He has also made his home in Detroit for ceveral years. Mrs. Ward, who has been spending some time with bar mother, will «• turn to bar home at an early date. , / j£ John L Hassell Not a Candidate for Mayor Very little interest is btini; man ifested in the town election today, an there is but one ticket to be voted on. . l. f It had been rumored that there would be an independent candi date in the Held, but in an inter view yesterday Mr John L. Has sell, the present mayor, who was beißg mentioned aw the "independ ent" candidate, stated that he would under no circums.ancea be a candidate, and that he knew ot no other candidate. Therefore, the field in left open for Robert L. Coburn, for mayo*, and C. O. Moore, W. T. STeadows, (ieo. H. Harrison, (', it. llaHsell, and E. P. Cunningham, for com missionera. MARCH AND APRIL REPORTS OF AGENT Farmers Buy Two Cars Tile; Also Helps l/oad Two Cars Poultry; Car Explosives Delivered •a" 1 The following is the report of the County Farm Demonstration Agent, Mr. T. B. Brandon, for the month of March; 21 days spent in field work. 6 days spent in office work. 161 conferences with farmers in re gard to farming. 204 letters written. 67 farm visits made. Traveled 867 miles on official duties. 7 articles written for newspapers. 15 orqtiards inspected. 201 hogs treated. Aided farmers in buying two cars of farm tile with u saving to them ot slß4|oo. Loaded, with Mr. Kisher, county agent at Washington;, one car of poul try, We secured 22 cents per pound for hens, and 10 cents pound for old roosters, cash at the car door. The price paid the farmers was about 4 cents above the local market. This county furnished about half of the car which was XW)O pounds of poultry. The report for April follows: L 23 days spent in field work. 4 days spent in office worV 181 conferences with , farmers in re gard ,to farming. ~ 166 le'.ters written. 874 miles traveled in regard to iny work. ' 201 hogs treated to prevent cholera 7 articles written for local papers. J6 orchards inspected. Delivered one car of explosives, with a saving to the farmers of about sl, 800, Which will get up 10,000 stumps in the county. At present I have re quests for 11,000 pounds to be ordereo in September or October. A second car of poultry was loaded With the county agent at Washington, N. 1 C. We secured for the farmers, cash at the car door, 23 cents a pound for hens, and 10 cents a pound for roosters. This price paid was abou> 6 cents above the local market, Have arranged for a cotton-variety teat on Mr. L. B. Harrison's farm on the road to Washington. We are us ing 10 different varieties o see which will yield the beat. There will be hoarti»*laced in front of eacn variety so that the people can tell which va riety they will like the best. From this we hope to get gome valuable in formation. . Wants Farmers to List Their Crops Mr. D. • Matthew*, the county at*-, sasKor, in anxious to get a complete' list of the farm products from eacn farm in the county. The law requires that each farm shall give to the tax lister, when Mul ing his property tax, a complete state ment of all crops, fruits, and. o'he» income from farm crojis for the pre vious year. This is in no way intended to be a base for taxation but to enable the farmer to know whether or not he Is making a profit on the farm. it is very necessary that Tmrrflffw should know as much about their busi ness income as any other class of bus iness' people. , ■.J if—every farmer in the 6ount»-yib make an accurate j&femerit of all farm expense and income for the year not, they wfll greatly kelp the local talfctm. ; a j TAKES SIDE WITH COUNTV ATTORNEY John W. liret'n Anuwern Attack Mailt' By Mr. Hui(h M. Hurras Through - " Knlerpritte Last Friday To the Editor: Mr. Burras said that he listened very at.eiuively to v ttie highly -flavored speech of Hon. Clayton Moore. This is'- true, as Mr. Moore dots not nutke | use of any speech anywhere other than the highly flavored variety, even J in u social conversation. Mr'. Moore is full of the mentioned "thunderstorms that come from a clear sky";'clear and fair storms thai always hit the spots where they aim If some of our oilu-r officers of Mar tin County were such men as Clayton Moore, there would "probably 'be n knols to untie. There are some people who can sit \and listen at a gentleman's speech f« i !a whole day and then not know whttli er he is pleading a* case at laW or preaching the gospel. As to goiwjj to'M f. Moore's home to see him as county attorney, as stated ' by M.r. Burtas, I would judge that Hie county commissioner's business was to get advice and not to give advice. As to rumors about STJ rtU Kobef*- I son, I wish to say that have reason I to believe that he did not have the j slightest idea of any mob violence. I j have found him to be a >higTi type of { gentleman iii every respect, who cat ries out the law, if possibly. Mr. Moore earns every dollar pam to him by Martin County as county attorney. The tim?"~may have been, prior to the present time, when the county commissioners could have got by without a fawyer, but our present commissioners, or at least some ot them, are badly in neelT of advice. As a matter of fact, we have some coun ty officers who get smaller salaries than Mr. Moore, that we get less re suits from than we do from Mr. Moore, and we regret to have to pay our money to them. Mr. Moore is a full-bloodeiT "Smejl can, a native of Martin County, North Carolina, anil a Martin County attor ney.' He performs Tifs duty. He Is even as much or more known in the capital city as he is' here at home Tie is hot responsible for our hlirli taxef whatsoever. I am sure Mr. Moore pays his proportional pari of 'the taxes and has them paid up to jlate. I further wish to say. in conclusion, that Mr. Moore went out in the fielft and uskeil for his office like a man, at he knew the people of old Martin would support him. He did not slip around and find if hole and secretly slip into office at the eleventh hour and ninety-ninth minute. Mr. Moore has a perfect right to appear for the defense in the Needle man matter, as the whole affair on both sides is a State case and not a county one. It is tried in the State courts and not in the recorder's court of Martin County. JNO. W. GKEENJ • A Martin County Taxpayer. Jamesville to Vlay Wednesday (Special to The Enterprise) Jamesville May 4.—Everyone is co»- dially invited to attend the ball game I Wednesday here when the Jamesville j High School meets Everetts. The J game is expected to be a good as i the teams are about e\enly matched. Come out and see the pitcher work | that has a record of 20 strike out* during one game. Jamesville is boaat- I ing of having won every first place In athletics that it has took any part in thja year, namely: Won every first place in tracl; ST! basketball games; all baseball games, so far. Entertain for Dndor - , And Mrs. Pendleton Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Saunders enter tained*tsst night with two tables o. bridge for Doctor and Mrs. Pendleton, of Elizabeth City, who are visitim* their niece, Mrs. C. H. Godwin, and Mr. Godwin. _ Tu? A salad course was aervoiT afte cards had been played for "lwo"*tioura Those present besides the guSSts of honor were: Mr. and Mrs? Godwin, Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Rhodes, Mr. an. Mrs- S. R- Biggs, and Mr*. F. W Heyt. ; .. ■•-. 'j m •_ Special Term for Trial of Joe Needleman and Mob ~ ™?" *' • * • Members Began Monday | Co-op Head Sues ~| | H H % 9f- \p" i jK, j,.-(\. • . S / yVLi ii Aaron Sapiro, originator of the Farmers' Co-operative Marketing plan, hah filed nuit for $1,000,000 ' against Henry Ford's Dearborn In dependent denying that he is in "h oonKpiracy of bankers who seek tu control the food -markets of the world " Order Your Extra Enterprises Now All regular subscribers and others wishing to receive editions of the Enterprise con tainin k news relative to the trial now ill progress here are rvi|iiesl- ' ed to send 25 cents in coin to this, , ollice. An edition will be pah lished Wednesday night, and il is probable that other extras will lie printed this week, depending en lirely upon developments .at t he courthouse. 1 II we fall to publish more ifiaiY one extra issue, we will itdwme your- Tegular subscription one k month ahead of lis present.siafid ing. Thin small sum Is asked to meet the natural expense ol publishing ihis paper, and a prompt remit ' lance will be appreciated, as we would like i« iinow h"w man.\ copies ol'the extra tu-pi int. Stamps will not fie accepted. VfFTY YEARS Ol RIDINO THE KAIL Captain Haywood Clark, Veteran A. (V 1.. Conductor, Retires After Fifty Y ears of Service . Captain; Haywood Clttrk retireu. fun the service of the Atlantic Coast l ine Railroad Company May the lsi r after a continuous .service of titty years. For many year Ca|».Hiii Clark has been conductor on (Tie Norfolk Wilmington run, making regular tinis He first served on the,('oust Line on the road running from Uncle y 'Mount to Tarboro. I.ater, when ilie line was extended to Wllliamston under the oln Albemarle & Kuleigh charter, he] canto jon this lint for some' time. It woulil be interesting to know many passengers Captain Clark ha;- hauled, as well as the number of miles he has traveled Doubtless fthe dis tance travelq/l would hav • carried him around the earth a hundred times or I £ ■> ' more. Cap"»in ' Clark has always been! faithful to hn trust ait it a friend t » the traveling public, Mr. T. A. ilrinkley, who for a nun» ■far ■ of yeainf Txtw bocir conductor oil the Kocky Mount-Plymouth train, hpen transferred to the Norfolk-Wil mingto.h train, the*position being maut vacant hy the retirement of Captain; Clark. Mr. S. C. Snead, of Shawsvilse, Va.,j arrived Wednesday night to uccom ' party Mr. I. G. White, who has bieenj suffering from an attack of appendi- ; citis for the past few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs, A. K. Dunning, where he W{M • guest, to his home in Shawn ville. « ' *. ■J ■ 1 ' ■* s AUVKRTISKRS WILL FIND OUR - •ill.l MNS A LATCHKEY TO 1600 ttOMKS OF MARTIN COUNTS ESTABLISHED 1898 Crowd Fills Courthouse;. Charge of Judge Short l»ut to the Point Hit' courthouse was tiWfd and stand ing room was at a premium. Faces not I'iioiiliar to our folks were dotted Tfvfr the room and cars from towns over this section of the State were linud up mar the building. Two men, C. C. Fleming and 9. h. Jolly, wer« the only ones th'at had been drawn as jurors who were not present when the. list was read* out. They hail been properly excused. Tile following were drawn to serve "oil'tHi* grand' jury: —: — *~§ tleorge 11. Harrison, foreman; J. F. i nsp. I. F r Stokes, S. S. Hailey, vV'. i 1 teach"; \V„ A Casper, F. S. Purvis,' '1 \\ Davenport, VV. L. Tfiylor, J. S. John "Hi, 1.. I. Ivlmohdson, L. H. Hux, • K A Kilmoiuisoii, J. Ti Bennett, J. M. ~™ ~iuhiiMiii, 11. I! Koberson, •( . J./tlriflln, (i"o. W Martin. t ' Judge Sinclair's Charge Judge Sinclair, who is conswered IB be niie of the .-.trongest judges of th«. State, made his charge when the jury- " men had taken their seats in the box. Hi: began by impressing upon" them . that they Wi re a part of the courr, but independent in that justice was en 1 irely in their hands and should they I tail to administer*it it was lost. The best type of government can | mil. be maintained', he said, unless > courage and character are found ni ' the jury box, nut only of the grano jury hut of the trial jury as well. He called attention to tjie fact that tfte commissioners could discard an entire - body of jurors and replace it with an otl.er, it' the members lacked intelli- Jj gence und moral character. ThesStnt"'.- criminal procedure form J was upheld, hut the judge -said the j t>renter proportion of the weakness bf I the procedure of the criminal, courts j lies in th- juries. The ci iiiimal laws of 'he State dfe ) vide the violators of the law into three | general'classes. The third class em braces such crimes as atfect society at i hug", ahd the individual is not ex pec'ed to prosecute, but the State r uul, .therefore, the charges go _ 1 before a grand jury. I'eoplt* Should Learn Constitution Our people should be taught the con i itu ion, lit: said, and they would have more respect for the law. The law that pro'ects our property and our lives is the greatest blessing that we have and therefore our juries should be careful to see that the law is car ried The Fdniond Burke theory, which says the king in his palace has no right to enter the home of the most humble peasant without the propel j process of law, is the foundation for all the law '.hat exists in our country today. _ " r* —"With the grand jury rflsts tne |K>wer of the preservation of the good nanw> of yotir county," concluded thfc | judge. ' His charge was .short, but teeming with reason, fairness, and firmness. Henry D. Taylor was made offlce> 1 of the grand jury and the solicitor placed all bills .in the ttamfs of the jury, after which the court recesses | shortly before 11 o'clock until 2.30. Press Representatives Here The foliowifig newspaper men are in attendance upen the epeelal term oi ci urt here tlu,s week: 4 Mr. William Richardson, of Raleigh, representing the Associated Press, j Carl (Joerch, of Washington, reprv scnilng the Washington .Progrese. lien Dixon MacNtil, of Raleigh, rep resenting the 'News and Observer. R. K. Powell, (if Rnleigh, represent* | lnf> various newrapapers over the State, The special term of the 1 superior j court of Martin County called by Gerf- J ernor an fop- the trial of th* : i criminal assault against Jo» J I Needleman, Kinston tobacco >alesman, j ! and the mob violence cases against, ■ j twenty-nine men of Martin and Lenou iJ counties, convene*! here J I morning at 10.45, with ' Sinclair, of Fayetteville, presiding,'-! untl Solicitor Donnel Gilliam, who ha» 1 "done such efficient work in roundinglß up the members of the mob, prose.