North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME 29—NUMBER 35 TOBACCO MARKETS OF, EASTERN CAROLINA TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 7TH Dates Decided at Meeting in Atlantic City Dates for Opening of All Markets Announced Saturday Atlantic City, N. J.—Considerable discussion pro and con greeted the anouncement Saturday of the dates for the opening: of sales of tobacco growers' crops in Southern ware houses, which was made by T. W. Blackwell, of Winston-Salem, at the convention of the Tobacco Association of the United States, held at the Tray more Hotel. Mr. Blackwell disclosed the dates that subseqentuly were passed upon by a majority as chairman of the sales committee of the association. As if anticipating that the dates recom mended for sale in the various sec tions of the tobacco-growing States would not be greeted by unanimous fa vor, Mr. Blackwell uttered the pre amble that the committee had given long and earnest thought to all fac tors and to all circumstances and the schedule of dates for sales that it wan about to disclose through him repre sented its best judgment. The com mittee realized that it is humanly impossible to please everybody, he said, but it had done its best. Following is the schedule he an nounced: August 3, Georgia; August 10, South Carolina; September 7, Eastern Carolina; September 21, mid dle belt; October 5, old belt; Novem ber 2, dark belt of Virginia. There was a strong protest against the pro posed import duty surtax of 17 1-2 per cent of American cigarettes and 22 1-2 per cent of American bacco that the Tariff Commission, now sitting at Peking, proposes to impose, pursuant to provisions of treaties made at the Washington arms conference in 1922, against American tobacco entering China. Such a levy would bring disaster if not ruin upon the tobaecogrowing States of the South, it was declared. In a lengthy resolution it was de clared that although China consumes 22 per cent of the total American to bacco output, the proposed import duty surtax is the (highest it is plan ned to levy at thl'i conference. The chair was authorised to appoint a committee to treat with a commission in Washington that will deal with the Peking conference. Protest was made against a bill pending in the House and introduced by a represen tative from Shelbyville, Ky., which provides that every leaf dealer and every manufacturer fi|e four times a year in Washington a report as to crop on hand and other data. Baptist Philatheas Meeting Thursday The Phi lathea class of the Baptist Church will meet Thursday night at 8 o'clock with Miss Sallie Harris at her home on Haughton Street Every- Philathea is invited to come. And please remember the change from Fri day to Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mayo, of Rocky Mount, and Mrs. Lindon Co tart, of Durham, visited Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Critcher Sunday. STRANG THEATRE J Friday, July 2 A Genuine CHARLESTON - CONTEST * ( ' • Between Four of the Local Colored Boys Also An 8-Reel Special Picture Program -fHfMSNTERPRISE Woman's Club Department No. 1 To Have Silver Tea Thursday Afternoon for Benefit of Club All Ladies of Town Invited; Club Must Raise Some Money To Carry Out Program It Has Outlined Group 1 of the Woman's Clnb will give s silver tea in the club rooms Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock, for the benefit of the club. All the ladies of the town are cordially invited to at tend. If anyone has any dish cloths •r tea towels thst they want to Imitates Women's Styles; Fined $lO • Imitating What he called the preposterously abbreviated styles of women Isnded Paul Frsihoff, 24, New York lock smith, in jail for a night and cost him 910. Freihoff expressed to the court that on retaining from work he was shoked to find his 20-year old wife had bobbed her hair and purchased nude-colored stock ings snd s late model afternoon froek. The sight drove him to drink, he said. Police found him psrsding the streets elsd only in a shirt snd bedroom slippers. Arrested for disorderly conduct, he plesded that he wsnted to teach his wife s lesson, but the court fsiled to be eoaviaced. Prominent Denver Man Weds I)aughter-in-Law Denevr, Colo., June 24.—Announce ment of the marriage of Thomas B. Stearns, prominent Denver manufact urer, financier, and civic leader, to his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Dorothy Brown Stearns, widow of Burt Stearns, was made here Tuesday by relatives.. The marriage was per formed in Santa Fe, N. Mex., June 1. Stearns is M and his bride is 32 years 1 old. Burt Stearns died here Novem ber 26, 1918, and the first Mrs. Thom as B. Stearns died four years ago last March. Recorder's Court Today Had Number Cases To Be Tried; Liquor Cases Predominatim Plymouth Girl Killed Today Neck Broken When Car Runs Into Telephone Pole Hasel Liverman, a child just begin ning to walk and talk, was instantly killed in Plymouth this morning, when a car drivep by Mr. M. G. Darden struck a telephone pole and turned over. The child's neck was broken, and she died instantly. Mr. Darden waa painfully bruised on the head. The child was the daughter ofMr. E. H. Liverman, whsoe wife died when the child was only a few days aid. Mr. liverman, who ia a traveling salesman, gave the child over to the keeping of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Dar den, and Mr. Darden, who had • fatherly devotion for the child, was taking her out for a little ride when the accident occurred. • The little girl is understood to have been the indirect cause of the acci dent. She had opened the door to the car, and Mr. Darden, fearing she would fall out, reached over to catch her and lost control of the car, which ran head-on into the telephone pote and then turned over. Mrs. A. R. Dunning and daughter, Mary Alice, and Mrs. John W. Man ning will leave Thursday for Niagara Palls, in company with a party from Washington and other eastern Caro lina townAnder the guidance of Mr. W. B. Percival, of Washington. Williamßton, Martin County, North (Carolina, Tuesday, June 29, 1926 donste to the club, bring them along snd they will be hemmed during the afternoon. The club has a big program planned, all for the good of the town, snd things can not be ac complished without funds, so let our contributions be ss liberal as possible. Want History Martin County Subscriptions Offered to Those Who Will Write . Of Local History The Enterprise will give one year subscriptions to the twenty-five per sons who will furnish any good article on Martin County history. Any phase of history will be admitted if it can be classed as a historical fact. The article may relate to early set tlement, religious, or politicial move ments. Individual narratives that have a historical bearing, such as the life of any prominent man or woman of importance to the development of the county. A good narrative, of a church or a school will be considered, or it might be of the old military es tablishment, or any court proceedings of note. The establishment of the tobacco markets of the county ..is a good theme; also the fisheries and the fish ing industry of the county. Early railroad or steamboat history or any other subject that will make and pre serve Martin County history will be welcopied. The article must contain as much as 800 words, and must be of suffic ient merit to be classed as a histori cal narrative. It must not be a repe tition of anything already published in our histories but it may be an en largement on the same subject. No article will be published without the consent of the writer and due credit will be given. Several Fines and One Road Sentence Are Handed Out The violation of the ljquor laws in one fofm or another caused a busy session in Judge Smith's court here today. Solicitor Peel prosecuted for the State. D. L, Pritchett w«i found guilty of violating the liquor law and was fin ed SSO. and the costs of the cue. The case against Julius Whitfield was continued until July 20 when final judgment will be pronounced. Whit field was found guilty of aaaault with a deadly weapon, and it was goodness on the Court's part that his case was continued to a later date. The heaviest fine of the day was placed on John S. Whitehurst, when he was found guilty of violating the liquor laws and the court placed • 1150.00 fine on Mm and required hiin to pay the coat of the case. Issac Ampie was charged with car rying a concealed weapon and with theft aaaault and unlawful receiving of liquor in two cases. He was ad judged guilty of aaaault upon a wo man, and for this he was sentenced to the Edgecombe county roads for a period of six months. In all the other charges he was found guilty and waa sentenced to the Edgecombe roads for six more months. He appeal ed from these verdicts to the Super ior court and waa requi*ed,to givf bond in the itm Of 9260. in each case. Walter Bennett plead guilty to the charge of transporting liquor and his ease waa continued for final judgment until July 18th. B. F. Perry's Store Robbed Early Sunday Break Glass Door With Brick; $650 Worth Goods Stolen Early Sunday morning, while Wil liamston folks slept, thieves broke the plate-glass front dqpr of Lt. F. Perry's store with a brick, entered and car ried away goods estimated in value at arpund $660.00. Mr. Perry thinks the robbery was committed by an expert, as he picked a dozen or more of his best suits of clothes, about two dozen of his high est priced dresses and several dozen pairs of ladies' silk hose, besides a large quantity of ladies' dress (roods. So far, there is no clue whatever as to who committed the robbery. The only thing found in or around the •tore which was supposed to have been left by the robbers was a three star safety match box. The robbers are thought to have been foreigners who wore driving an automobile and stepped from the pavement at the store door to the car, leaving no tracks of any kind. i ■ . Local Leaguers at Louisburg Meeting The annual North Carolinu Epworth League Assembly is meeting this year at Louisburg, The Williamston League Is being will represented, there being three delegates attending: Misses Evelyn Harrison, Martha Leg gett, and Mattie Lou Rodgeraon. They were accompanied by Rev. T. W. I^ee. It will be remembered that last year at the assembly the Williamston se nior league received a certificate with a gold seal signifying that the lea gue had become 100 per cent, a stan dard league; this bebiK one of the three leagues in the Weldon district receiving thiß honor. f The delegates are expecting to brin( back the gold seal of efficiency this Jfr«r. They left yesterday by automobile. To Present Program At Several Places A program to be presented at sev eral places in the county for th>- ben efit of the Holy Trinity Mission is being prepared by the young people in that community. The leading feature of the program is a three-quarter hour play, entitled "The Laughing Cure." Special ef forts are being made to make the en tire program "funny," so that those who attend may get a small dose of the genuine cure. Besides "The Laughing Cure," there will be enough black-face entertainment, including »ongs, dances, etc., to make the length of the program at least two and a half hours. This program will be rendered at the following places and dates: Bear Grass, Friday, July 2, 8.30. Jamesville, Monday, July 6, 8.30. Hamilton, Tuesday, July 6, 8.30. Farm Life, Wednesday, July 7, £.30. Arrangements will probably be made to show at other'places. An nouncements will be made later. State Sunday Blue Laws to be Tested Cases to test the constitutionality of the Sunday lawn in North Caro lina will be brought in several cities, Linn A. E. Gale, national aecretary treasurer of the Association Opposed to Blue Laws, who visited Durham to conduct a campaign against the M blue laws," anounced. Mr. Gale is pre paring to organize branches in sever al North Carolina cities. He con tends it is no more against the State laws to play baseball or operate pic ture shows than it is to play golf, go in swimming, operate automobiles or other activities now being followed in the State on Sunday. President W. G. ilramham, of the Piedmont, Virginia, and "Sally" base ball'leagues, states that he does not oppose Sunday baseball, but would not force it on people who do not want it. How The English Enforce Their Laws Mrs. Louis Calvert, who was ac cused of murdering another woman in Manchester, England, in April, was Hanged in that city yesterday. The murder, trial and execution all cover ed a period of time of less than three months. Mrs. Calvert protested her inno cence to Ihe last and thousands of pe titions were Aled asking for clemency. All were denied Mrs. Calvert left three small chil dren, one of-them only a baby. England has very Kttle crime but much law. Number Acts Have Been Booked for 1926 Fair; Old Favorites Returning Mac Donald's Band Will Bring Back Scotch Tenor And Xylophone Soloist Who Made Big Hit Here Last Year; Other Features The following acts and fea tures have been booked for the Hfth annual Koanoke Fair, (he week of September 27th, begin ning Monday night and continu ing five nights and four days: Mac Donald's Koyal Scotch Highlander's Band, which fea tures Miss Jennie Koberson, con tralto; W. Fraser Steele, Scotch tenor (you remember him last year); Miss Catherine Adamson and her brother, William, pipers and dancers; J. O. Knottunen, cornet soloist; John J. Heney, Xylophone soloist (This was also LaGrange Man Turns Car Over Skids on Highway Near Jamesville; Car Turns Over Twice A Dodge sedan owned and driven by Mr. W. P. Hardy, of LaGrange, skidded on the Jamesville hitfhwuy this morning and turned over twice. The road at the place where tl*e ac cident occurred, which is about 7 mill's from Williamston, was very slick, ow ing to heavy ' rains during the past two or three days. In the car were Mr. Hardy, two of his brothers, and his little son and daughter. They were all bruised up considerably, but Mr. Hardy suffered the most painful cuts, several of them being on his face. The party was en route to Eliza beth City and were trying to catch an early ferrv at Mackevs. ■it Rev. Mason to Address Local Federation FYiday Uev. E. W. Mason, pastor of the Robersonville Baptist Church, will preach at the meeting of the federa tion Friday night, July 2, at 8 o'clock. The meeting will, be held at the Christian Church. Malaria Fever and Infectious Dysentery Added to List of Reportable Diseases in State Diseases Are Not Quar tined; Reported For Information Raleigh.—Two mure maladies have been added to the list of reportable diseases by. the State board of health, it was announced last week by Dr.. G. M. Cooper, acting director. These are malaria and infectious dysentery. Beginning this week physicians will be required to report all of these canes attended to the local health of ficer, either city or county, who will in turn report the number of cases to the State board of health. While neither malaria nor infec tious dysentery will be quarantined, the board of health feels that the extent of these two diseases iji the State is such that an accurate record should be kept so that data on it will be possible to determine what,prog ress has been 1 made in their control or virtual elimination. Heretofore the principal reportable diseases have bef.n small pox, scarlet fever, typhoid, diphtheria, measles, and whooping cough. ' The records of these othei two will be kept almost entirely for comparative statistical study. Many Take Advantage Of Typhoid Treatment The doctors of the county have been very busy this and last week, tak king care of those wTio are taking advantage of the typhoid treatment. At Dardens this morning, the town was the scene of a big rush. Dr. Smithwick had the applicants lined and several hours' work still ieft a long line waiting for the treatment. The exact number taking the treat ment is hot known at this time, but it will run into the several of hun dreds. Mr. W. I. Skinner returned Sunday from Atlantic City, where he attend ed a meeting of the National Toßacco Association. i >„■. ■ " ! a feature last year); and Thou. F. Deveney, trombone soloist. Thin in the greatest band on the platform today and presents the greatest artists that ran be se cured. Other acts are: The i'hunny Kord. The Roscoe tumblers and com edy act. The Armstrong trio, aerialists. And other acta to be secured. The band and all acta and spec ialties will appear each afternoon and night' in the grandstand shows. 200 Accidentally Killed This Year During the period from January 1 to June 2T there were 200 people accidentally killed in North I'arolina, almost all of them in automobile accidents. During the same period there were 433 injured. Our State lead all others ex cept h'lorida. hi the It Southern States there were 1,127 killed and 6.- 575 injured, which shows 6 in jured to every 1 killed. The figures for our State show thai we do things better. We only wound two for every one we kill, an evidence that we do not like cripples suffering around us. Highway Commission Lets Contracts Today The State Highway commission re ceived bids for 1120 miles of highways at a letting today. The 14.22 miles from Windsor to tin Chowan bridge and the 4.14 miles extending from the eastern end "of the Chowan bridge to Kdenton was included in the letting. The amount of bids could not be Kiven in time for today's press, nor could the successful bidder be an-> nounced. Negro Killed Near Windsor Car Turns Over on Slip pery Road and Skull Is Crushed liismarck Downing, colored, was killed about three miles this side of V\ incisor Monday morning, when the bi{ Ktudebaker car in which he was riding turned over, crushing his skull. Downing was the owner of the car, but another colored man was driving at the time. They were returning fiom Winton, the former home of Downing, to New Hern, and when they went off the paved road to that which had not been paved they found it very slippery. The car was about to slide in the ditch when Downing reached over and turned the wheel sharply, causing the car to turn over several times, killing Downing in • stantly. The driver and another man in the car escaped without much in jury. Local Auto License Bureau Very Busy The auto license bureau at the Wil liamston Motor Co. is very busy to day, the rush for neyr licenses having started last .Saturday, when 21U car licenses and 9 for trucks were sohi. There were only 2 of the «U, licenses sold, and of the remaining 21(5, which are the sl2.6> cars, there were only id sold for makes other than Fords, making the Ford total li>7. The peo ple who are visiting the local office comment very favorably on the quick and courteous service that our Ford folks are giving them. Messrs. Ben Weraiey and W. 0. Council, of Oak City, were buaineaa vlsitori hare yesterday. ESTABLISHED 1898 Bathing Pool Is Next Goal of Woman's Club Is To Be Made Especially for Children, Though Adults Will Benefit A swimming pool for Williamstoq i* to be the next goal of the Woman's Club. Thi,s is truly a most worthy one—a place of recreation for the young people under the supervision of older people is one of_ the out standing needs of Williamston. The children of the town have had the benefit of one person's time, Mr. Si mon Lilley, who through his personal sacrifice for tjhem and through Scout work, has instilled high ideals, team work and fair play; but he hits had a hard task to work alone. The idea of a swimming pool ad Held by the Woman's Club is to have one for the pleasure of the grown ups,, but especially for the children, with some one in charge to take care of them. ' The sand pit at the river hill is a very good place for the pool, and the city commissioners and the mayor arw willing to do what they can toward providing this place, if they feel that it is for the town's good. They have appointed a committee to investigate all the phases of the plan with tjie committee from the Woman's Club, and something will be done right a way, the young-people are promised. Facts and Figures About Dusting for 801 l Weevil The following is a portion of an ar ticle written by H. E. Grant, agent of Bertie county for the Ledger-Ad v:\nee. The fiugre* are what count ■ami Mr. Grant has three cases tabu lated. "Many farmers yet doubt the value of dusting the cotton with calcium arsenate for weevil control. In order to demonstrate, the effectiveness of ■ this material in controlling boll weevil three fields were staked .ut in differ ent sections of the country last year, and in each case one plat was dusted and the adjoining plat not dusted. In neither case did dusting begin as ear ls as it shoult have, as infestations were 3«j per cent or more above in each field when /"dusting began. Re sults were as follows: H. M. Hell's farm at Kden House, three applications. Yisld of dusted cot ton 11! M pounds seed cotton. Yield of undusted cotton 801 pounds seed cot ton. A. V. Cobb's farm near Republican, dusted !)5() pounds seed cotton; un dusted MM) pounds seed cotton. T. X. Norfleet's farm, Itoxboro. Yield of dusted cotton 1440 pounds; undusted cotton 1140 pounds seed, cotton. All of these yields are given on an acre basis." • ' Judge Settles Novel Point in Liquor Law — '' ' " ." Greensboro, June 28.—A man can't buy a pirjt of liquor on a doc-N tor's prescription in Waco, Tex., and bring it here for medical purposes, even if he doesn't touch a drop of it, .according to a ruling of Judge D. H. Collins in municipal court here today. That was the defense of G. W. Wood, charged with possession of a pint, but hnpwas fined fifty dollars. Planning Trips for (ilorious Fourth .The people of our town are plan ning week end trips for the Fourth. Many will go to i'amlico and others to Hayview, Virginia Beach and other bathing resorts. Tfce stores will be closed on Monday following the fourth which Tomes on Sunday and practically all business will be sus pended. Charleston Contest Here Friday Night The Charletson contest which was to be staged tonight has been plac et! for Friday night . The contest is being singed by the management of "" the Strand theatre, and $lO. prizes will b e awarded, it is understood. Christian Philatheas ' Meet Friday Night The Philatheas of the Chriatlan Church will meet Friday night at 8 o'clock with Miss Margaret Manning at her home on ilaughton Street. All |Pliilatheas «re urged to coma. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gurganus and . little daughter, Betty Rose, spent yes terday and today In Norfolk. &