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the Label on Your Papier; It Carries the Date Your Subscription Expires V f VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 103 FOOD SPECIALIST . TALKS TO CLUB MEMBERS FRIDAY Conducts First • Leaders' Training School; Only Eleven Present TO RETURN IN APRIL Two Women From Each Club Had Been Requested To Attend; Four Club* Represented By LORA E. SLEEPER (Home Demonstration Agent) Miss Mary E. Thomas, nutrition specialist was here last Friday with Home Demonstration Agent Lora E. Sleeper. Miss Thomas came to the county to conduct the first leaders' training school. Two women from each woman's club was requested to at tend this meeting which was planned for all day. However, because of the very few present in the morning, the meeting was opened at 1:30 p. m. with eleven women present, representing the clubs in Williamston, Holly Springs, Jamesville and Hamilton. TEe object of having leaders in all the club? is to assist the in getting in records, reports, and if pos a.ole to create more interest in all elbs. By having such opportunities the women gain more confidence so that in a necessary absence of the agent, the work in the particular club continues and the interest if the club grows. Miss Thomas gave a very interes ting talk and discussion on "Food and Nutrition", well illustrated by the use of charts and posters. Miss Thomas summarized good nutrition under the headings of Rest, Sleep, i Food, Air, Exercise, Cleanliness, Sun- | shine and Elimination of .vaste. The ; discussion continued, stressing the j needs of food for the body and whAt the various foods really did to sup ply these needs. These needs were grouped under four headings: Food to build and repair the body, Food to furnish heat and energy, Food to regulate the body processes and Food to promote growth and health. In her discussion she compared the red blood corpuscles to small iron boats, giving ft list of foods which would give the red color necessary to healthy blood. The interesting discussion was con cluded with a few statements rela tive to the vitamines. The vitamines necessary for growth and health and resistance to disease, found in green leafy vegetables, fruits, Vegetables and milk. With the lack these vita mines certain diseases appear, Beri- Beri, Scurvy and Rickets. Miss Thomas plans to be in this county again in April and it is hoped that the second time, there will be representative leaders, two if possible, from all the clubs. The women present at the meeting Friday were requested to make showing the sources of the energy giving foods. 4 am very sure such potters could be made very helpful. Each woman member of othe club in any community will be requested at • the next meeting to fill out an infor mation sheet. After this she will be given the Guide to Meal Planning to help her in giving to her family the right kind and the necessary food for the best health. /> ■«- Capture Still Near Bear Grass Friday Deputies S. H. Grimes and Joseph H. Roebuck captured a still of about 75-gallon capacity, near Bear Grass Friday. The still was nicely bricked up and ready for business, but when the officers arrived it was not in oper ation. A flourishing business had been carried on, judging from the appear ances of the plant, the officers stated. There were fourteen barrels of beer near the plant, waiting for fer mentation to take place. The officers " found no clue as to the identity of the owner or operator of the plant. STRANPV THEATRE! J : »"T * ' ' 1 " ■■ WEDNESDAY BUFFALO BILL JUNIOR in "The Saddle Cyclone" Also Comedy "Hold Still m r _And Serial "Heroes of the Wild" and FREE TICKET POR SHOW FRIDAY Theatre Well Heated THE ENTERPRISE HIGH SCHOOL | NEWS NOTES Hawaiians To Present Pro gram At School Next Tuesday . Kaiama's Native Hawaiians have been booked for showing here next i Tuesday evening at 7:45 in the school auditorium. In booking the Hawaiians I the local school brings to the people here an entertainment of much worth. Formerly with Keith Vaude ville, the troupe has broadcasted over the radio, and have recorded many records for the Victor Talking Ma chine Company. The four musicians come here direct from the Carolina 1 heatre, Charlotte. Following the usual custom, the r seniol-s of the local school are now at work on their annual play, "The End of the Lane." The comedy in three acts, is directed by Miss Fletcher, head of the Dramatic club. Accord ing to present plans, the seniors will fatesent the play within the next three , weeks. In reporting the list of honor pupils during the last two months in the local school, the name of Ollie Marie Roberson was lost from the regular list. She having made an high aver age, her name should have appeared on the high school honor roll during the last two school months. PRISON MAY BID ON AUTO TAGS Awarding of Contract Held Up While Prison Officials Study Prices - Raleigh, Feb. £B.—Award of con tract for 1929 automobile license tags, ; on which four Arms bid yesterday, 1 was held ap until' today to allow Governor McLean, director of the budget, and Supt. George Ross I'ou of State's Prison to decide whether , the prison will submit a bid or not. In making their decision' they will have the bids of the firms be fore them, and unless theytleoid- the' prison can install the licence tag ma , chinery at a cost of about and still underbid the free-labor firms it is not anticipated that a bill will be entered. Other bidders, especially President Willwersherd, of the Western Dis play and Manufacturing Company, showed resentment that the prison- should be allowed to scrutinize their bids befoie entering its own. President Wilwersherd said that had he known that, anything like that was going to happen he would never have submitted a bid in the first place. However, he is remaining in Raleigh to see it through, having come here from Cleveland to submit his bid. His firm has made the tag,s for the last several years and this year apparently was second low bid: der, but this will not be determined definitely until today after an expert has settled the question of whether the envelopes bid on by the Western Display firm jy not of superior quality to those proposed by the 8. I G. Adams Co., of St. Louis, apparent i ly the low bidder. The bid of the Western Display firm wan for .04445 cents a plate f. o. b. the factory and that of the Adams | concern was .0442. Freight on the tags from either place to Raleigh would amount BJ"".0p48 cents a tag, bringing the low Kid price up to .0490 a plate delivered, which is the price the prison would have to better. The con -1 tract calls for 550,000 tags. This year the State purchased its tags from Mr. Wilwersherd's con cern and paid 04750 for them f. o. b., or about five and one-half cents de livered. . I 'Security Life Team Wins Two from Norfolk College The' Security Life basketball five won two straight from Norfolk Col lege here last Friday and Saturday nights. In the fii'st game the locals won 33 to 22, but Saturday night, the Virginians returned to play a closer grme and lost only by two points, the final score being 22 to 20. lAit night the locals visited New Bern and lost to the Y team there 22 to 1». , Baptist Philatheas To Have Silver Tea The Baptist Philathea class will givr a silver tea at the home of Mrs. Una Martin, Wednesday afternoon, February 29, from 4 to 6 p. m. A cordial invitaUon is extended to the public. ' ?'*! 'H Tom Tarheel says the S2OO that he got the other day when the county agent shipped a car of poultry comes in right handy at this time. Mr. J. L. Holliday, of Macedonia i was here a short while this morn* in*. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, February 28, 1928 POSTAL SERVICE 1 PROFITS BY MAIL BEING CHANGED ■ i Cost Was $7,000 a Year When Carried By ; - - Train i COSTS $1,675 BY AUTO i . : j New Service Inaugurated Yesterday: i Plymouth Postmaster Refuses • I To Accept Mail ' j The change in the method of hand • 1 ling mail between Parmele and Ply mouth will make possible a considei i ; able saving for the government. The mail formerly carried by trains : | 56 and 57 irom Tarboro to Plymouth 'A and return cost the government I | about $7,000 a year, $4,000 going to : the transportation company and $3,- , 000 to the railway mail clerk. The • bus carrier gets $1,675 from Parmele I to Plymouth and return, carrying ex ! uctly the same mail as the train ex cept what accumuates at Conetoe and ; Bethel after the train from Plymouth ■ to Rocky Mount passes. This change ■ : effects a $5,000 saving annually for • the government. Each office along the line receives I from and dispatches mail to all other ; offices along the route. However, the Plymouth office refused to accept jK>uches originating at offices along the line yesterday afternoon, that is front Robersonville, Everetts, Wil liamston and Jamesville, and also re* I fused and failed to deliver mail from points on the Norfolk Southern reach ing Plymouth at 2:3(1 and all local mail to the bus carrier for any points on his line. AGAINST FORE CASTING PRICES | Recent Cotton Conference Condemns Predictions of U. S. Department Raleigh, Feb. . 2K.-— "This confer ,! cnc«f disputes' the ability .of the best economic minds in the United States Department of Agrifulture, or in the v ol Id, to ascertain and to weigh the innumerable and subtle factors af fecting the pripe and any world com modity like cotton six months in ad vance. The study of price trends may be worth while but the progress so far made in this phase of economic | understanding Us so small that any | forecast of price far in the future is impertinent and mischievous." The above is from the set of reso ld lutions adopted at the recent cotton f" reduction conference in Jackson, Miss., and released for publication ; lust night by Commissioner of Agri culture William A. Graham, who at ! tended the conference at the request lo' Governor McLean. Mr. Graham I fostered a resolution against price | forecasts at the New Orleanii con ference last fall, following which they I were discontinued. However, the Jackson conference incorporated a denunciation of this practice in its j ievolutions, and, besides the above, the following was recommended: "That our representatives in Con gress be requested to prohibit by law ; the issuanc eof price forecasts by i the United States Department of A griculture." NO APPEAL IN HATEM CASE Justice's Decision Stands; Hatem To Be Tried in Raleigh for Fraud S. H. Hatem, trading as the Oak j City Supply and Trading Company, ! failed to file an appeal from the de- | cision handed down by Justice of the Peace, J. W. Hines in a civil procedure j i held in Oak City the 17th of this month. Ten days were allowed for "the defendant to file his appeal. ! Hatem, however,, filed for a SSOO ex- ; emption allowed in bankruptcy pro ceedings. Creditors state that he is not entitled to the exemption, and a hearing to settle that point will be held within the next few v/ocks. It j, is understood that Hatem will be . haled into a U. S. court In Raleigh j to face charges of fraud. Debts amounting to approximately j $15,000 were contracted by the com- I pany by using a firm name similiar to that of a reliable store in Oak City, and it is upon this point that , he will be tried in Raleigh. Disposal of the goods will not be made until after the hearing to determine wheth er he gets the SSOO exemption. Still Destroyed Monday In Free Union Section Searching in the Free Union sec tion yesterday, Deputies E. H. Gay lord and E. G. Waters found a 60- gallon copper still and around 600 gal lons of beer. The plant was destroyed by the officers. Operators were miss ing when the officers arrived. t RELEASE QUAIL IN THIS COUNTY Several Thousand Texas Quail To Be Distributed By Department According to County Game Warden j J. W. Hines, of Oak City, who was ► here fora short while yesterday, the j Commission on Conservation and De ; j velopment will bring to North Caro lina several hundred quail from Texas i for distribution hroughout the State, j A number of these birds will he turn - ed loose in this county, Mr. Hines - stated, but just how many would be - ! alloted him for distribution, he was . unable to say. He with district War s j den Moore, of Washington, attended j a meeting in Raleigh yesterday to t discuss certain matters in connection ) with the game laws and the distri - | bution of the Texas quail. ; Mr. Hines stateed that the Texas » quail is larger than the type found . around here, and is said to have a . sweeter meat. Mr. Hines expressed | | his doubts as to the sweeter meat, i stating that he didn't think it was . possible for any meet to be sweeter r than that of the quail found in this section. : SCHOOL NEWS OF ; ROBERSONVILLE Invite Citizens of Town To Address Teachers 1 And Students * n 1 Robersonville, Feb. 27.—(Special to 1 j the Enterprise).—For several months 1 the school here has planned to invite I citizens of the town and community to address the students, teachers and especially the senior class. There is i « three-fold purpose in this procedure: lo give variety in the chapel exer | c;ses( although there is variety at the pernent time, each grade being s responsible for the chapel program once each month), To bring before the student body and especially the senior class, a few men in the town and community who haver made a success in their respective vocations, To have these successful citizens explain to the senior class tfce amount of prep aration necessary for success, the characteristics, the opportunities to si rve humanity, and the demand for such work in their respective field i or vocatiop. ' • It is quite obvious that we shall be unable to have all the successful citizens in the town and community address the seniors, however, we shall be privileged to secure a small number. We would not make any attempt whatsoever to influence any senior to at-Vmd any particular college or uni versity and take up the study of any particular business or vocation. We would like, however, to be instrumen tal in explaining a few of the voca tions of life to the seniors., And, then, they shall, perhaps, be in a better po sition to choose their life's worlt. These talks and addresses will be rendered Wednesday if each week at 8:40 o'clock a. m. in th school audi torium. You are cordially invited and we shall count it a pleasure to re serve seats for you. Wednesday morning, February 29, Mr. G. H. Cox, of the Cox Motor Company, will favor us with a talk on some phase of industrial, manu facturing or salesmanship of the au tomobile world. Announcements of future speakers will be made from time to time. Local Team Leaves lor State Tourney Thursday The local high school basketball boys with their coach, Mr. B. E. Hood, 1 will leave Thursday afternoon for j j Raleigh where they will take part in thethird State Basketball Tournament. [ Friday morning at B:4sHhey play ! V/ake Forest high school in the first ! gi me of the tournament. Several fans ere planning to be there when the 1 boys play that morning, i Tonight the boys play Creswell here iin a first game between the two teams this season. A good one is ex ; pected. [ Tomorrow night Columbia sends its . boys and girls here to play the locals | in a second game of the season be- I tween these teams. Kiwanis Club To Meet Tomorrow The Kiwanis club will hold it* regular luncheon at 12:30 tomorrow at the Woman's club. The club'* pres ident, R. L. Cobum. states there will | be several matters of importance i/> come before the meeting and a large attendance is urged. ' ■ Car New Chevrolets Unloaded Yesterday Bhe Peel Motor Company unloaded another car of the new .node! Chevro lets here yesterday. The shipment in cluded a sedan, cabriolet, coupe and truck. ' - i{ ITU LANGLEY FIELD FLIERS FORCED TO LAND HERE Big Martin Bomber, Off Its Course and Engine Dead Here Two Days CROWDS SEE BIG SHIP New Motor Is Sent ftere From Lang ley Field by Sister Ship; First of Type Ever To Land Here Airplane No. 2, one of the big bombiiig planes of the I. S. Army, made a forced landing here last Sat urday about noon when one of its twin motors went dead. The plane, un able to reach a high altitude with the one remaining motor, attracted the attention of hundreds of people here when it flew over the business dis trict. In shirt sleeves, many of the large number ran out into the sleet i»itl snow and gazed at the huge machine as it hardly cleared the buildings when circling the town to find a plate to land. Sighting the Mar tin property, the pilot made safe landing near the fair grounds, and it was only a few minutes later that the sight-seers gathered to find out all there was to be known about the ship and its crew. Hound for Augusta, Ga., the plane was pilotedHfrom Langley Field, Nor folk, Saturday morning. The pilots followed the Norfolk-Wilmington track of the Coast Line until tht;y reached Rocky Mount, when - they turned back on the Plymouth- branch of the train tarcks. They sailt d over all the towns between here and Tar boro and when they reached the switch at the west end of the town, they came on in and went to the river where the track ended. Carrying a dead engine and lost from their course, the pilots picked their landing field. The crew, t'iipt. lilakely, Lieuten ant ltriney atid Staff Sergcaitf. Lar son, registered at a local hotel and wired for a new motor. Sunday morn ing Lieutenant Basset, Sergeant Duvis and two mechanics arrived here in U. S. Army No. 1, twin sister to i the other plane, bringing a new mu tor. By noon that day the old engine was removed and the new . twelve cylinder Liberty was installed by htto afternoon. Thousand of spectators from here and surrounding towns vis ited the field yesterday, to get a glim pse a', the army air actor.-, and their . giant planes. Not Ho hour passed but I what there were several hundred peo ple around to see that work wus carried on as-it should dk ,* At thrte-thirty yesterday after noon the planes pulled out for t! e l home base, I«ungley Field. A large number of spectators was on hand to j-scu the'airmen put their planes in the j air and sail away. Each of the planes had wings meas uring around\seventy feet and carried | bombing apparatus. One of the planes ! w 'as used in "bombing the bridge near j Albemarle recently. While here the oftiiers ami other j members of the two crews were en | tertained at several parties, and just I bfore leaving they expressed their appreciation for the kindness and | favors shown them by local people. FIRST NEW FORD DELIVERED HERE Edward Corey, of Griffins Township, Gets First of New Models The Williamston Motor Company delivered its first new Ford, a sport model coupe, to Mr. Edward Corey, of Griffins township, late yesterday, The car was the 11,363 rd one to be built. This Is the first of the new model I Fo.rds to be delivered in this county. Other,deliveries are expected to be I made regularly and in the order booked. The assembly plant at Norfolk is turning out around fifteen cars a day, stated Mr. J. D. Woolard to Norfolk yesterday to get the new sport coupe for Mr. Corey. Poultry Car To Be Here All Pay Wednesday Many farmers are planning to j sell their surplus poultry stock here tomorrow, according to County Agent T. B. Brandon. This is the first carlot shipment made from this coun ty this year, and will be followed by least two others if not three, it is understood. * * , The car, especially built for handl-' ing poultry, will be pulled in row morning by the first passenger train at 7:45, it was stated this morning at the station here. Mr. DL„G. Matthews, of Hamilton is here attending to business today. Mr. Raleigh Bradley was a business visitor in Scotland Neck yesterday. Two Trains to Make Last Run Tomorrow MOVES MARKET TO CITY HALL Brings To End Controversy of Several Years Standing Mr. 'l'heo. Roberson, owner and j operator of Robertson's market, locat | ed on the Washington road, is mov -1 ing his equipment lo thy Town Mar | ket House in the City Hal!, and will start serving his customers from his new stand tomorrow afternoon. Mr. . ( Roberson started moving his equip | ment, including modern meat saws, trimmers and slicers, show cases, j blocks, refrigerators ami numerous j other articles used in the meat mar ket business yesterday morning and will have it placed and ready for use by tomorrow afternoon. Carpenters and painters have been at work in the new market and it is in the best'shape' it has been in since the building was erected. Ihe move flom the -Washington roud site brings to an end a long | and almost continuous controversy | waged by . prospective market oper | ators and town official.;. The town laws governing markets state that no person shall .sell, any .fresh beef or | hog meat in the town outside the ! I own Market House, provided that j the ordinance shall not apply to per sons selling beef by the quarter or | hog meat by the whole hog. When the Washington road market was j buit, it was just outside the town limits. Later the town boundary was extended, and the market was then .1 affected by t!)» town laws. Upon agreement ,the market continued oper ations under the expressed condition that no meats be delivered, but then the matter was not settled satisfac torily. At the last meeting of town commissioners, it was agreed that Mr. Rofcersriu hiove to the City I Hall, and thrt all meat markets out; side the Town Market House should be closed. At the new stand, Mr. Roberson will not deliver orders, .fating that lie planned to continue his old'prices, ( and in order to do so, it would be impossible to nuke deliveries. New equipment will lie added? and accord ing to Mr. Roberson, the ttA'n will have the best market it has ever had when his present plans are made cum , I'lete. NEW SERIES B.&L. OPENS SATURDAY ..." * . About 400 Shares Already Subscribed by People of Community The 22nd series of Martin' County Luilding and Loan stock ..opening next Saturday, is expected to be the largest in the history of the organization by the officers. Already approximately four hundred shares huve been sub scribed by various people throughout this section, and as soon as the series opens next Saturday, the list of shares i*' expected.to far exceed the banner year when around 700 shares were i sold. At a directors' meeting held here last | week, the 2i!nd series of stock was i discussed, and it' was the opinion of many that it would be much larger ! than previous ones. In giving their ! opinions for the expected incrtstse iri the sale of stock, the directors pointed j j to the urgent need for homes iri the community. • The series will remain open for 00 days, but the officers of the associa tion are anxious that all propsective j share-holders list their wants with j them as early as possible. Everetts Swamps Kitty Hawk Team, 52 to 14 Everetts won r >2 to 14 here Friday ,is ght when it played Kitty Hawk in the first round of the non-accredited high school basketball'championship series. The visitors from the coast were t&o slow to make any showing whatever against the Everetts team n, t mbers. A second game, scheduled between the winner of the Friday night game and' Woodington, was to have been played last night in Washington, but the teams failed to meet. No schedule of future games has been announced. Destroy Quantity Beer In Dardens Section Messrs. E, H. Gaylord and E. G. Waters fyund and,destroyed, a quan tity of beer in the Hardens section, this week. Two still sites ind eating a steady business were found, but the kettles were missing at the time of the ar rival of the deputies. f N Advertisers Wilf Find, Our Col umns a Latchkey tu Over 1,600' . Homes of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1898 DISCONTINUE [ NOS. 56 AND 57 Permission Given By Cor poration Commission At Hearing Friday ' SERVICE IS ARRANGED " Express Is Rerouted and Mail' Is Ckred for By Auto; Train "Carried But Few Passenger^ At a hearing; before the Corpora tion Con\rtiij?sion, held in Raleigh Last •: Friday afternoon, permission was ». given the Atlantic Coast Line Rail ' road to discontinue Trains Oti and 57, 'I operating between Tarboro "and Ply? mouth. The trains will make their last; ' ■ scheduled trip tomorrow, No. 57 bringing the service to a close upon ' its arrival in Tarboro late in the af ternoon. i ■ • The removal of the "two trains has i long been considered by the transpor • tation company, ami several requests were made by it to the Corporation Commission for permission to dis i continue the service. The action was i bitterly opposed by citizens in the • several towns along the route, and it , was the opinion of many that the Corporation.Commission would main tain the schedule, until the hard sur • face to the Washington County line • r cumpli! • 1.. • Aside t'loiu the mail and express 1 service, the Mains were seldom used ' by passengers; in fact, during the 1 past several months an average of one 1 passenger each way was recorded. In giving the railroad company ! permission to take off the trains, the ■Corporation Commission requested that adequate mail and express fa- I cilities be provided before removing , the train.-. The PostoWce Depart ment put on a star route carrier, and . the initial trip r Was run yesterday from Parmele to I'lymoutii. It Was , stated, however, that the carrier did not'meet a hearty welcome at Ply.r mouth. Express will be rerouted and . will arrive here earlier thjin hereto- A , When the two trains are sto(J-1 ped tomorrow, the new mail and ex press service will lie in full operation. f l~| The express on the early train this , morning was larger than usual, much ! of it being ' routed, by the Norfolk South,.rii at Wilson and then from Plymouth to this point, lit this way, express from the -wain trains of tha ' Coast Line billed for this place will ■ reach here' about five hours earlier than when it was handled by Train 56. Express billed for this place from Norfolk will .be handled over the Norfolk Southern as far as Plymouth-) where it will 1 be transferred, arriving hero jon the morning train. Hereto fore an order, couhf be phon&l to a concern in Norfolk in the early morning, and the goods would reach here at noon the same day. Now an. o'rder will have to be made the even ing before delivery next morn ing. The new. arrangement will give • Parmele, Bethel and ~"*TJtlu'i' towns .along the route to Tarboro only one | mail from towns below Parmele each j day, for the mail line will not oper- I ate beyond Parmele, and will no£ serve) the postofiice at Parmele. A lettermmiled in Bethel, however, be | fore hte morning train passes will reach here at noon. It will be carried tc Tarboro where it will be trans ftrerd to a train passing through lloogood, and from town it will come to Parmele and from there it comes here over the star route. A movement started by Mr. Frank Fagan'jiround 21 years ago resulted in the schedule of the noon-day train, and for a long time it was known as . the Fagan Special. The train made its J initial trip May 11, I!>(>7, and due to •the transfer of traffic in recent years from the rail to the highway, it will complete twenty years, nine months and eighteen days of service tomor row. Miss Daisy "Wynne, now Mrs. K. F. Pope, made the first trip on the new train from Everetts to Williamston, coming here to see the dentist. When the train reached" he re, Messrs. Frank Fagan, Jesse Price and about twenty others boarded it and went to Ply mouth where they got lunch and re turned the same afternoon. It was a gerat time for the sec tion when the two trains were put into operation, but according to rail road officials, it has been a hard time for the Coast Line to operate them during the last few months. Traffic between Plymouth and Tar boro has showed a continuous in crease for years, but it deserted the train for the auto. Mrs. D. G. Matthews and little son, Don Jr., of Hamilton, spent yester day afternoon with Mrs. C. B. Sic»- loff. ' * '