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Week the Label on Yom | P*Pcr; // Carries the Date Yam Subscription Expire* J VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 12 SECOND GROUP COMMENECMENT HELD ON FRIDAY Williamstoq Wins First Place Among Group I Schools JAMESVILLE SECOND Sandy Ridge Wins Firat Place In Class B Schools; Coopers Ahead in CUss C A hearty welcome was extended the Group II school* by the people of Everetts end community lest Friday when the second group center com mencement of the term was held. As was the case at the first meet held in Bear Grass the Friday before, the •chools in the eastern pert of the county showed up well. The winners there will meet those of the Group I •chools here nex Friday in the final commencement. In the Oroup I schools, Williams ton lad With nineteen points, winning first place in arithmetic and story tclUag; second place in spelling, gaagraphy and reading. Jameaville, second with seventeen points, won first place in geography, and reading, sod second place in story-tailing, and third place in read ing and arithmetic. Bear Grass, third with fourteen taiata, won fit at and third place in spelling, second place in arithmetic, sad third in story-telling and geogra pi»y. In the Class B schools, Sandy Ridge won high and only score, twen ty-Are points. Coopers school was first in the Class C schools with twenty points. The school won first plsce in spelling •ad story-telling, first and third places in reading and aecond place in Burroughs, aecond with eleven points, wen second place in spelling and reading. Macedonia was third, winning first place in geography, second place in story-tabling and third place in arith metic. Aecovdiag to the rules for the general commencement, only those pupils winning first places in the dif ferent subjects will -compete at the final asset here next Friday. J Practically all the schools will be represented hers that day. Sell Oyer 1,000 Shares of Building § Loan Stock According to a statement from the treasurer, the Martin County Build ing sad Loin Association has sold and delivered so far during the pres ent series, 1064 shares of stock, sur- PMStag the iweord year by 364 sharaa. The present series which is the 22nd, brings into the association arooad 100 BOW shareholders, the average subscription being around tan shares. The series, opening March 8, will continue almost through the month of May, and Until the time for closing, maay more shares ars expected to be sold, it was stated by one of the of ficers of the aasociation. Elbert S. Peel Announces Himself for State Senate • -s* - Elbert S. Peel, local attorney, is aaaoancing his candidacy for the State Saaata, subject to the Demo cratic primary in June. Se far as it is known, no other cad Mates in this, the second district, have filed with.the State Board of flllltlsss Coanty politics continue of little iatersst, no candidates having filed «ith the County Bosrd of Elections, it is ssported. Then an only a fewdays in which fndidetea for State ofllcs* can file. Another month remains in which tiaie candidates for county offices are at liberty to flic their notices. Until then no concerted action is expect ed in county political drclss. STRANni THEATRE! J WEDNESDAY KEN MAYNARD . ' in "THE DEMON RIDER" Also 2-REEL XOMEDY AND SERIAL and FREE TICKET FOR SHOW FRIDAY ■ THE ENTERPRISE LARGE CROWDS AT FISHERIES Jamesville Mecca for Thou sands of Visitors On Easter Monday -' » " W hat is said to be one of the larg est crowds ever in Jamesville was there yesterday when visitors from all over this part of the State went to the fisheries now in operation. So many were the visitors that park ing was made almost impossible, it was stated by several who went down from here. The catches were so heavy during the day that the operators were forc ed to hang the seine to handle the fish. As high M 12,000 herring were caught st the time during the day. Herring are selling for $6.00 the thousand green from the Asheries the price of those canned is SIO.OO per thousand. FOOD EXPERT HERE THURSDAY Will Hold Second Leaders' School at County Home Agent's Office Miss Mary E. Thomas, nutrition specialist of the State Extension Division at Raleigh will be in Wil- j liamston Thursday of this week to conduct the second leaders' school in Food Selection which is being C«ken by the six women's clubs of the coun ty. This meeting is for leaders only and will be held in the Home Demon stration Agent's office at 1 o'clock. The leaders sre requested to bring their posters, showing the "Sources of energy-giving foods". These post ers are very attrcative and show, at a glance, the value of this work in food selection. Only fifty per cent, of the clubs were represented at the last meeting end Miss Sleeper wishes that a full representation be present here Thurs day. Miss Thomas is a specialist in her field, and all leaders will misß much by not attending these meet ings, it has been stated. DISTRICT MEET OF WOODMEN To Be Held At Everetts on Thursday, April 26; Basket Picnic The several camps of the Modem Woodmen of America in District Number 13, comprising the counties of Wilson, Nash, Edgecombe, Pitt, Martin, Washington, Tyrrell, Beau fort and Hyde, sre asked to send .delegates to a meeting to be held with the Camp at Everetts, Thurs day, April 26 when a district meet ing will be organised. In this dis trict there are twenty-eight camps. Mr. L. F. Lane of Rocky Mount is the field worker for the district and he is doing a splendid work for the Woodmen. Hon. M. L. Tremain, the State Deputy, and also Kev. A. Corey, the State Lecturer, will be present at this meeting and will tale part in the organization. There will be a basket picnic and each camp is especially requested to send one or more representatives and take part in the organisation of this meet ing. The morning session will be an open discussion and the public is invited to attend and hear the speeches concerning the work of the fraternity. These meetings sre being planned for session each spring and fall and when the several camps will send delegates so as to get reports from the camps and also that those who sttend may get an inspiration as to the work. Programs of the meeting will be mailed to the clerks of the twenty-eight camps in the next few day* and it ia hoped by those in charge that the camps be well repre sented. At this meeting the officers will be elected and rules and rgulations for the work of the meetings will be a dopted, so each camp should be represented. Loses Three Fingers in Dynamite Cap Explosion A colored boy named Johnson and living on the farm of Mr. Lee Hard ison, near here, blew off his thumb and three fingers Friday afternoon with a dynamite cap. The boy was asked to carry the caps to the house from a field where Mr. Hardison had been blowing up stumps. While on the way to the house the boy slipped one of the caps in his pocket. for experimental pur poses. Later he removed the cap and while carrying out the experiment he lost his thumb and three fingers. He first explained the loss of his fingers land thumb by saying he had been 'sfcot. Dr. J as. S. Rhodes treated the toy's wounds. V . \ Williamston. Martin County, North Caroling, Tuesday, April 10,1928 PAMLICO RIVER BRIDGE CAVES IN AT WASHINGTON Two Trucks and Two Trail ers Go Through Bridge Monday Morning DRIVERS UNINJURED Total Load of Over 36,000 Pounds Too Much (or Old Structure; Repairs Completed Today Washington, April 9.—-Two automo. bile trucks and two trailers crashed through the %-idge over the Pamlico River at the foot of Bridge Street, south of the draw this mining. One trailer was completely submerged. One ■ truck driver was slightly injured. Two i others, colored, escaped without being i hurt. Traffic over State highway number 91 was temporarily held up and a de tour byway of Grimesland was made necessary for cross-State travel. Plans are being made for reconstruc tion of the 30-foot bent. Those in! authority expect to open the bridge a gain tomorrow by working all night. The Roanoke Iron & Bridge Works, of Va., took over the bridge from the State Highway Commission only a month ago to be in charge while the company constructed the new bridge running parallel to the present span. The accident happened about 10 o'- clock this morning. Loaded with 56 barrels of Coca-Cola syrup, the truck and two trailers of the Rapid Transit Co had left Brdige- Street and were crossing the bridge over the river lead ing to State highway 91 when the structure gave way. Right behind these was a delivery truck of the Willis Baking Co., this city, bound for de liveries on the other side of the river, This truck dived into the breach in the bridge. Following the light truck was Edmund Harding, who jammed on the brakes and kept from heading into the water by a close margin. William Parvin was driving the bak ery truck He was in the water to his hips when taken out by two men and helped to the bridge. He was tak en to Fowle Memorial Hospital where an examination showed no serious in juries. His face was cut, and he sus tained injuries from a wrenched side. It was reported at the hospital that he was suffering mostly from shock. Huster Stafford, of Greenville, was driving the big truck with William Wiggins, also of Greenville, on the seat beside him. Neither was injured. . The bridge went down under the rear wheels of the big truck forming r U opening about 25 feet deep at the bottom. The front wheels clunjg to the bridge with the rear extending down toward the water. Only the right wheel was under water. This made it possible for the drivers to leap out en the bridge. The first trailer headed into the river and was entirely under water. The front part of the second trailer was in the water | with the rear extending up the incline Ward the city. Parvin, in the bakery truck, missed the trailers as the bridge caved in and went into the water to their left. The front wheels, motor, md part of the driver's seat were un der water. The force with which he , went against the steering wheel csused the injury toJiis side He extri cated himself and was in water waist leep hanging on to the fallen bridge vhen rescuers reached him. Thomas E. Jones, assistant manager >t the Norfolk, Baltimoss Carolina Line, stated that the truck and trailers bai 1 been loaded at the Washington docks early this morning upon the ar rival of i cargo from Norfolk. The 1 truck carried 21 barrels of syrup, one of the trailers 18 barrels, and the other (7, making a total of 56, Each barrel ' weighed about 550 pounds. The mO ' tor equipment weighed in the neighbor -1 hood of two and a half tons, making a ' ,'otal load of nearly 18 tons. ' The Rapid Transit Co. operates in ' connection with the boat line. Mr. Jones said the truck, trailers, and cargo rere fully insured. The Willis Bak ing Co. stated that their damage was lot covered by insurance. Engineers voiced the opinion that the weight caused one of the steel cylin ' rtfrs to slip off the wood piling. Only one bent gave way. The bents are 1 about 30 feet apart.- The^steel cylin ders are filled with concrete and rest on the wood piling that extends into the water. The crash was heard for a consid erable distance and a great crowd of curious spectators soon gathered. It wss necessary for the police to clear the bridge so that work on breach could be started. Traffic to Greenville and Wilson was directed byway of Grimesland. In a few minutes both entrances to the bridge were lined with cars. Row boats were brought into service to convey workmen on opposite sides of \ the river to their work. The Roanoke Iron & Bridge Works, upon beginning the work of building the new bridge took over the present one under the contract with the State Highway Commission. This was on March 6th. As far as can be learned the company is fully covered with lia bility insurance. Prsnk Kugler, district State High • FIRES DESTROY MUCH TIMBER Number Forest Fires In This Section Sunday and Monday Much damage to Umber has been reported in many sections of East ern Carolina during the past few days. Lest Sunday the flames were sweeping the woods in two or three places south of here. Yesterday a large volume of smoke was rising to the west of here. Sunday night, flames were seen in long, unbroken lines in adjoining counties. In no case has the damage been estimated, but judging from general observa tions, the loss will, in all probability, amount to hundreds of dollars. No cause has been assigned for most of the fires, while in one or two instnaces it has been stated that un known persons willfully fired the woods. FEW WORK ON EASTER MONDAY Many People Take To Open Road To Spend Day, Especially Negroes "How times have changed", re marked a middle-aged man on the streets here late yesterday afternoon. He gave meaning to his remark when he said, "It used to be that Easter was observed only by the church, but it is observed by all now in one way or another. It is very set dom that one works on Easter Mon day." Ho was about right for yesterday you could have counted the colored* remaining in town on your fingers; ' not even a delivery boy remained. Between Everetts and Tarboro there were around seventy-three automo bile loads of them. Some were going one way and some another way, but where the crowds centered during "he day could not be learned. To be sure, they all did not go to one place. By nightfall the majority of them had reutrned, and then there was a marked decrease In traffic on the highways entering town. It was not long before the danceiafrom far and near started, rolling in for'Jthe dance at,a local warehouse. * It was Easter for all of them. TO ORGANIZE AL SMITH CLUB HERE Casual Conversations Indi cate New Yorker Has Few Friends, Anyway Taking a shot at the goodness of this paper's editor, who is not, by numerous leaps and bounds, a Smith man, the Martin County A 1 Smith culb announces its forthcoming or ganization. Its organizers, strict adherers of the principles advanced by Mr. Smith, are not out to defend him, but in this world of freedom— maybe—,they are anxious to get the low-down on the New York gover nor's strength as a presidential can didate in this neck of the woods. As the editor would say his edi torial page is not to be contaminated, all Smith followers who so desire and who will write their vjews are as sured of an expression on the front sheet of the "Enterprise; as firm be lievers in freedom, politically speak ing right now, the opponents of Mr. Smith's candidacy are asked to write their objections with the assurance that they will appear on the editor's page. Citizens from all parts of the county have expressed themselves on the approaching primaries; some are In favor >f Smith and some are against him. His opponents, however, seem just to be against Smith, for they have no particular man in sight. It Js nothing more than reasonable to believe that the discussions will be Interesting, and it is upon that basis that the "force", reporters, operators and others in the Enterprise office will plead with the editor for space for the "airing out" of opinions. So give vent to your views by writing and sending them to the Al Smith Club, Box 95, Williamaton, N. C. way Commissioner, said that State highway engineers would be at the dis posal of the company in replacing the bridge. He stated that the highway commission wanted to be of service to the traveling public and would do whaj r. a.« possible to have the repairs made quickly, although the commission was ' in no way responsible or required to help. The construction company con tacted to keep the bridge open and traffic going. It will not be necessary, in jthe opinion of authorities, to con demn the bridge, as the company is I n quired to keep the bridge in condi tion to meet traffic needs. The bridge is about 25 years eld. It was rebuilt in 1913 after being dam aged and part torn away as the result of a storm. ' The State took the struc ture over from the county in 1921. i \ ~~ 3 . JAMESVILLE FIRE FRIDAY DAMAGES NUMBER HOMES Dr. J. E. Smithwick's House Completely Destroyed; Oil Stove Cause THREATENED TOWN Fire.Fighting Equipment Sent From Here; Plymouth Company Also Called Out • Fire, thought to have started from an oil stove, destroyed the home of Dr. J. E. Smithwick and damaged several other buildings in Jamesville Friday afternoon. Starting in the cook room of the Smithwick home, the Are had burned a large pluce in the ceiling before it was discovered. Help was summoned, but the flames had gained such headway that they could not'be checked. About three o'clock, the alarm was phoned in and the local company was called out. Chemicals were packed in cars and rushed to Jamesville. The construction of the main road caused a large number of people to get lost on the detours, but near a hundred from here reached the Fcene of the fire. Plymouth sent her fire company, but its members could only assist with buckets and chemicnls. Fanned by a strong east wind, the flames soon covered the Smithwick home and at times they reached over, to the old hotel, now occupied by Professor J. L Jones. The hotel building caught several times, but the bucket brigade was' 1 * successful in controlling the flames. The Are-fight ers stuck to their task and saved everything except the Smithwick home and several out-buildings. In surance partly covered the loss by flie of the Smithwick property. The cause of the fire has the ap pearance of a mystery as both Dr. nnd Mrs. Smithwick stated they were where the fire started only a few minutes before it broke out. Mr. 0. G. Carson, while fighting the flames, fell from a second-story window and broke his arm. William Gaylord, unable to se' an approach ing car on Recount of smoke, was , struck and hhoe o suffered a severe" bruise on his leg. ACTIVITIES OF . HOME AGENT Gold Point and Parmele Clubs Met Yesterday; Schedule for Week lty LOItA E. SLEEPER The Gold Point and Parmele clubs held their regular meetings yester day. The Parmele club is planning to contribute to the graduation ex ercises in May by having a short program, possibly a playlet to tell the people in their community what club work really is and what club members learn through their mem bership in this national organization. The schedule for hte remainder of the week is as follows: Farm lafe Girls club and Holly Springs Wo man's club today; Griffins school and Lilly's Hall Girls and Poplar Point Woman's club Wednesday; Leaders' school Thursday at Williainston and Friday County Club exhibit of all the club work over the county at the Williamston school. Merrick Slade Dies Near Here Sunday Merrick Slade, aged Negro who for more than 36 yearß was a famil iar character about the town, died Sunday morning from a wound re ceived more than 30 years ago. Slade lost his leg when he attempt ed to borrow a ride from the Coast Line thirty years ago. Since that time he has made his way around with a wooden leg and crutches. He fished most of the time on the banks of the river with hook and line. Since the accident, he suffered an almost con tinuous pain, and his death was the result of inflamation. Slade waa not a bad fellow. Some times he would drink beyond his ca pacity, but he never went so far that he forgot how to be polite. Up until about two weeks ago he dropped by this office regularly and the boyq. never failed to give him the first or second paper off the press. Local Stores Observe Half Holiday Monday A petition circulated right at the last minute made possible a half-day holiday for clerks in the local stores yesterday. announced by the merchants that their stores would continue open all the day, but the aftemon promised such a lull in business transactions that signatures ware made in rapid-fire order when the petition was presented. Mia. X. T. Keel, Miss Macie Keel and Mr. and Mrs. X. T. Keel, Jr., of Rocky Mount, visited relatives here yesterday. ! COMMENCEMENT HERE ON FRIDAY Contests To Begin At 10 O'clock; All Schools of County Closed Friday will be a big day with the Martin County schools when the con testants in the various branches of school work will gather to work for Anal honors. No definite program for the gen eral county commencement here next Friday can be announced at this time as the contests will have to be arranged after the first exercises are held at ten o'clock. AlWhe schools in the county will be closed for the day, and a large attendance is ex pected. All the larger schools, Jamesville, Robersonville, Hamilton, Everet)fs, Bear Grass, Oak City, Williamson and Farm Life, will compete within themselves. Schools in Classes B and C will also compete within their re spective groups. A number of these schools, however, will not go to the finals because they failed to get first I place on any subject in the recent preliminaries at Bear " Grass -and | Eveietts. Only about half of the to tal number will take part in the | finals. Williamston and Robersonville go to the finals with nineteen points each, the other schools in their group ranging a little under that number. Sandy Ridge was the only school in group to get the full 25 points, the largest number in the contests. This gives that school a good showing against the other schools in her class. The program states that the ex ercises will begin at 10 o'clock when the bo'ys and gills begin spelling, reading, story telling, working arith metic and taking part in athletics. The Kiwanis club, cooperating with the parents-teachers association is trying to work out some plan by which the children may receive a small lunch. Realizing the difficulty in handling and feeding such a large crowd, nothing definite can be given out at this time regarding the dinner. BIBLE SCHOOL ENDS SUNDAY Seven Unite With Baptist Church At Close of The School Easter Sunday morning at 11 o'- clock, the Bible School at the local Baptist church came to a close. For an entire week the school had run, with its several teachers presentiiuff the salient features 'in the life of Jesus. As a fitting close to this Bible School seven persons united with the church, four of whom came by bap tism. * These will be baptized next Sun day night at 8 o'clock. There will be no mid-week service at the Baptist church Wednesday night, it was said today, as the pas tor, plana to be out of town two or three days, At the service' next Sunday morn ing, the doors of the church will be opened again for mmebership, as it is thought that some others may wish to be baptized. The Easter congregation at this church was unusually good—large numbers kept coming in until all the wings of the building had to be open ed to accommodate the people. There I>eing no srevice at the church last Sunday night, the pastoj and many of his people went to the Christian churtih where they heard the Christian pastor deliver ai> ex cellent sermon. Local Debaters Make Good Showing But Lose Out Although Williamston, lielliaven and Pantego were eliminated from further participation in the debate on the McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Dill, the local school made a splen did showing. Out of a possible six votes, the two teams the local school, won four. Miss Marjorie Taylor and Mr. 'Clyde Griffin, of the local school, debated the affirmative side of the question here against Belhaven's negative, and lost only by one vote. Misses Ollie Marie Roberson and Josephine Harrison, / defending the of the yheory, made a clean sweep against Pantego's af firmative. , The debates were well written, and the speakers were well trained. 10 Nash Farmers Plant Demonstration Pastures Ten farmers of Nash County will plant demonstration pastures this spring in an effort to begin livestock (arming. Carpet urass, lespedeza and Dallas grass will be the mixture used. Farmers of Person County have taught cooperative car number 36 of limestone and built self-feeder number 36 for pig* thil spring. Advertisers Wtu Find Our Col umns a Latchkey tu Over 1,600 Homes of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1898 LOCAL SCHOOL IS GIVEN A HIGHER RATING BY STATE Is Now Given Highest Rat ing In County by State Department LIBRARY IS ENLARGED Unless Term Is Lengthened, School Is In Highest Class Recognized By Department According to information sent out by the State Department of Educa tion, William ston's schools rank favorably with others in the same field. Miss Macie Southall, the (fram mar grade supervisor, states that the local gramma school is orily two months or one-fiftl\ of a grade be low the national standard, and at the same time ranks first in Martin county. Miss Fulghum, State Super visor, informed the authorities that the school would be placed in the highest class that the State Depart ment recognizes for eight month schools as a result of adding one hun- I d'ed and fifty volumes to the library. | This means that the school will not be rated any higher by the State ury til more time is added to the term. The high school has advanced to the highest possible place in classi fication of eight month schools. Since the high school was- first classified it has remained in Group 2, Claws If. This year Mr. Highsmith, the State High School Supervisor, has written Principal L. H. Davis that it will be PUT in Class A, the highest class for schools of the same length of term. This new grouping is due to the f:«ct that the library has been added to and to an increase in enroll ment. Plans are being formulated that, if materialized, will put the school on the Southern Accredited list. This will involve the annual ap propriation of stipulated amounts of money for library and laboratory facilities. Such classification would give the local schools no little pres tige and- distinction. ALPHONSO WARD , DIES IN RALEIGH Native of Martin County Succumbs To Blood Poison Sunday Alphonso \Va»d, of "Wendell died at the Mary .Elizabeth'hospital, Hal c'gh, early Sunday morning . from blood poison. Early in th '"wenk, Mr. Wait?'was struck on the nose bjt a chip thrown from a circular saw, but the injury was so slight that he paid little at tention to it. lilood poison resulted a day or two later and he was carried to the Kaleigh hospital where his case was pronounced serious. He . > gradually grew worse, the end coming at 1 o'clock., Sunday morning. He was the son of James Henry Ward and was reared in this county. About fifteen years,ago he left the farm and operated saw mills. He located in Wendell twelve years ago where he , operated saw mill ami cotton gin. He married Miss Augusta, Lilley, also of Martin county. They never had any children, but adapted a boy who they raised to manhood. He with He with Mrs.' Ward survives. . Mr. Ward'.-: father, four brothers, liurroughs, Simon, Will and John, of near here and four sisters, Mrs. May Stalls, Mrs. Hettie Coltrain and Mrs. Tennette I'erry, of Williamston and Mrs. Anne Gray Cherry, of % Jamesville, survive. The funeral service was held at the home of the father yesterday after noon at 2 o'clock Rev. E. Harris, of Wendell. Masons from tlie Wendell, Skewarkee and Washington lodges buried the body with 1 the honors of the older at the Ward burial ground, near here. Mrs. Mary Jane Wynn Dies Near Here Friday Mrs. Mary J. Wynn, aged 52, died at her home near here last Friday afternoon. In 1897 she married Asa Wynn, who with eight children survives. Interment was made in the Wynne burial ground near the Christian Chapel church Saturday, Rev. J. H. Hale, of the Christian church here, conducting the services. Eastern Carolina Exposition At Goldsboro This Week The Eastern Carolina CKamber of Commerce exposition opened in Goldsboro yesterday with a large at tendance. WilliamHton is not greatly in terested in the shua, having failed to present a queen to put on the peanut pageant which it was ask*d to do. Only a few people attended yes terday from this section, but they are planning to attend in large num- - bers during the remainder of the week.
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