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Week the Label on Yomr I Paper; It Carries the Date I Your Subscription Expire* VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 30 URGE EQUALIZA TION OF SCHOOL TAXES IN STATE Democratic County Conven tion Passes Resolution +' Saturday VOTE IS UNANIMOUS R. J. Peel Submitted Resolution in Ttaia County; Other Counties Paaa Similar Requests At the county Democratic conven tion held here last Saturday a resolu tion urging a State system of taxa tion for schools was read and unani mously carried by the more than 100 citfeens present. Similar resolutions wek* pasaed in many of the other cointies in this section, and it is ex pected that some disposition of the matter will follow at the next legisla ture. The resolution was introduced by Mr. R. J. Peel at the convention here Saturday and is as follows: Resolved, That it is the constitu tional obligation of the State of North Carolina, and its manifest duty, not only to supervise the public schools of the State but to provide adequate revenues for their support, so that the educational opportunities and the bur den of taxatipn in each county in the State shall be as nearly equal as pos sible; And, whereas, under the present sys tem of taxation for the support of the public schools of the State, the tax payers in some counties have to pay three or four times as much on each SIOO valuation of property as ao the taxpayers in other counties: Be it therefore Resolved: That the Martin County Democratic convention, assembled in the courthouse in the city of William ston, North Carolina, on Saturday. June 9, 1928, does most heartily peti tion the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Gen eral Assembly of North Carolina, to convene in the city of Raleigh in Janu ary, 1929, to have the above and other wrongs and inequalities in the present school system of the State remedied. LOCAL CHURCH BEGINS REVIVAL Rev. C. B. Mashburn, of Robersonville, Is Doing The Preaching Rev. C. B. Mashburn preached the first of a series of sermons at the Chris tian Church here Sunday night. The text was 'For God so loved the world.' The breadth and depth of God's love is far beyond the comprehension of man, according to the words of fhe preacher. It i; certain that man can never go beyond the bounds of God's love, which reaches all types of men. It matters not whether,, they are rich or poor, high or low, God loves them all. Race lines do not cut off God's love, which abideth forever. Although it may be possible for a soul to wander beyond God's mercy, and He may refuse to draw it to Him self on account of evil deeds, yet He loves them still. * The first service was well attended, the music was good, and the meeting has a very successful outlook. For his sermon last evening, Rev. Mashburn took the text, 'Repent ye therefore and turn again that your sins may be blotted out, that there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord.' In developing the text, Mr. Mashburn stressed the physical, the mental and the spiritual need of refreshing. To get it in the fullest, it is necessary, as the text points out, to repent, to turn again and be baptized. Even though the jpy of refreshing ourselves with the many things of this world may be very great, they are nothing compared with the job that comes to the individual when the spirit of Jesus is received and revived. STRANG IHEATRELJ WEDNESDAY BUCK JONES in "THE BRANDED SOMBRERO Added 2 - REEL COMEDY And ferial WILLIAM DBBMOND is •THE VANISHING JUDIB* Also FREE TICKET FOR SHOW FRIDAY THE ENTERPRISE To Receive Bids School Buildi Bid* for the erection of the Wil liamson and Robersonville school buildings will be received Monday, Jane 25, it was definitely learned yesterday morning when advertise ments of the projects were ordered inserted in newspapers. Approxi mately 9100,000 have been allotted for the erection of the two build ings, $50,000 for each building. Plans for the two buildings are now in the hands of the architect. HULL LEADS IN CONVENTIONS 774 Delegates Instructed for Tennessean At Meets Saturday Tabulated reports from practically all the counties show that there were 774 delegates instructed for Hull at the county conventions held over the State last Saturday. Four hundred and forty-four were instructed for Smith, while 755 were not instructed. Both the pro-Smiths and the anti- Smiths are claiming a victory on the strength to be found in uninstructed delegates. Zeb V. Turlington, State manager for Cordell Hull, stated Saturday night that the anti-Smiths had carried nine of the ten congressional districts with out the shadow of a doubt by large majorities and that they would break even in the'tenth, although the chances in that district were against him. Mr. Turlington states, 'I desire to call at tention to the fact that the very large vote listed as uninstructed is really not uninstructed. • Ninety per cent of the votes officially recorded as unin structed have been carefully selected by the Smith and Hull managers in the respective counties. There is no duubt but that we have a proportion of the uninstructed vote as we have of the instructed vote. 'The vote in the State at large is over two to one in favor of Hull.' W. B. Jones, chairman of the Smith campaign committee, claimed a Smith victory and said: 'On the face of the instructed coun ty convention vote for Governor Smith and the undoubted color of the uninstructed vote, which is now more than half the State convention vote of 1953, the State without a question has gone for Governor Smith by a very large majority.' Mr. Jones stated that Smith carried the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth , congressional districts, with a very good chance upon an accurate tabu lation of carrying the fifth congres sional district. He also calls atten. tion to a very satisfactory vote in sev eral of the other districts. His claim was not as great as that of Turling ton, who claimed all of the districts except one. STAGE MINSTREL AT BEAR GRASS Jamesville Tar Heel Club To Present Program There Friday Members of the Young Tar Heel Farmers' Club, of Jamesville, will ap pear in a minstrel at Bear Grass next Friday night, June IS, at 8:30, Pro fessor W. T. Overby stated yester day. The players have presented the min strel at Jamesville and Farm Life, where it was well received. On ac count of bad weather at the Farm Life showing, there were not very "many out, but those who «aw it say it was unusually good and are after the man agement to show there again. The proceeds of the play will be used in sending the young farmers to judging contests and for other things Republican National Convention This Week The Republican. National Con vention opened in Kansas City today, but it will be Thursday before the first ballot on a Presidential nominee will be taken. Hoover and Lowden go to the convention with the greatest number of pledged delegates while there is some talk about Cal Coolidge wanting the convention to cram the nomination down his throat. It is stated that Hoover is gaining in strength and that the lines are all set for his nomination if Coolidge sticks to his statement, 'I do not choose to run.' Hoover's nomination in that case, will probably come about on the first ballot. It is the opinion of the 'draft Cool ide' advocates that (he failure of the President to announce that he would refuse to accept if renominated cer tainly will make him the convention's choice not later - than the third bal lot. Acording to politicians, another thing is even more certain—the Cool ide-Hoover forces in the convention will never permit Lowden or Charles Dawes to Bt the party's candidate. Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 12, 1928 Eric C. Flannagan, Henderson, N. C. The bids will be opened at 2 o'clock p. m. here June 25th. While no exact date is known ss to when work will be started | on the two buildings, it is thought that the successful bidder will start | construction within a month af ter the contract has been let The completion date of the two projects is not known, but it will be early | next year, it ia thought. MILLER STORE TO OPEN SOON President of Company Here On Visit Says Hope To Open July 15 Mr. 0. C. Miller, president and gen eral manager of the O. G. Miller Stores Inc., was in town this week preparing for the opening of the company's new store in the Tar Heel building. Mr. Miller says he hopes to have the store completedr'and open about July 15. , Mr. Miller, who is a Georgian, has adopted North Carolina as his home, living first at Wilson and then at Greenville, where he has resided for the past II yeras. He organized Millers, Inc., and for six years managed their stores. The first one was located at Greenville, lat er branches were established at Wash ington, Plymouth, and Ahoskie. He sold his stock in the company the first of this year and organized the new company, the Williamston store being the first of the new stores to open. He expects to open stores in a num ber of eastern Carolina towns later. CIQUOR MAKERS BURN TO DEATH Remains of 2 Bertie Negroes Are Found in Ashes of Barn Distillery Windsor, June 9.—Thursday after noon, two hearts, two livers, and some ashes were buried in_ White's Town ship, Bertie County. They were the remains, of two negroes, J, P. Tyner and his brother* The gruesome ob jects were found in the ruins of a to bacco barn which burned down with the two young negroes in it. The fire was on a backwoods farm known as the Jack Bass farm, recently bought by J. P. Taylor and sold to the Tyner and Outlaw boys. For some time it has been the gen eral rumor of ,the community that the Tyner boys from near Mount Gould and the Outlaw boys near Capehart's church, were making Hquor; in fact, Some months ago a third Tyner broth, er was caught and sent to the county (arm for having liquor in his possession in his home, at which time a liquor still and barrels of mash and all the paraphernalia were destroyed near where the recent tragedy occurred. Hard by the side of the hearts and livers found in the ruins of this barn was a liquor still and other equipment. There was evidence that the plant was steamed by gasoline, and through some mishap there was an explosion which caused the conflagration and attendant tragedy. Children's Service c At Baptist Church Following the baptismal service, which will be held *t the church to morrow night at 8 A lock, the pastor of the Memorial Baptist Chutch said 4oday that the 11 o'clock service next Sunday morning would be a children's service. It is the pastor's desire that both the parents and Sunday school teachers of the church cooperate in every possible way in having all the children possible present. It is especially desired that all children over 7 years old be pres ent. While the service is primarily for children, the adults, it is thought, will find it both pleasant and profitable. Consequently, the general publi" is in vited. Little Change in Towjis Tax Valuation This Year Although a complete tabulation of thi tax listings, both personal and real property, has not been made, it is the belief that the valuation will vary but little this year from that of the past year. Mr. W. I'. Meadows who took the listings this year, stated that he found many errors in the list used heretofore, and that when the books are made ready for the collector there should be very little trouble with im proper listings. * 'Next year, we. are expecting a big increase in the total valuation,' Mr. Meadows stated. The total valuation at the present time was not given. O. P. Dickinson, of Wilson, spent yesterday in town. D. D. BOZEMAN ARRESTED ON FOUR CHARGES Also Alleged To Have At tempted to Blackmail Local Cafe Man WOMAN ALSO HELD Arrested in Washington On Saturday Night At Request of Local Authorities After threatening to institute a charge of white slavery against D. A. Dlykan, local cafe proprietor, it now looks as if his would-be prosecutors, D. I). Bozeman and Mabel Morris! will be carried before the court on a charge similar to the one Jftey planned against the cafe mail. The pldt to blackmail the cafe proprietor fell through when an investigation \vas made and it was found that Bozeman and the Morris woman had mapped it all out. Dlykan would not enter into the agreement proposed by Bozeman and the Morris woman, and was ready to go before the court. A learing was called, hut when the tltne c|mie no one was there except the juice of the peace and the defendant. There the charge against the cafe man was rightfully dropped. Saturday night, local officers arrest ed Bozeman in Washington, where lie was living with the Morritj woman as man and wife. Charged with giving bad checks and abandonment of his two children, who were left with Mr. O. T. Newton, Bozeman was placed in jail here Saturday night: Local au thorities had no charge against the Morris woman, but she was arrested by Washington police on a charge of prostitution, and was ordered held in jail here until, her trial in that county. After Bozeman answers to the two charges brought by local authorities, he will be turned over to Beaufort County authorities to face charges there. It is also understood that the Federal authorities will investigate grounds for. bringing a charge of white slavery against the man and woman. It was thought that Bozeman and the Morris woman had left part of the State after they failed in Aeir attempt to blackmail the local cafa proprietor, but Saturday officer* here teamed that they wertf *?rf Washington, and war rants were issued for their arrest. There were three warrants issued charging Bozeman with the issuance of bad checks and a fourth charging him with abandonment. The amount fit the checks given is not known. RAIN RETARDS WORK ON ROAD Stretch of Road From Here To Holly Springs Is Opened Contractors paving Highway No. 90 from here to the Washington County line have moved their distributing point from Wilts Siding to Jainesville, and are now pouring concrete three and one-half miles below Jainesville. The road with the exception of the shoul ders has been completed down to the Richlieu filling station, and is open to traffic as far as Holly Springs. Traf fice to Jainesville and other points be low uses the_ highway to the Holly Springs church and then the detour around by Mr. Joshua L. Coltrain's. The contractors will pave from the point 3 1-2 miles below Jainesville back to where they left off near Gardner's Creek before moving their plant to Dardcni. Since the work was started several weeks ago, the weather has been very unfavorable and progress has been greatly handicapped. 2 CARS WRECKED; NO ONE IS HURT Driver, Blinded by Head lights, Runs Into Another Car Two cars, a Buick sedan belonging to Mrs. Carrie B. Williams, of this place, and a Hudson belonging to L. M.'Crotty, of Wilson, were badly torn up last Friday night when they w ii'f wrecked a short distance the other side of Everetts on Highway No. 90. Mrs. Williams, who was driving towards home, had just passed a Ford and, blinded by its lights, turned too far back into fhe road 'and hit the Hud son, causing it to turn over twice. While the Buick was damaged to the extent of several hundred dollars, it is understood that the Hudson, an old model, was a complete wreck. Occupants of both cars escaped with slight injury. Parents-Teachers of Bear Grass to Meet Thursday There will be a regular meeting of the Bear Grass Parent-TeachefC Asso ciation Thursday e'-ening, June 14. All members are urgtJ to attend. County Convention Splits Its 13 Votes To State Convention SUBMITS PLAN FOR PAVING OF SIDEWALKS Board Member Submits a Tentative Program for Consideration AWAIT BOARD ACTION Plan Submitted Would Divide Coat Between Property Owner And Town With a tentative program of im provements for the town already pre pared, the citizens are anxiously await ing the action of the board of com missioners at the.next /iceting of that body. According to information gained from one of the hoard members yes terday, the commissioners are consid ering paving all the principal side walks of the town, and the will probably be handled cooperative ly between the town and property owners. The money will be raised, provided the order for sidewalks is passed, by a bond issue. The cost to the town for the improvement of the sidewalks will be around $15,000, it was stated. From the best information, obtain able, there is little hope for a white way and a wider Main Street. 'The tentative sidewalk program is as follows: Main Street from Sycamore to Har rell, 5 feet; Haughton Street from Sim mons Avenue, to intersection of Wash ington and Haughton, 4 one block in business portion, that block width to be decided on; from intersection of Washington and Haughton Street to William Street, 4 feet; Simmons Avenue from Hatigh ton Street to Smith wick Street, 4 feet; from corner of Smithwick Street and Simmons Avenue to the railroad cross ing, 4 feet. All the above are to be pavfd on both sides of the street. From the railroad crossing on Smith, wick to Beach Street, one side, 4 feet. FrdHi the corner of Watts and .Church to Main Street, 4 feet, both sides of street. From the corner of Main and Watts to Ray Street, 4 feet, one side of street. From the corner of Ray and Watts Street to Hafron, 4 feet, both sides. From the corner of Ray and Watts to Biggs Street, one side, 4 feet. From the corner of Haughton and Church Street to Watts, both sides, 4 feet. • . From the corner of Washington and Main down Washington Street to the intersection of Haughton, full width of sidewalk (business section), both sides. From the corner of Warren and Haughton to Watts,- one side, 4 feet. KIDS TURN TO ICE PLANT POOL Manager Says They Are Welcome But Company Not Responsible With no ponds or pool* suitable for bathing near here, the kids of the town are flocking to the cooling pit of the Lindsley Ice Company these hot days. While the water is only two or three feet deep, the small chil dren make a go of- -it, aud from all appearances thoroughly enjoy them selves. Mr. Lindsley stated yesterday that while the children were welcome"~lo the use of the little pool, he felt it necessary that the children get permis sion from their parents before enter ing the pool, as his. company could not be responsible for any accident that might happen. The need for a swimming pool here steadily grows, and it is hoped that the Woman's club will be successful in its efforts to get one. Mrs. Newton Hardison Died Monday Morning Mrs. Newton Hardison, aged 60, died at _her home in the Jamesville community yesterday morning. She had been in a poor state of health for some time. While the burial arrangements ctfuld not be learned late yesterday, it is understood that interment will be made in the Lilley cemetery this af ternoon. Important Meeting Of Local Masons Tonight A large attendance upon tHe meet ing of Skewarkee Lodge No. 90, A. F.~ & A. is urged tonight, as officers for the coming year will be elected There will also be work in the third de « ret BUY LOT FOR NEW CHURCH Presbyterians Secure Lot at Corner of Watts And Main The purchase of 4 lot for a new Presbyterian church here was effected yesterday morning by Dr. E. E. Gil lespie, superintendent of mission! in this State, and several local members of that denomination. The lot pur chased from Mrs. *. B H. Knight faces Main and Watts Street, and is a block from the business district of the town. The purchase price was not given. According to Dr. Gillespie, who has been here during the past several days, plans for a modern brick building will be made immediately and construction work will be started as soon as pos sible. Details as to the size and style have not been definitely decided upon. The church, with its 20 charter mem bers, will have one of the best loca tions in town, ami will be the only one fronting Main Street. SAYS UNIT RULE FIGHT BREWING Smith Forces To Ask For Representation At Houston Raleigh, June 11.—With every indi cation that the Hull forces will have a safe majority in the State Democratic convention here tomorrow, Smith forces were yesterday arguing against the unit rule while in Hull headquar ters State Manager Zeb V. Turlington and Frank Hampton, secretary to Sen ator Simmons, were holding forth in favor of a solid North Carolina vote at Houston. ' 1 bey demanded a minority repre sentation from the precinct meetings to the county conventions and from the county conventions to the State eSP vfcbtion,' declared J. Crawford Biggs, prominent Smith folower. 'Now, if the Smith forces are in the minority, how can they hold that the minority strength shouldn't be represented in the vote at the Houston convention? If they don't allow it, there's going to be the biggest row ever heard.' To this line of argument, winch yes terday was general among Smith sup porters, Frank Hampton replied that the relation of county to State conven tion is entirely different from that of State to national convention, and it is the plan of the party organization for States to vole as a unit in the national convention just as States vote as a unit in the electoral 'The national convention will not recognize the coun ty conventions, which are mere units of the party in this Statp,' said rScna tor Simmons' secretary. When told that the Smith forces would probably contest any decision in line with hrs thought, Mr. Hampton said that there was nothing they could do about it and no appeal for them to make. He cited the case of an ap peal made by Senator Reed, who was in 1920 elected a delegate to the na tional convention by the fifth district convention of Missouri vote the scat away front him. When Reed took this on appeal to the national convention, that body voted to uphold the decisiou of the State body, recognizing the dis trict organization ,i> only a unit of the self-controlling State machine. "The fact that they are now argu ing for a minority representation looks like an admission of defeat,' said Mr, Turlington, But the Smith forces claim that they admit nothing, but are merely demanding a fair representa tion for the losing side. Crew ot Dirigible Italia Adrift on Ice The crew of the dirigible Italia, which Was wrecked a few days ago while attempting a trip to the North Pole is adrift on ice Hoes of the polar seas. Dividing into parties of eight, the members of the crew are working to reach rescue ships. Open water among the floes is making the prog ress slow and dangerous, it was learn ed from radio conversations. Rescue work was urged and the peril of the dirigible's crew was pointed out' in the messages. Town Commissioners Again Postpone Meet For a third time, the June meeting of the town commissioners was post poned yesterday, and it is not known just when the meeting will be held. The meeting was postponed on ac count of the absence of one or two of. the officials. Tonight was mentioned as a probable time for the meeting, but it was not officially announced. ■> Advertisers Wui Find Ovr Col umns a Latchkey to Over"!,6oo Homes of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1898 VOTE IS DIVIDED FIFTY-FIFTY FOR SMITH AND HULL Smith Forces Had Majority At Meeting, But No Test Of Strength Made HARMONY PREVAILS Meeting Was Well Attended; Two Townships Not Represented; Committeemen Named Aside f'otn approving an ;ttffcemenf to split the delegates to the State con vention in Raleigh today, the Demo cratic county convention here last Sat urday did practically nothing and was about as lifeless a meeting as lias been held. l'he meeting was well at tended ami in the main hannotty- pre* vailed. A few minuUs after 12 o'clock, El bert S. Peel, county chairman, called the meeting to order, and" Mr. R. J. was made temporary chairman. Mr. T. B. Slade was selected as tem porary secretary, both offices being made permanent. In taking charge of the convention, Chairman Peel read a resolution calling attention to a plan that would provide a true equalization of propery. Mayor Robert L. Co burn made a motion that the resolu tion be adopted and communicated to the proper authorities when the time coijtes. Ihe motion was seconded by I'r. John D. Biggs, and when put be fore the convention, it was passed by a unanimous vote. When the chair called for a selec tion of delegates, Mr. Leslie Fowdeti, a Smith supporter, called attention to an agreement affecting this -precinct only, and made soon after the pre cinct meeting May 2>. Mr. Kowden askiil that: those familiar with the agreement to discuss it before the county convention. Dr. John D. Biggs admitted the licking administered l)y the pro-Smiths, and a* for this pre cmct he stated that he heartily favored splitting the delegation to (lie conven tion in Raleigh. Judge Clayton Moore who acted as 'moderator' at the time the agreement was made, explained it to tl)e body and stressed the need of harmony right here in our own coun ty. Mr. Fowdeti then presented his motion providings4hat t> 12 votes be instructed for and allowing every Democrat in good standing k> attend the con vention in Raleigh today as a delegate. A vote on the motion was ordered and a show-down was averted, pre serving party harmony and good feel ing in the county's politics. The vole upon the motion, by precincts, fol lows: For Against Not Vot. Williafns" 0 0 Jamesville S 5" 0 Griffins 7 0 0 VVilliamston 16 (I • o Hear Grass 4 0 0 Cross Roads ...'-4 1 1 Poplar Point (I 0 , 2 Kobersonville 14 0 0 Hamilton ...... 0 6 0 Gold Point 0 3 0 Goose Nest ...* 0 * 5 0 Totals 50 20 7 It was thee desire of a few to vote upon tjie delegates, hut it was under stood that the anti-Smiths were ill tavor of such a procedure rather than the while it was evident [ that the . .Sinilh-ites auuld have., pulled a larger vote than the anti-Smiths. Party harmony ;u the county was urged, and the motion was carried 50 to 20, with 7 not voting. Various committeemen were chosen as follows: J. C. Smith, congressional executive 'committee; H. W. Stuhhs, judicial ex ecutive committee; B. M. YVorsley, sen atorial executive committee. Township committeemen: R. O, Martin, James viller Williams, not represented at con. vention; P. Peel, Griffin*; Nathan Rog* erson, Hear Grass; L, Fowden, VVil liamston; J. S. Ayera, Cross Roads; Ed James, Robersonville; Poplar Point not represented at convention; F. L. (iladstone, Hamilton' B. M. Worsley, Goose Nest. E. S. Peel e>cted county chair man and Ephraim Peel secretary. Presbyterians Hold Services Here Sunday Dr. E. E. Gillespie, superintendent of missions for the Presbyterian Church in this State, preached a strong and forceful sermon to a large number in the school auditorium here last Sun day morning. On account of the Chris tian revival which was started in the Christian church that evening, no serv ice was held by the Presbyterians. Dr. Gillespie conducted the services in the special tent here a few weeks ago, and his sermon last Sunday morn ing was well received by many.
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