I D P*per Aa It CaariM the Date H When Your Subscription Expires * VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 63 URGE DECREASE IN ACREAGE OP TOBACCO IN 1929 Mass Meeting To Be Held i Here Next Wednesday Morning CbURTHOUSE, 11 A. M. Meetings Being Spontored by Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce; Hope To Raise Pricea In an effort to effect a reduction in the tobacco acreage in this section, the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce ia conducting meetings in many towns of this belt where the problem is presented and where ideas an advanced with the expressed mo tive of curtailing the 1929 tobacco production. A first mass meeting was hett in Greenville last Friday where mora than 100 farmers expressed thair willingness to cooperate with tM"move for an acreage decrease. The next meeting will be held in Kluton next Tuesday morning, and many farmers have already stated they would attend the meeting, ac cording to a report received here to day. The problem will be brought to the people of this section for their views next Wednesday morning at v 11:00 o'clock whyi a mass meeting will be held in the courthouse here. This will be the third of the series of meetings, and it is hoped that the farmers and other people interested in better pricea for the 1929 crop will attend in large numbers. "Over-production of almost all commodities ia ruining the producer* financially," officials of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce be lieve, and it is they who are leading in the move to curtail production and bring about reasonable prices for furm commodities. In aponaoring the meetings, the or ganisation believes that something ran be done to improve farm com modity prices, and that any action toward that end ia timely. All tobacco farmers, and the public at large, are urged and requested to make thi-ir plans now to attend the meeting here next Wedneaday morn ing at 11:00 rf*clock in the court house. * Monthly Report of County Home Agent The county home demonstration a- Kent Miss Ix>ra E. Sleeper, traveled 7"5 miles in the county last month in the 19 days spent in field work. * For ty-three homes were visited, forty-one different letters written, and two cir cular letters written with V total cir culation of 120 copies. Six schools were visited and short n>eetings held with former club members, making pl«ns for the work this year and the fair tbe past month. The circular letters sent out_laat month asked all women intereit«l in a kitchen contest to notify Miss Sleep er immediately, giving their names. Letters have been checked and re turned to Misa Sleeper without names attached. The contest will be limited to SO and open to all women in the county. If any woman is interested in this, please call Miss Sleeper very soon so that real work may l>e start ed /. ■ ♦ Capture Two Stills and Equipment in Bear Crass Officers Alexander and Manning feund and deatroyed two atills and a quantity of supplies in Bear Grass township yesterday. The officers first found a still of the steam process type with 600 gal lena of beer, all of which were de stroyed. Going from this plant to an other less than a mile away they feund a well-equipped copper plant of abbot 80-gallon capacity. Here tfeey destroyed 14 barreln and two j large vats of beer. No one waa present at either plant and the kettles were cold. The output had been removed. foTRANn I J I SATURDAY TOM TYLER in | "THE DESERT PIRATE" r Added COMEDY AND SERIAL. | "Th. Y.llow Cameo" THE ENTERPRISE Harry W. Stubbs to Speak Here Tuesday . —« — « . MANY EXPECTED TO HEAR NOTED LOCAL SPEAKER ♦ Is Former Majority Leader in State Senate; Has Wide Reputation VERY ABLE SPEAKER v, • Is Second Speech ot Democratic Cam paign in County; Others Are Being Arranged ♦ The next gun in the Democratic cam paign in this county will be set off next Tuesday night, at 8 o'clock, when Mr. H. W. Stubbs, local attorney, makes an address in the courthouse here. Mr. Stubbs, an able and ardent supporter of democracy's cause, fol lows Editor Josephus Daniels in the campaign here, and his speech will be heard by many. In searching for a speaker, campaign heads in this county decided no Inter and more amicable speaker could be found anywhere than in the person erf the Hon. H. W. Stubbs, right here at home. Many of the younger peo ple of the section have never had the oportunity to hear Mr. Stubbs in one oi his noted speeches, but they will literally flock to the courthouse audi torium next Tuesday night to hear hi|j plea for democracy and for what she stands. Throughout his life the for mer senator has ever adhered and lived by the principles laid down in the name of democracy, and his speech next Tuesday night is looked forward to by both old and young throughout the section. Other speakings are being arranged foi the county, but at present interest, is centering around the one to be de livered by one of Martin County's own sons. LOCALS DEFEAT WINDSOR, 70 TOO Windsor Team Is Inexperi enced But Game; Their First Game ♦ The locals added a third to their list oi football victories here last Tues day when Jliey defeated Windsor 70 to 0. Coach Hood's boys scored at will and baffled their inexperienced op ponents in practically every play. On their first play, the locals got away with a long end run for the first touch down. And as they added to the score, tlit visitors continued a game fight to the end. With Holding cleariijg the way, practicaly every member of the backfield and one or two in the line wmt' over for one or more touch downs. •It was ths first game for many of the Windsor boys, but they put up a game fight and their team has some promising material. Ulysses Johnson played like a real veteran and made most of his team's gains. The locals are in Ahoskie today play ing a return game with the high school team there.. The local team has scored 143 points tc ita opponents none in the three games played so far this season. t Offer Prize for Highest Average Next Tuesday Watta, Morton and Griffin, owners and proprietors of the Brick Ware house here, are offering a prize of $85.00 for the best bam of tobacco weighing (00 pounds or more sold on their floor next Tuesday. The Brick has first sale that day, and many farmers are planning to. try for the prise. # Backfield Star Hurt if% Scrimmage Yesterday C. B. dark, jr. waa rendered un , conscious when j»e ran together with several players on the high school football team in at practice game here yesterday afternoon. While his injury is not serious, he is unable to take part in tbe game with Ahoskie this afternoon. • ■ ■■ ♦ Installing Equipmefit At Fertilizer Plant * Mr. and Mrs. 1-rank Bennett and little son, of Baltimore, are at home here while Mr. Bennett superintends 'the electrics! work in the new unit of the Standard Fertilizer factory. They txpect to be hire several weeks. : _- Dance At Woman's Club Rooms Tonight Instead of the individual charge pf 50 cents, as announced, the admision U. the Woman's Club dance will be 50 cents Jor each couple, it was an nounced by a member of the club's dance committee. The dance will start at 10 o'clock and continue until 1. Williainston. Martin County„ North Carolina, Friday, October. S, 1928 PARKING SYSTEM 'HERE CHANGED i * i Park at 45-Degre Angle on One Side and Parallel on Other Side Main Street — "And how do you like the town's new parking system?" asked one citi zen of another here yesterday after noon soon after the change was effect ed from the right angle way to the 45-degre angle and the parallel way on Main Stret. "It might be better, but I dcyv't tike it for some reason or an other," was the second party's reply. Aside from our friend's dislike for the new parking system, it is generally agreed that Mayor Cohurn's streets have been made safer and that the new way will prove popular to autoists. The change from the "straight-in" way of parking to the broken angle on the south side of Jhe street and to the parallel way on the north side was ordered at a meeting of the town com missioners here last Monday night. ; Many people have backed their cars' into others in an attempt to leave their parking places, and it is thought that the present way will make it less dan gerous for all. The new method will little affect the parking space, as far as the number of cars is concerned. 16 PERMITS TO MARRY ISSUED 15 Issued in Same Month Last Year; Twelve Go to White Couples Sixteen marriage licenses were is sued by tbe office of the register of, deeds here during the month just closed, according to the records kept there. The number issued was greater by one than the number issued for the same mouth last year and is two | more than the number sold here" in August. Tlr- applicants were from all paVta of the country, one of the contracting parties being from St. Petersburg, Ha. Several were from adjoining cc&ftties and twrt were from Virginia. Twelve of the licenses sold went to white couples and four to colored peo ple. It was the largest gains for the whites recorded in several years, the number generally running about the same, with the greater number often being issued to colored people. The list: White ' Melvin T. Bailey, 23; Selma bail, of Beaufort County, 18. Frank M. George, of New Bern, 25;. Klizaheth John sort, of New Bern, 21. Larry Bullock, 21; Naomi Harrell, 19. James R McNeil, Petersburg, Va., 27; Ida Statesburg, 18. Lillian Long, 21; Be atrice Cherry, 19. Johnnie G. Robi- 1 ' son, jr„ Pitt County, 22; Mary Whit field, 19. Charles L. Edwards; 22; Vada Peed, 18. Davis Purvis, 22; Car rie Dell Grimes, IK. Walter L. Leg gett, Pit County, 25; Rosa Lee Pur vis, 21. Noah C. Coltrain, 21; Anna Lilley, 18. Henry Sauls Coley, St. Petersburg," Fla., 26; Grace Blades Sanderlin, 28. Gaston L. Andrews, 21, Hilda Christin Keel, 18. Colored Arthur Jones, 21; Maggie Spruill, ') 18. Milton Barnes, 21; Beatrice La | tliam, 18. Harold A. Wilson, 27; Car ' rie Williams, 46. Herman West Bur nett, 20; Jones, 20. F ; » .F I J , New Record by Swiss Flier ' ♦- Flies Upside Down Over 18 Minutes; Beats Previous Record 4 Minutes ) —— * r Kassel, Germany, Sept. 29.—Pilot t lardon, young Swiss flier, aebicvcd what was described as a world record r for flying upside down today, but on landing he was taken out of his ma - chine more dead than alive. He flew i upside down for 18 minutes and 56 I seconds, beating the record set by b the German Fieseler by nearly four f minutes. - Clardon is stated to have turned his a machine over at an altitude of about 450 feet, rising to an altitude of about 2,100 feet, when the blood pressure in his head became so severe and his legs t became so cramped that otfly by a last . desperate effort was he able to right the machine and to glide to earth. "It was the worst quarter of an hour * of my life," he said later. f Sheriff and Deputy Oet Still Near County Line • Sheriff Roebuck and Deputy J. H. . Roebuck captured a 200-gallon copper still on the Powell place near the Beau f fort County line yesterday, n They also found and destroyed .12 e barrels of beer, a large vat filled with i- beer, several kegs, jugs, and two gal 's lons of liquor. ; jjL , ■t The still was not in operation, and no one was seen near it. RECORDER HAD I BIGGEST DAY HERE TUESDAY Thirty-Two Cases Called and Pines Totalling SSOO Imposed * 13 CASES CONTINUED — Several Convicted of Driving Automo bile yfhile Drunk Are Pined 1100 and Up The Martin County recorder's court broke all records here last Tuesday when Judge Bailey called 32 cases and imposed tines totaling almost SSOO. The session lasted alt day, and just about dark the judge found it neces sary 4o alUh\v-4>»« case to go over un til next Tuesday without its being called. And there wsre changes made in the workings of the court. Once it was all the go for a drunken automo bile driver to go before the court and get out with a SSO fine and costs and probably stay away from a steering wheel for a few months. Now when one is brought before the court a SIOO fine greets him and the extra require ments continue as before. Judging | from the number of cases having to |do with drunken drivers on the docket that day, the change was made just' in time to add a considerable sum to the school funds. On the first count Pete Dixon plead guilty of driving an automobile while he was drunk. The judge favored him with a SIOO fine, the costs, and insist ed that he remain away from a car's steering wheel during the next six months. 1 W. C. Whitehurst faced a similar charge as did Dixon, hut he plead not guilty. The judge ordered a $125 fine, added the costs of the action, and re voked his license to drive a car dur ing the six months when the court adjudged Whitehurst guilty of the charge. * ' Charged with obtaining a marriage license falsely, R. C. Coltrain plead not guilty. The evidence pointed to his guilt, and judgment was suspended up on his paying the cost of the action. The only case thrown out of court was that (if Johnson Rogers, in which he was charged with an assault with a deadly weapon. The fine for drunken automobile drivers was bucke'd when Dennis Ev eiett filed an appeal in open court. He was fined SIOO and charged with the cost. Hii appeal bond was fixed at $250, and his case will be held at the next term of Martin County Superior Court, for the rial of criminal cases. James O'Brien Winhorne plead not guilty when he was called for being cruel to animala but hii plea fell down when the court examined the wit nesses. Judgment was suspended up on payment of the cost. A brother, Alfred Winborne, facing a similar charge, plead not guilty and the court accepted his plea after hearing the evi dence. While the judge was firm in an r itouncing SIOO fines, he gained favor in the eyes of many defendants when he allowed their cases to he continued one week, two weeks, three weeks, and even four weeks. Thirteen cases were continued, and the judge is looking for another busy day nejt Tuesday, when most of the cases arc expected to be called again. Cases continued were: Robert A. Taylor, embezzlement, continued one week. Roy Keachani, operating car while he was intoxicated, continued one week. John R, Wynn and Kdgar Ayers, as sault with a deadly weapon; continued one week. Wiley I,anier. assult with a deadly Y weapon, continued two weeks. Charles Blalock, operating car while i he was drunk, continued one week. Kelly Ayers, susault with a deadly w«a{MMii continued one week. * I.ee Purringtou, assault with a dead * ly weapon, continued one week. * * Cecil Modlin, operating car while he 1 waii drunk, continued three weeks. Roy Lilley and Clarence Wynne, lar ' ceny and receiving, continued one 5 week. These are the two l>oys. ftvho ' are thought to have raided many ' smokehouses in this section recently. tVeon 'Purvis, gambling; continued 1 one week. ' James Peel*, assault «*ith a deadly 4 weapon; continued one week. 1 Hezekiah Briley, carrying concealed * weapon and assault with a deadly ' weapon; continued one week. 1 More than on® thin* happened in the case charging Sam Roberson with r driving an automobile while he was intoxicated. H« plead guilty. Judge Bailey ordered? a fine of *IOO. The coat of the cast waa added to the fine, and - the defndjlnt was ordered to pay tot rvpairs to the prosecuting witnesa'i . car. An appeal wai made in open . court. Appeal bond f*l »t $260, The cas« waa e*ntin*i one week foi 2 further consideration. I, Joe Rswls plead guilty to an as sault with a deadly weapon cha'rg* and the court suspended the Judgment I . » (Continued on the back page) I ~ - Local Market Makes Of Nearly 23 Cents e HEALTH SURVEY GOES FORWARD ♦— — Two State Board Nurses Conducting Work In County 1 Mrs. H. P. GufTy and Miss Lucille j Pegram who are making a health survey of all the school children in the county, both white and colored, between the ages of 5 1-2 and 12 years say they are making good progress and have already complet ed the work in several schools. The health survey is being prepar atory to a tonsil and adenoid clinic to be held within the next few months. The State Department of Health representatives say they are finding the health conditions among the chil dren equally as good as those in other places. Mrs. (iutfy and Miss Pegram are requesting all teachers to assist in the work by hjiving the names, ages, and weight of all chil dren, also the names of the parents ready upon their arrival to make the examinations. The cooperation on the part of the teachers in the work %ll be of great help in making the sur- i vty, it was stated by the examiners. ' WESLEYANBIBLE CLASS IS FORMED — Meeting Held at Home of Mrs. W. C. Liverman; Elect Officers ♦ Ihe organization of a Wesleyan Bible class was effected here this week when a large number of the town's young women jnet at the home of Mrs) W. C. Liverman. on Church Street, j and discused the aims of such a class anil elected officers and special com- j mittees. Plans for the class were first 1 advanced when a number of scholars, ill class No. 10 of the Methodist j church collectively discused the , or- J ganizatinn several days ago. Mrs. Raleigh Bradley was made president', and Miss Serena Peacock was elected as vice president. Miss Lucy Claire lvey will serve as secre tary-treasurer, The class committees include: Visiting committee. Mrs. W.' C. Livermatr, chairman; Miifces Mil dred Darden and Kstelle Crawford; membership committee, Miss Bonner Curganus, chairman: Miss Lillian Sample; social committee, Miss Kath erinc Cole, chairman; Misses Elizabeth Curganus, Mary Fletcher, rietta Price. / Regular Services At Baptist Church With the return of the pastor to night, regular services will be held in the Baptist church here Sunday morning and evening, it was announc ed yesterday. Topics for the services hud not been given out due to the , absence of the pastor, Rev. C. H. . Dickey, who has bepn at his homo in Murphy for during the illness and death of his mother. Sunday school will be held at the regular hour, 9:46. The public is in vited to each of the services. i > Services at County Home Sunday, 3:00 | The local Christian Federation will conduct a special service at the f county home here Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock. Mr. Chas. Daniel, of t the Holly Springs Church, will make a short talk during the service. The f public is invited and urged to attend and take a part in the service. -H"— I I + Home Agent At Pitt County Fair Two Days Miss Sleeper, county home demon e itration agent, spent Wednesday and 0 Thursday at the Pitt County Fair act. Y ing as judge of the home ecoifpmics, '• 4-H Club, Community, and Art* and 1 Crafts booths. The exhibits were very good and it was difficult in many in f dances to make what seemed to be the faireit decision. ' i - > Y Eastern Carolina Firemen n 'To Meet in Robersonville b Eastern, North Caroline Firemen * will meet next Tuesday in their reg * ular quarterly meeting at Roberson jj ville. The meeting will be opened at " 7:80 p. m- by the associaUon's presi- T dent in the school auditorium, it was * announced yesterday. n "This meeting is very important," '• stated W. H. Gray, secretary, in a " letter to fire companies in all the towns of this secUon, "and a large *" representation of members is urged." * Robersonville is planning to wel lt come the visitors there next Tuesday night and a large assemblage Is ex pected. 'PREVENT FIRES I 1 AIM NEXT WEEK H #■ Mayor Issues Proclamation Asking Observance of j; Fire Prevention Week In an effort to prevent the loss of human lives and property, next week has been declared fire preventon week throughout the country. Mayor R. L. , Coburnr has issued the following pro clamation: "October 7 to 13 inclusive has been designated as Fire Prevention Week throughout the United States, and 1 , call upon the citizenship of our town j to cooperate in this great work of ( conserving both life and property by | ridding their premises of all useless , and worthless inflammable material | during this week. In order to make the work thorough j the town will remove all such ma terial, free of cost, if placed on the t.treet on the days-*Jready schecduled for the removal of garbage in your respective streets. Carefully compiled figures show | that in 1927 $1,616.1)0 worth of | property was destroyed by ftre in our town. Our flremen answered 12 calls. While no lives were lost by fire i ia Williamston, several people in the county and more than 266 in the j State were burned to death. I, therefore, set aside the week of October 7 to 13 as Fire Prevention Week in accordance with the Procla mation of our President and our Governor and to that end I ask youi cooperation with our State Insurance Department and our town officials to see to it that all schools, churches, theatres, public buildings, factories, j stores and hotels be inspected to set' that every safeguard against fire is provided, and that exit facilities are sufficient, in case of fire. I, therefore, issue this my procla niation and do set aside and desig i nate October 7 to 13 as Fire Pre | vention Week in the Town of WII | liamston, and do irt-ge our people to observe it in obedience to our Nat ional and State laws. This October 4, 1928. KOfcERT L. COBIJRN, Mayor. REGISTRATION " BOOKS OPENED For Election on November 6th; List of County Registrars Registration books fo|- the national, slate, county and toWnship elections will be opened throughout the State tomorrow morning The new regis tration will be for only those who have become 21 years of age since the last election and those who have changed their.place of residence since that time. If you have ever voted in a county, state or national election, it will not be necessary to register but as has been pointed out, it will be no bud idea to visit the place of registration in your precinct and be pure that your name is on the books. The registrars for this :ounty ap pointed by the Martin County Hoard of Elections, will open the books in their precincts tomorrow as follows: Jamesville township, A. Corey; Williams township, L. D. llardison; Griffins township, Ephriam Peel; ' Bear Grass township, Javan Roger*; Williamston township, J. L. Uassell; ' Cross Roads township, J. S. Ayers; Poplar Point township, W. S. White; ' Hamilton township, R. A. Kdmond ' son; Robersonville township, J. I* Roberaon; Gold Point precinct, J. I. Croom; .Goose Nest township, T. H. Johnson. *L f Make Splendid Progress In Paving Windsor Road $ 1 With favorable weather prevailing, . the Huberts Paving Company is mak , inn splendid progress on flie paving 1 project betweue here and Windsor, r The company is pouring one side of the - river fill at the present time, and with ■ tht continuation of clear weather the road will be completed within the next several weeks. ■ ♦ Eleven People Are Now in Jail Here 1 Following their trials in recorder's court here last Tuesday, four men " were released from the county Jail, but Sheriff Roebuck'a number of guests was made to remain about the " same when Judge Meekins sent three „ prisoners here this week. The num ber there stands at eleven now. While many of the guests are e only temporary boarders, several ' will remain over until the next term of criminal court. y Mrs. P. A. B*U«rd left this week for Rocky Mount where she will re ceive medical treatment in a hospital Adnrtinn Will Pfnd Oar Col am na a Latchkey to Onr 1,600 Home* of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1898 Average Thursday NEARLYMILLION POUNDS ON SALE HERE THIS WEEK » Market Has Its Best Week Since Opening Early in September LARGE BREAK TOD^Y Several Individuals Make Averages of SO Cents; Good Tobacco Is Selling Well * - With a big break on the floors to day, the Williamston Tobacco market has probably had its best week since the opening. Old-time prices have been evident throughout the week and yesterday the market made its highest average this season. During the week,, the average jrice paid for the farmer's offerings has jumped daily, sometimes as rt'uch as three and four dollars a hundred, and yesterday was said to • e the best day yet. In spite of com mon breaks in two of the houses and right much damaged tobacco, the market averaged around twenty-three cents. The sales this week'; including those of today, will total close to the million mark, and each day there has been a decided increase in poundage and average price. Pries paid for the bright and bodied tobaccos are said to, be higher than those paid last year for the same types, and where you have this kind, tobacconists assure you a price equal the one paid last season. The local warehousemen think it best to sell your best tobacco now, but if it is possible to do so, they are of the opinion that now is a good time to sell any an all types. However, it is quite evident that the demand for ihe lower grades is not as great as it was last season, but many farm ers state that even the lower types have advanced considerably since the market opened. While individual averages count tor no great deal, many farmers have averaged in the neighborhood of 50 cents right along, and 40-cent averages afe found every now and theq. The running of a steady and level sale is what counts, and the warehousemen here are doing that in so far as it is humanly possible. In spite of the peunut and cotton picking season, hundreds of farmers are finding time to market their crop, for the sales are mounting in leaps and bounds on the market here, and with prices steadily climbing lartge sales are expected to continue. $ Presbyterian Services at Woman's Club Sunday Rev. A. J. Crane, Presbyterian Mission worker, will preach here Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock in ihe Woman's club, it was announced yesterday by a member of that con gregation. There will be no evening service. The public is invited to hear Dr. Crane at the morning service. Everetts Woodmen To Meet Monday $ Meeting next Monday night at 7:30 o'clock at the regular meeting' place, of the Everetts Modern Woodmen Camp will initiate a can didate and elect delegates to the dis trict convention to be held in Farm- I ville, October 10. Five members of the camp will be elected to attend the F'armville convention which was postponed the 20th of last month on account of flood waters. The officers of the order are urging a large attendance upon the meeting next Monday. —■" -I » Two Automobile Wrecks In County This Week A big decrease in the number of automobile wrecks was reported this week in the county. Only two wrecks have been reported and each of the two was of no great consequence. Damage to the cara was great in both cases, but no one waa badly hurt. S. L Dlykan, cafe proprietor here, und a Washington Negro ran their curs together on No. 30 near Corey's store. A Rocky Mount car and an i other belonging to and driven by a , Negro ran together on the James ( \ille road near here early this morn f ing. V. j # 1 Robersonville Eleven - „ Plays Plymouth Today t Robersonville'* high ichool football I team is playing it* fourth game of the i season today with Plymouth's high- School eleven at Robersonville. The boys there registered a win of 6 to 0 It over Tirboro last Tuesday, and are • entering the game today with splen -1 did chances of winning over Plymouth.

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