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Watch the UM on Your I Paper Ai It Carriea th* Data When Your Sobecriptioß Kapiiea VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 101 EAST CAROLINA FARM TEACHERS MEET TOMORROW • Vocational Agriculture In structors to Observe Class At Jamesville School PLAN YEAR'S WORK S ration Scheduled To Laat Greater Part of fray; Take Ud Problatna Confronting Teacher Professor W. T. Overby and his Jamesville agricultural students will be on their "p'a" and "q's" all day to morrow when eight or more agricul tural teachers in Eastern North Caro lina go there to observe the work be iqg carried on aud to bold a general conference. The teacher and hia stu dents are ready, and although they will have to be on the alert, they plan to make the hoars of obaerving interest ing for the visitors. teachers and agricul tural leaders from as far away aa Co lumbia and Kinston will meet and take part in the day's program, it waa stat ed by Pfafassor Overby yesterday aft ernoon. During the session which is sched uled to last a greater part of the day, tlte vocational instructors, after ob serving the work of Mr. Overby's class will hold a meeting to prepare plans for a continuation of their work. These plans go to mike up a yearly program and have to do with various tasks con fronting the teacher. FARMERS TALK INSECTCONTROL . i* Continue Study of Tobacco Culture nt Meetings Held In Jamesville Continuing their study on the fer tiUaation and cultivation of tobacco, farmers of the Jamesville community, with Professor W T. Overby, held a vary successful meeting in the school bidding there last night The particu lar subject brought before the farm ers at the meeting last night had to do with the control of insects, according to Mr. Overby, agricultural teacher in t the JameavHle schools. These meetings, according to Pro ■feasor Overby, have been very success fid, .numbers of farmers attending each 24oaday night to study the problems coining before the tobacco g/owcr. Thorough and detailed discussions have been held in connection with the Plan! bed preparation and the fer tilisation of the crop, and the control measures offered for discussion last night will, no doubt, prove of much help to the farmers. Jwi how long these meetings will | be held is not known at the preaent tin*, but Professor Overby is very anxious to take up every phase of the crop before bringing the course to a cloae. It is certain that the meetings will continue through the next two weeks, and probably longer, the pro feaaor stated yesterday afternoon. ■ • Regular Luncheon of Kiwapis Tomorrow The tegular luncheon\»f the local club will be held fa U>® Wo man's club halt tomorrow at >2:30, it waa announced today by president A large attendance upon H|e luncheeon ia urged by the of paving Bill Passed Jn State Senate Yesterday Senate bill, 3S»*allowing the com tfHaaioners of Willlameton to uae the mottey secured from the sale of the municipal power plant in mnatruc tfcn and paving of streets baa pasaed that body and upon its passage in the House, the town authorities will have y+wer to. uae the money for the sped -4a4 purpose. The circulation of petitions con tinues, bat at this time ne definite projects have been made available. 1521 I Wednesday-Thursday, Feb. 20-21 I RONALD COLMAN VILMABANKY x ■ Two" of (he Screett'a Greatest Lasers I The MAGIC FLAME' ■ Abo Two-Sad Comedy I Friday - February 22 A' Metro-Gold wyn Special "SPIES" ■ Also Another of H. C. Witwer's ■ »«x»" -«■ I Shows at 7:1) and 9 P. M. Daily ■ MUSIC UY PHOTOTOM* P.." 1' ■ ■ ■■ * ' b.- THE ENTERPRISE Many Farmers Unable To Pr Beds Account ARE IMPASSIBLE IN MANY PLACES People of Oak City Nearly Isolated for Three Days Last Week RELIEF IS DEMANDED a Horse and Cart Again Become* the Favorite Mode of Tranaportation In That Section While the people of the county, es pecially those in the outlying districts and those on unpaved highways, are greatly interested in the legislature's road bill, promising a reduction in road taxes, they are equally interested in the condition of the roads. . Whether Ihey would prefer the tax reductions in preference to better roads is a mat ter for speculation, but it is certain 'that both reduced taxes and better roads would meet with great favor naturally. In the districts where the roads have not been hard-surfaced and in other sections where the thoroughfares arc maintained by the townships, numerous complaiuts have been heard-. Traffic, in many sections, has been halted for several days at a time, and chances for transporting farm produce or goods are poor or none in many cases. Mail carriers on several of the rural routes have run behind their reg ular schedules, finding it almost im possible to make their trips without getting stuck several times on their rounds. Transportation, in many in stances, has reverted back to the horse and cart, and a few old buggies have been rolled from under the sheds for the first time in months foKuae on the roads. > Probably the most deplorable situa tion is found in the upper part of the county, particularly around Oak City aud Hamilton. Practically all goods billed to Hamilton are shipped by rail to Oak City and carried on trucks from there to Hamilton. Aside from the river, the boats rarely ever run that far up the stream now, the route via Oak City is the main one for han dling goods consigned to Hamilton. But during the psit few days, the peo ple of that section have experienced much trouble in trying to carry on their work. According to a citizen of that section, the people in Oak City were all but isolated during three days of last week. Township road forces are said to have been ordered from their work to aid transportation on Highway Route 125, and during sev eial days car after car has been pulled from tbe mud sloughs, Conditions of the route during fair weather are said to be bad, but in rainy weather they are deplorable, snd it is under these conditions that the people of that section, as well as others, are advancing their claim for permanent relief. Checks of the traffic on the road have been compared with checks made on other roads. It is roughly es timated that on 125 is twice as great as that on No. 90 leading to ward Jamesville. This, with the con dition of the road; is giving rise to a just demand for relief, and the under taking is gathering momentum daily, and as long as the roads continue in the shape they have been in and are now in, the cry lor relief can be ex pected to grow loader and louder. That Commissioner Kugler is ac quainted with the conditions ot High way No. 125 was made certain last week, when tps office was flooded with telegrams, 50 or more in number be ing forwarded to him, according to in-' formation received here. The tele grams, costing as high as $1.60 spiece gave the particulars in detail. And Dis trict Engineer Gardner is also acquaint ed with the conditions of the road, for last Saturday he was stuck in his car for several hours between Oak City land Hamilton. According to unofficial statements, the complaints of the housewives have been heard by highway officials who are now considering placing a little Tarvia to hold down the dust in the towns served by the route. The peo ple of thst section have complained very little just so long as they could bounce and slide and still carry on> their transportation with some degree of success, but now that they are all but isolated, they are making an ear nest and just sppeal for what should be theirs. And no dab of Tarvia will settle the problem, as indicated by the statement made by a Hamilton citizen yesterday afternoon, informed the highway officials that they were not so much interested in controlling the dust in their main streets as they were in having a decent opportunity to trans port their goods from * rail station to their families. It has been said that the highway commission is plsnning to lsy Tarvia over stretches nesr and inside the towns along the route, but this has not teen officially announced cer tain procedure. Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, February 19,1929 3 YOUNG MEN OF WINDSOR HAVE NARROW ESCAPE > Car Leaves Road and Turns Somersault at Railroad Underpass Sunday TWO SLIGHTLY HURT Randolph White, William R. Mitchell, and Julian Bassmore Were in Wrecked Machine Randolph White, William R. Mitch ell, and Julian Bazcmore, all of Wind sor, miraculously escaped serious in jury here late last Sunday afternoon when their car, a new Ford roadster, s( mersaolted near the railroad under pass at the west end of Main Street. Mr. White, the car's driver, was bad ly cut about the head, and young Mitchell suffered an injury to his back. Mr. Haze more escaped uninjured. The three men were removed to Dr. War ren's office here, where he, with Dr. Lee, gave first-aid treatment to the in jured boys, who were later carried to their homes in Windsor. * According to the story told by Mitch A, the car was being driven st a fast rate of speed, but at his request the driver, White, slowed down to go under the railroad underpass. They passed under the railroad safely, Mitchell stating that he was unable to giu- any, other of the details relating to™he accident until after he crawled from the over-turned car. Witnesses to the accident state that two wheels ot the car ran off the hard surface just this side of the railroad and the driver being unable to steer it caused the machine to turn the somer sault. The body of the car was twist ed, the windshield broken, and one of the wheels broken down in the wreck. The machine was not so badly dam aged, however, that it could not be driyen in for repairs. * JAIL MAN FOR BEATING WIFE ♦ Dan Hardy Charged With Brutal Attack Here Yesterday ♦ Charged with beating his wife and threatening to cut her throat, Dan Hardy, white, was lodged in the jail here yesterday morning to await trial before Judge Bailey in the county re corder's court today. Hardy, who lives near the warehouses, was said to have beat the woman about the face and broke one of heNjjngers. People in the neighborhood weri--c*lled and the man's attempt to cut her threat was stopped. Several families are said to live ib 1 the small hbuse, and while many rows have been said to occur there, the hap penings were practically confined in the home and immediate neighborhood. The fuss yesterday morning, one of reached such proportions that tbe neighbors were attracted, and the trouble found its way into the court. Hardy moved here with his family from Oak City and at the time of the trouble yesterday morning was said to be drunk. He was ordered held until he sobered up, and in default of bond he remained jail for the hearing to day. JAMESVILLE MAN DIED YESTERDAY " o—— W. A. Brown Succumbs Aft er Two Weeks' Illness With Pneumonia W. A. Brown, 68-year-old citizen of the Jamesville community, died at his home there yesterday afternoon following an illness of about two weeks. Mr. Brown suffered an attack of influenza the early part of this month which later developed into pneumonia and that with meningitis resulted in his death. Up until that 'time, Mr. Brown hpd been in splendid health. His death is one of the first to be reproted as a result of he re cent influence epidemic in this sec tion. The—funeral service ia being held from the home this afternoon, inter ment following in the Brown ceme tery, near the residence. Mr. Brown was a successful farm er in his community, following that work from aq parly age until Just shortly before his death. Three chil dren, Mrs. Wilson Griffin, of Golda bo ro, and Stencil! and Alexander Brown, of Jamesville, two sisters, Mrs. N. R. Manning, of Jamesville and Mrs. H. T. Roberson, of this place, and one brother, M>". P It Brown, also of Williamston, sur vive. 54 CHILDREN TO TAKE FINAL TEST a X-Ray Examinations Being Given Local Children at Washington Today Fifty-four or 12 per cent, of the children in the local school taking the tuberculin skin testa last week are in Washington today where X-ray ex aminations are being made in each individual case. The children were carried over in private cars and a majority of them will be there the greater part of the day. . Tho tuberculin clinic sponsored by the Woman's club was started Mon day of last week. Since that time 460 children have been tested for the disease, and although it was thought advisable to carry 54 of the children to Washington for a final and thorough examination, it is not to be understood that all of tho number are tuberculoais sufferers. Hardly two per cent of the number will show active signs of the disease, according to the findings in similar clinics held in other schools. The clinic has been carried on at a very heavy expense to the Woman's club, but the value of the work is ex pected to be many times greater than the cost. LOCAL SCHOOL ENTERS DEBATE Query It "Resolved, That America Should Join World Court" Again the debating team from Wil liamston High School has entered the North Carolina High School Debating Union. The team last year, consisting ol Misses Josephine Harrison, Ollie Marie Roberson, Marjorie Taylor, and Mr. Clyde Griffin debated Belhaven here and Pantego High School at Pan tego, winning the negative side at Pantego by s unanimous decision. The affirmative lost here by only one vote. The members of the team for this year are the same as last, excepting Miss \ iola Grimes, who is taking the place of Clyde Griffin. The negative side of the query, "Resolved, That America I Should Join the World Court," will be upheld against the Scotland Neck team there; the affirmative side will be supported here against the negative team from Weldon High School. The local affirmative speakers will be Mioses Josephine Harrison, Ollie Ma rie Roberson, and the negative Misses Marjorie Taylor and Viola Grimes. The speakers have been working on their respective speeches for 10 days, and from all indications they are plan ning to put up a fair forensic contest. Besides all ihembers of the two local teams being experienced debaters, each one is showing interest and a willing ness to work hard. The date of the debate has been set for April 5. JAMESVILLE WINS OVER AULANDER First Game in Champion ship Series Played Here Saturday Night Jamesville's high school basketball team made a successful step the finals in the Statfc basketball cham pionship series last Saturday night when it defeated the strong Aulander five in the Brick Warehouse here, 10 to 6. It v.-as the first game to be played by the two teams in the series. Aulander is now out of the race and Jamesville will meet Woodland here tomorrow night in the second of the series of games. The/ Saturday night game was marked by close guarding on the part of members of both teams, and was hotly contested from that angle. Tomorrow night's game will attract a great deal of interest, as Woodland is said to have an exceptionally good team. Heavy Ford Shipments To Eastern Dealers Ford shipments to dealers in East ern Carolina during the pa&i few weeks have been unusually heavy, ne cessitating the use of special boats to handle the cars. Four boat loads were landed at the wharf here last week for distribution among Eastern Carolina dealers. The cars ate shipped from the branch of the.Ford Mqtor Co., and practically all shipments billed far this section are handled oyer the Norfolk, Baltimore 4 Carolina Boat Iflne.' t Many of tha dealers fiave a few cars on . hand now for the first tithe since the new Model A made its appearance. Clothing Specialist To Be Here Tomorrow Miss Willie Hunter, clothing spec iaiist from State College, will spend, tomorrow morning in the county. Miss Hunter wfil be here only a short wMle, going on to Eden ton where she is to conduct a leaders' school in clothing with Miss Laura Hacebaker, agent of Chowan county. HIGHWAYS IN UPPER PART OF COUNTY IN VERY BAD CONDITION LAST MEETING OF TEACHERS HELD HERE SATURDAY Weather and Bad Roads Responsible for Poor Attendance AROUND 40 PRESENT L. H. Davis and Supt. R. A. Pope Are Principal Speakers at Final Meeting Of Current School Year [ The sixth and last meeting of the Martin County teachers for the 1928- 2V term was held here last Saturday afternoon with hardly more than 40 present, the weather and roads mak ing it impossible for a large number to attend the last assembly of the school year. In the absence of Pro tensor D. N. Hix, the association's president, Mr. R. A. Pope, county sup erintendent, presided at the meeting Saturday. The small amount of reading done by the average teacher was pointed out to be an inexcusable shortcoming by L. H. Davis, principal of the local school, who was asked by the chair to make a tew remarks concerning the teaching profession. The teacher's work is too much of a routine, Mr. Davis 1 stated, and once her work is carried on ill that manner the inspira tion to do outstanding things was lost. In bringing un end to such routiue work the school man stated, "If a tca.chugtadHl enough professional read ing, RURuld create an interest in her self as a teacher, and this would soon change from passive to Active interest." The speaker continued by saying that the average teacher lacked a profes sional spirit, and that this spirit could be had by reading. That one should fail as a cause of overzealousness was pointed out as preferred by Mr. Davis rather than failure caused by laziness.. The reading program advanced by the local school principal was en dorsed by Superintendent Pope, who stated that too many formalities in th& school system were crushing the per sonalities of the teachers. Mr. Pope also pointed out that the modern in* terprctation of teaching was guidance, that the books used should be adjusted to this aspect, both {Physically and men tally. "Supervision in the right spirit helps the teacher find herself," the sup erintendent continued. The study of child psychology will aid the teacher in her difficulties, declare Mr. Pope, who suggested that the teachers consider such a subject. The preparation of reports by all the principals of the 6-months schools was called to the attention of the gen eral, meeting, Mr. Pope urging the various school heads to report the ma terial and equipment now held by the schools. The principals were also re quested to see that the trucks were properly housed at the close of the six months schools until ngxt fall. Before the work of theassembly was brought to a close for the year, the superintendent inquired if all the studies could be completed in the var ious groups, and upon assurance that the day would furnish ample time to bring the programs to a close, the gen eral meetings for the term were ended when the teachers assembled in their respective groups for reading circle work. Local Boys and Girls Win in Double-Header Playing here last Friday night, the local boy*' and girls' basketball teams added two more victories to their already long lists of victories, the girls defeating those of Everetts 28 to 13 and the boys« winning over Beaufort's Ave 40 to 22. Both games were well played, and vigorously contested by all the teams. The schedule of play for the locals this week has not been announced at this time, and it is not known at, this time whether or not any gamety will be played before next week. J Minstrel at Bear Grass ' School Friday Night + • - Mtsmbers of Bear Grass' beat home talent cas's will appear in a minstrel in the school auditorium there next FridJV evening at 8:00 o'clock, ac cording t4 an announcement made here today. Special work has been carried on in the minstrel's prepar ation, and a splendid performance is assured. The proceeds of the show are to be used for the benefit of Holy Trinity Mission, it was stated. While it was not definitely announc ed, those in charge of the staging of **»« "'"■ tH tin fimiirigrfng it to Hamilton Tuesday of next week. WORST SEASON IN MANY YEARS Hope To Get Seed in the Ground By Latter Part Of This Week HAS BEEN TOO COLD No Shortgae in Plants Is Anticipated. However, As More Seed Is Being Planted While (he majority of farmers have already prepared their tobacco beds in this county for the crop this year, there art many who have yet to do the work, unfavorable weather having delayed them in the preparation of their beds. This year it said to have been one of the worst in several for the prepara tion of beds. When the ground'was dry, it was frozen, and when it was warm enough to plant the seed the rain was falling, making it too wet. When questioned yesterday, a dozen ol more farmers stated they were go? ing to take advantage of the first op- portunity presenting itself and put the seed in the ground. Ten of the number said they had been raising to bacco for many years, but this was the first year that they had not had the beds planted and prepared. While some of the beds have been prepared several weeks, the farmers who have not sown their seed up until this time apparently are not worrying over their lateness in the work. They are hoping to put the seed in the ground not later than the end of this week, however. That there are being more seed sown,this year is not certain, but ac cording to several farmers questioned recently, there should be tic)' shortage in plants next spring when the trans planting season arrives. ATTEMPT MADE TO ROB HOUSE 1 Negro Is Frightened Away From Home in Griffins By Children A Negro of medium build and light color entered and attempted to rob the home of Mr*. Gallic Coltrain, in Griffins township early last Satur day morning, according to informa tion received here. AH members of the family with the exception of three children, Hilda and Tilghman, ages 12 years and Anna, 16, had gone to a neighbor's several mile's away to spend the day. They had been gone only a short while when, ac cording to the story told by the three children, the Negro entered the house and began searching the up-avairs At the time the man entered the house, the brother was out near the woodshed, and no one heard the stranger until he had started his search upstairs. All three of the children frightened the man out of the house, and it in said that the boy fired a gun at him. It is thought that the man escaped without carrying any articles with him from the house. The children, afraid to leave the house, were said to have locked them selves in the kitchen where they re mained until other members of the family rturned home late that after noon. SAMUEL SAVAGE DIES NEAR HERE Young Man Dies Following Valiant Fight Against Tuberculosis Samuel L. Savage, 20 years of age, died at the home of hisrparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Savage on the Sta ton farm near here on the Washing ton-Willianiston highway last Satur day morning following an of about three years. In the fall of 1925 the young man was taken ill and an examination revealed that he had tuberculosis. He was immediately sent to the State Sanatorium for treatment, but after a stay there of a year and a half his case was con sidered incurable and htPwas return ed to the home of his parents here. Gradually the disease progressed, re sulting in death. The funeral was held from the home Sunday afternoon, Elders J. N. Roger son and B. S. Cowing, of the Primitive Baptist Church, conducting the last rites. Interment was made in the cemetery at Spring Green, near Hamilton. Sammie, as he was called by his friends, was cheerful until the last few days of his life. While in school he was said to be a good pupil and a favorite among the teachers and students. He was born in Rocky Mount and moved here with his par ents a short while- before he was taken ill. His father and mother and flva brothera and two sisterß jur viva. Advertiser* Will Find Our Col. urani ■ Latchkey to Over 1,600 Homes of Martin Coimty ESTABLISHED 1898 2 BOYS SLIGHTLY HURT IN WRECK SUNDAY NIGHT Accident Occurs on River Hill When Two Cars Collide DRIVER IS ARRESTED Roy Pritchard and Humphrey Gillam, Of Windsor, To Be Tried for Reckless Driving Ro> Pritchard and Humphrey Gil lam, young while buys, of Windsor, were slightly injured when they turned their car, a Ford touring, over on the river hill here shortly ftfter 7 o'clock Sunday evening. Young Gillam was cut on the knee, but not badly, while Pritchard, the driver of the car, was unhurt. • - •" The two boys were coming into town when they ran their car into an other driven by a colored man, whose name was not learned, causing . their own to turn over. No serious damage resulted, either to the cars or occu pants, so the car was turned back on its wheels, and the boys started for their homes. They had* not reached the bottom of the hill on their return trip, however, before young Pritchard ran the .Ford down the left embank- Bunt anil stuck it tightly. Tht* noise attracted the attention of Sheriff Roebuck, who lives near the scene of the wreck, and he went out to investigate the happenings. The ne gro was questioned and later released. Young Gillam stated he was riding with Pritchard and before he hardly knew it they had run into the rear end of the negro man's car and turned their own over. He further stated lhat they turned the car back on its wheels and started for home when Pritchard ran it off the hill into the ditch. The Pritchard boy was said to have been drinking and was in no condition to drive ji. car. While young (Villain was said to have been sober, both were held under a charge of reckless driv ing. Bond was arranged, and the case was called for trial today before Judge liailey in the recorder's court here, li is understood the case was contin ued at. the request of the defendants' next Tuesday KITCHENS AGAIN BEFNG SCORED Nine Contestants Waiting To Have Kitchens Scored The secoring of kitchens in Mar tin County'» kitchen contest is be ing continued today- by Misses Smith and Sleeper, demonstration agents. There a»~e nine contestants waiting to have their kitchens scored for*'the first time, and since these contestants represent several sections of the county, it is doubtful - if th e agents will complete their work today. Miss Smith was unable to return to the county last Friday, but she expects to remain here until the work of scoring all the kitchens is completed Prizes to be awarded in the con test ar« now being dbllected by the agent and a number have already been received. Miss SI coper states that mayonnais mixing sets, Wesson oil, a book, "Feeding the Family"; a slaw cutter, measuring cups and spoons have already been contributed by various companies in several parts of the country. Miss Sleeper stated that the loCß't 'b&iik will offer a nice prize, and that several local merch ants will add to the list of prizes. With all these prizes before them, the contestants are expected to enter into a lively race for first place in the contest. A pedometer, measuring the !', tance one walks, will be used by two or three of the contestants during the campaign. Simply as it is, the pedometer will add greatly to the value of the "Better Kitchen Cam paign" by checking the work of the, housewife" carried on in and arourjp the kitchen. The contest is attracting much at tention among the housewives, and is signalled out tob e one of the oilt standing features in home demonstra tion work In this county. Hearing on Plymouth Bridge on Thursday Plymouth, Feb. 18.—Postponement of the meeting at Raleigh with the Stae Highway Commission relative to the proposal of the series »f bridges to span Roanoke, Middle and Cashie rivers and Broad Creek and a causeway linking the bridges together thus connecting Bertie and Washington counties from Tuesday of this week until Thursday, February 21, was announced here today by Vance Norman, president of the local chamber of commerce. Mr. Norman received a letter today from highway officials notifying him of the chanfe in date. No reason was given for tie change In the date. Plans had b*#n made by th« local commercialists and others' to begin the journey to Jtal \ o 1 !* JPrly Tuesday morning.
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