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Watch the Label on Your Paper Aa It Carries the Data When Tour Subscription Expires VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 103 WILLIAM HENRY CRAWFORD DIES AT HOME HERE Leading Citizen Succumbs This Morning After Long Illness * FUNERAL TOMORROW Will Be Held From Residence at 4 P. M. ; Burial Will Be Made in Local Cemetery William Henry Crawford, one of Williamaton's best known and highly esteemed citizens, died at his home on Watts street here this morning at 9 o'clock, following an illness of sev eral weeks' duration. Mr. Crawford had suffered a com plication of diseases for several years, heart disease finally triumphing over his already weakened body. For sev eral weeks he has lingered between life and death As the town's fire siren called the firemen from their homes this morning, Mr. Crawford opened his eyes and glanced/about him, ap parently realizing that as the men want to answer the siren's call, he was preparing to answer the call of his Maker. The funeral will be held from the residence tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, Reverends O. P. FitzGerald, of the local Methodist church, C. H. Dickey, of the local Baptist church, •nd B. Duke Critcher of the Oxford Methodist church, officiating. Burial will be in the local cemetery. William Henry Crawford was born November 11, 1866 in this town where he had lived as a true friend to throughout his life. He waa the son of the late William Thomas Crawford and wife, Martha Cotton Crawford. His father served the county as sheriff and clerk of the court for many years, and was one of its most popular officers. His mother was the daughter of the late Judge Asa Biggs who was a member in the United States Senate at one time. In February, 1897 he was married to Miss Pattie Hardison, daughter* of the late Sheriff Hardison. She only survives, there being no children born to the union. He leaves three brothers, Asa Thomas and Kader B. Crawford, of this place, and Ben C. Crawford, of Greensboro, also one sister, Miss Anna Crawford, of Wil liamston, survives. Always jovial Htd friendly, Mr. Crawford was known to attend to his own affaire, interferring little with those of other people. ■ ♦ "Bull" Movements Cause Big Rise in Liquor Prices . ■ » - "The "bull" movements, including the most rational ones' recorded in the country's stock exchanges were pushed into the background as far as increases are concerned, last week whan fifteen federal prohibition agents centered their activities in this section, caught a number of bootleg gers and sent liquor prices to unheard of heights. Price increases, ranging from 100 per cent, to no sale at any price, have already been reported ss a direct resulytf the agent's work So exten aive Vcre the raids of the federal officers last Saturday that the price trend is expected to continue upward in this section for weeks or probably months to come. • Former County Resident Dies Near Greenville Redden S. Warren, farmer resident of this county, died at his home near Greenville last Tuesday afternoon fol lowing an illness of several months' duration. Mr. Warren had suffered rheumatism for some time, and that with other complications was given as the cause of his death. During his residence in this county, Mr. Warren lived near Bear Grass where he farmed. He moved to Pitt county several years ago. He ia sur vived by three sons, four daughters and several grandchildren. IW ATT S| f ' THEATRE I Wednesday February 27 I DON COLEMAN in * "A5-Calibre War" A Real Action Picture COMEDY I "CURIOSITIES" I Thurs.-Fri. Feb- 28-March 1 I CORINNE GRIFFITH "OUTCAST" fJM M, O. M. HEWS I Shows at 7:15 sod 9 P. M. Daily PHOTOTOM. THE ENTERPRISE Commissioners Consider Widening of Main Street Power Company Ordered To Place Poles Back; Tentative Plans Call lor Widening of Street 8 or 10 Feet; Would Pave Sidewalks at Same Time At a called meeting of the town commissioners here last Friday night, preliminary steps leading to the widening of Main street were taken. While the widening of th town's main thoroughfare has been consider ed for sometime, no definite action had been-taken in the matter by the authorities until last Friday night when a last chance to determine the location of the new power company's poles on the street presented itself. The company was authorized to place its poles back from the curb several feet, making a change later unneces sary. No definite time was set for the work to be done. According to the resolution passed at the meeting the street will be widened eigth to ten feet, reducing the sidewalks on each side to not less than eight nor more than nine feet. The proposed plans include the widen- 17 PERSONS ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING "DRY" LAW LAST SATURDAY ROUND-UP MADE IN 4 COUNTIES —#— 11 ,White Men, 5 Colored Men and One Colored Woman Arrested ALL BUTONE~BONDED Fourteen Federal Agents Under Di rection of District Administrator Participate in Raids Charged with violation of the fed eral prohibition law in various de grees, 16 men and one woman were brought before a U. S. Commissioner here for hearings last Friday. The arrests of the 17 persons, charged with violation of the prohibition laws, followed a thorough and extensive raid made by 14, federal agents and deputies in Martin, Bertie, Beaufort, and Pitt counties. The raid was made under the directions of P. M. Caudle, Deputy Prohibition administrator, of Wilson, and was more fruitful in Pitt and Bertie counties than in the other two. All of the accused violators were' bonded with the exception of one, Bill Fagan, of Aulander, landing in jail-in default of bond. Six of the violators were negroes. Martin county's three violators in clude Bisco Biggs and C. C. Bailey, Standard filling station operators near Everetts. Biggs was charged with selling a pint of the "spirits" and was released upon a S3OO bond. Bailey's warrant was the same as that for Biggs, and at the hearing he ' was required to give bond in the sum of S4OO. William Keys, colored, of Jamesville, was brought into court, charged with bootlegging and was re quired to give bond in the sum of SSOO for his appearance at the next term of federal court in Washington. Bertie county had eight cases. Vandy W. Ward, filling station sales man, at the Triangle filling station, was required to giv e bond in the sum of S6OO. D. E. Ward, renter of the same station and Winifred Spruill, owner, were each charged as acces sors and were required to give bond. e # (Continued on the back page) * No Session of Recorder's Court Here Next Tuesday ♦ . There will no session of the county recorder's court here next Tuesday, March 6, it was announcd this morn ing by Judge J. W. Bailey. The ses sion was called off when it was learned that some of the court of ficials had been summoned to Rock ingham to attend federal court that day. - , EVERETTS MODERN WOODMEN HOLD SUCCESSFUL MEETING The meeting of the Modern Wood men of the Everetts camp in the hall there last night was declared to be very successful, several candidates being initiated and other business matters h*jj3ie^ House Burned Near Everetts Early Sunday The J. L. Bailey old home, near Everetts, was destroyed by fire last Sunday morning shortly after nine o'clock. Henry Everett* a colored tenant, living in the house Jost prac tically all his furniture and the struc ture was a total loss. , The fire, starting from s fine, was vigorously fought, bat all efforts to save the home failed. Workmen are now bony placing lumber en the lot, preparatory to rebuilding at once. ' ;.. V : ' *V* ' '* *' "! 1 .. » . Williamston, Martin County,* North Carolina, Tuesday, February 26, 1929 ing of the thoroughfare from the cor ner of Watts to the corner of Haugh ton-s£reets. It was proposed at the meeting that the work be done at the same time that the sidewalk paving is laid, provided any is laid at all. The circu lation of petitions for sidewalk pav ing is being continued, ahd it is hop ed that a definite program will de velop within the course of the next few weeks. Once the program is de cided upon by the property owners, the town will make provisions for the work and the widening of the street will be handled in connecting with the sidewalk paving program, it was stated. This action upon the part of the commissioners will, it is believed, meet with the general approval of th citizens of the town, it being almost unanimously agreed that the street needs to be widened. NEW SERIES OF BUILDING & LOAN OPENSSATURDAY Officials Hope To Sell 600 Shares of Stock Before . Series Closes 4,000 SHARETN FORCE Association Increased Its Assets Last Year By More Than $60,00; Has Built Many Homes * A large sale of shares is expected in the 24th series of the Martin County Building and Ix>an assoclif tion opening here next Saturday, ac cording to officials of the organiza tion. While the sale of the shares is not expected to establish a new record it is believed that the myct series will uphold the splendid record made by the association during the past years. The goal for the series is fixed at 600 shares, and it is the opinion of many connected with the associa tion that the sale will exceed that amount. There are over 4,000 shares now in force in the Martin County Building and Ix)an Association, representing savers in all classes and businesses. The retirment of the series last year will be more than regained in the series opening next Saturday, the first to be issued this year. During 1928, the association increased its as sets by approximately $60,000, a very substantial gain and one made pos sible by the savings of both large and small investors. During its operation the building and loan association here has financed the building or out-right purchase of around two hundred buildings. Ap plications for loans are now on the waiting list, and the construction of many homos will b e financed during next 12 months. Cotton Association Buys Fertilizer Cooperatively Mr. C. C. Hinton, representative of the North Carolina Cotton Growers association was in the county last week making arrangements for co operative purchases of fertilizer a mong the members of the association. While the association is selling only for cash, it 1b planning to arrange a form of credit for its members, it was stated by the representative. The association will pay a patron-' age dividend to each of iti member customers, it was pointed out. This dividend will be paid at the close of the season when the profits are de> termined. During previous years these dividends have been very satisfactory to th farmers buying through th e as sociation, and it is expected that the savings this season will be greate? than they were last year. H» First Methodist Church Observes 101 st Birthday * db 1 1 ■■ Last Sunday will be long remem be red by members of the local Meth odist church, for on that day the congregations and many friends ob served with appropriate services the 101 st anniversary of the church. Rev, S. A. Cotton, presiding elder of the Weldon district, preached a special sermon that day, and pastor, Dr. O. P, FitzGerald reviewed interesting church record* The church, one of the oldest in the State, has 36 mem bers who have been connected with starphen heads this list among the men, he having joined here mere than 40 years ago. POULTRY CAR TO BE IN COUNTY 2 DAYS NEXT WEEK ♦ Here Wednesday, March 6; In Robersonville on Next Day PRICES "ARE"HIGHER Prices Range From 1 to 5 Ctnts Per Pound More Than Before; Not to Be in Jamesville The second car for poultry loadings in this county this year will be plac ed here Wednesday of next week and in Robersonville the following day, ac cording to a schedule announced by the Division of Markets at Raleigh through County Agent Brandon yes terday afterpoon. The car will not stop in Jamesville this trip, it was stated. The first loadings will be made in Plymouth instead of Jiimes ville, according to the schedule an nounced yesterday. With an advance in prices, the loadings are expected to equal oi surpass those of th e last trip, the earlier part of this month. The prices have beetftjnoreased from one cent for certain typtes of poultry to 6 cents on other types, according to the prices announced by Mr. Risher, head of the Bureau of Markets, Raleigh. The car will arrive here in the morning of the 6th from Plymouth, and will be placed in Robersonville for loadings the following morning. Farmers in the county received more than four thousand dollars for the last car of poultry shipped,% and many are planning to make larger shipments from their flocks next week, it was stated here yesterday and this morning. LOCAL BOYS' WIN TWO MORE GAMES — Defeat •- Town Teams of Trenton and New Bern Friday and Saturday ® !_ Tha local high school basketball team added two more victories to its already long list last week', winning over the Jones County All Stars at 'Trenton Thursday night at Trenton, 66 to 22 and New Bern town team here Friday night 81 to 12. The locals found their opponents easy prey, and were never in danger of losing the lead. During the season so far, the lo cals have won 16 out of 17 games played, scoring 690 points to their op ponents' 221 t The record of the team is attracting no great attention, how ever, from the local people, and a few of the faithful fans attending regu larly. The boys are in earnest in their play and a most successful Reason is already assured. —i * Program Lenten Services at Windsor Episcopal Church _ _ ——« Dr. Drane, rector of St. Paul's church, Edenton, announces his ap pointments in the St. Thomas church, Windsor during the I>enten season, inviting the people of this community to attend. His appointments: First and third Sundays In the month at 11:00 a. m., morning prayer and holy communion. Other Sunday, 7:80 a. m., holy com munion; 11:00 a. m., morning prayer and Litany. During the week, evening prayer, 4:30 p. m. cn Mondays, Tues days and Fridays; Wednesdays at 7:30 p. m., Thursday at 4:00 p. m., a special Children's Missionay even ing prayer. On Monday at 8:30, the Women's Mission Study class, Parish House. .. ] ak City School Enters N. C. Triangular Debate The Oak City School lias entered the triangular debate for North C'aro hna.. The subject for debate, "He solved, That thl- United States Should Enter the World Court Under the Harding-Hughes Reservations." The team representing Oak City School i» ! composed of: Affirmative, Mary Kath lyn Ainsley and Gladys Hyinan; Nega tive, Staton Haislip and Bessie Glover. The affirmative team will meet the vis iting team from Chowan High School in the Oak City auditorium April sth. The negative team will meet the affir mative team of the Wiiiton High School in the Winton High School auditorium on the same date. ♦ Twenty-Five Entries In Kitchen Campaign The twenty-fifth kitchen was added in the Martin County Kitchen contest yesterday when Miss Pauline Smith, district home agent, assisted by Miss Sleeper, Martin agent, scored the kitchen of the last householder to en ter the contest. This completes the first scoring in the contest, and eight communities in the county have con testants. From now until April when the last scorings will be made to de termine the prize jcinneri, Miss Sleeper will make several visits ts the homes of the contestants to offer her services in aiding the women ia their contest woiii. Brick Warehouse Completely _ Destroyed By Fire Last Night Injunctions Secured to Stop V. E. P. From J. G. Staton, F. J. Margolis, F. U. Barnes and Titus Critcher Secure Temporary Restraining Order; Returnable in Tarboro Court Next Week Four injunctions restraining the Virginia Electric and Power Company from cutting trees on certain streets here were issued yesterday and filed in the office of the clerk of the court, R. J. 'Peel. The property owners, J. G. Staton, F. J. Margolis, F. U. Barnes and Titus Critcher hav e enter l ed into a determined fight in an ef fort to prevent the company's re moving the trees in front of or near their homes. Hearings in the case have been scheduled to be held be fore Superior Court Judge Small in Tarboro Wdnesday of next week, it was,, stated by the attorney represnt WOMANSCLUB TO MEET THURSDAY Business of Importance to Be Discussed; Sponsors "Better English Week" The local Woman's club will hold its regular meeting in the club hall next Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'- clock, it was announced today. Busi ness of importance in regards to the tuberculosis clinic recently held and plans of work to be followed during the coming summer months will be discussed. The president is very anx ious to hav e every member present, if possible. The yearly dues should have been paid in January and the officers are urging those who have not met this obligation to come prepared to cafe for it at the meeting. | It has been the custom for the past i several years for the North Carolina I Federation of Women's clubs to spon sor the observance of Better Speech Week. This, of course, is done in co operation with the schools and other educational forces, Mrs. Whoeler Mar tin, president of the local club, ex plained this morning. The time set aside for this observance is more or less a "movable feast". In trijth, it should extend through 366 days in the yeafr. However, the National J Council of English Teachers has es tablished the practice of setting aside the last week in February for this observance and to give special atten tion to a study of Better Speech with the intent to improve the English in general of our American people. The purpose of this special em phasis and study of Good English at this particular time, it was stated, is to urouse interest in children and grown-Ups, as well, to a greater ap preciation of the English language when correctly spoken in pleasing voice, and to a feeling for and a de sire, not only for correct English, but for choice English; to an apprecia tion for an enlarged and varied vo cabulary.; to create a sensitiveness not only at this time but at this time but at all times to the use of "over worked" expressions, careless enunci ation, frequent grammatical errors, and to incorrect pronunciation sq frequently heard. "Each man has tools peculiar to his vocation—the carpenter his plane, the miner his pick, the tradesman his price list, the student his text book— but every citizen Whatever his oc cupation should use his American language". A Better Speech Week calls attention to the importance of our language* Every effort should be made to train our citizens in the cul tivaUon of lucid, forceful, and un corrupted diction. * Martin County Woman Is Excellent Carpenter -■ —- Mrs. Sallie Stone, of the Lilly's Hall School section, was the last con testant to enroll in the kitchen con test now in progress in this county. Mrs. Stone has running water in her kitchen and informed Misses Smith and Sleeper that she had put this in herself. Her kitchen was very con venient and few changes were neces sary. A goods box was used - tor storage. This, painted and covered with oil cloth, was placed convenient ly to her stove. A shelf over this with hooks attached underneath made very convenient for placing of uten sils.' Mrs. Stone told Miss Sleeper that %he had made other articles and that ■he enjoyed working with the ham mer when not otherwise .engaged. An outside porch had been arranged by Mrs. Stone and completely screened by her own hands. What this woman has done can be dons by every other contestant over the county, Miss Sfeeper stated. ing the propery owners yesterday af ternoon. In the advent that the injunctions are considered sound by Judge Small, they will be referred to the superior court here for jury trial. Should the court at Tarboro consider the injunc tions unfounded, the company will then have a right to remove the trees, but a settlement as to damages wilt necessarily have to be effected here it is understood. The compjiny has already re moved a number of trees front the streets here, to the glory of some of the citizens and to the disappoint ment and contempt of others. 2 FIRES AT SAME PLACE FRIDAY Firemen Answer Two Calls To Same House Within Few Hours Two calls were answered by the local fire company last Friday, after noon and evening when Mr. Joe Leg gett's home on Smithwick street caught fire. The first alarm was turned in when the soot in a chim ney burned and caught near a flue outlet in an up-stairs room. The blaze was® soon extinguished, but about 7:30 that evening the soot started burning again and more rapidly, cracking the chimney ami' setting fire to an upstairs Hoor and other wood work around the chimney. Mr. stated he was watching near the chimney when it Cracked, that the cracking .sounded like a gun report. After glancing in a closet and seeing the flames rushing up the chimney, he hastily turned in the second alarm. Another hurried call was made by the firemen to the ho.|ne In their attempt to get to the source of the fire, the members of the com pany tore away plaster, laths, a mantle, and flooring. The fire yvas getting a good foothold between the floor and -the ceiling when reached, and several buckets of water were used in extinguishing it. The damage is estimated to amount to more than S2OO. Benjamin L. Sus man Is Killed in Auto Wreck Benjamin L. Susman, u leading business man of Washington, was the victim of an automobile accident Sunday afternoon when he with his wife, son and daughter, was going to Itocky Mount. The car was struck at the interesction of the Leggetts and No. 90 highways, about u mile out from Tarboro, by another driven by Sheriff Scull, of Hertford county. It is. said that both cars were going at a high qpeed, the car pf Sheriff Scull 'striking the Susmtn car in causing it to turn Over several times. Mrs. Sustnan was seriously hurt, and at one time it was thought her injuries would prove fatal. I/ate reports state her condition to be much improved, however. Mr. Susman was a native of Rus sia. He moved to Washington when a young man and engaged in the live stock business, later operating an automobile agency. Interment was jriade today in u Goldsboro cemetery, following funer al rites held in the Jewish synagogtle in that city. N January State Fire ' Loss Totals $943,048 North Carolina's fire loss during the month of January amounted to $943,04H fromi 283 fires as compared with a loss of {530,994 during the same month last year, It was learned in a report issued by State Insurance Commissioner Dan C. lioney, recent ly. The greater amount of the loss was among mercantile firms, then being a decrease in dwelling losses during the period. Farm Life 4-H Club Meeting Wednesday The regular monthly meeting of the girls 4*H club at Farm Life school was held Wednesday at the usual hour. Mias Willi* Hunter, spec ial clothing specialist, of Raleigh, ac companied Miss Sleeper in the work and she gave an interesting diacus ■ion on "design? in fabrics, choice of materials and everyday fashions." The members of the club greatly •njojci the meeting, it waa stated in a report, © • ' ' "V. ' AdvertiMri Will Find Oar Col. umna a Latchkey to Over 1,600 Home* of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1898 TOTAL DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT AROUND $20,000 Firemen Battle Almost All Night To Bring Blaze Under Control ORIGIN IS UNKNOWN Washington and Tarboro Respond to Requests for Aid as Fires Break Out in Up-Town Sectiorj, v ® Discovered in the Hricfe Warehouse this morning around one o'clock Fire of undetermined origin completely destroyed that structure and threat iiied other tobacco warehouses, stor age houses, and homes here. It was ihe town's largest (ire in vears, one that made assistance calls to near by towns necessary. i he warehouse, owned and operated by Watts, Morton & Griffin, was an almost total loss, hundred bags of peamlts belonging to Fowden S \Vatts were burned. Three thous and tobacco baskets and'•a Chevrolet truck were also destroyed ill the fire, running the total loss above $20,000, an unofficial estimate. A storage house a few feet away from the main struc ture and belonging to C. O. Moore & to. was destroyed with a large quan-> tity of feed stuffs and other supplies. The alarm, turned' in by two boys, drew the members of the volunteer company tfom their beds in a liurry'j gild before four minutes elapsed the truck was carried to the scene. Two streams of water were started 011 the building in a very few. seconds after the arrival of the truck, and the fire men stationed themselves to fight their worst fire. Anatjter line of hose was connected, another and another, until six streams of water were being pushed in the burning mass from all sides. Huge Volumes 4 smoke, drove-the tire iiuii hack and the center of the tight •w:;s turned front the burning budd ing, several lines of hose, being used to | H \VnT the fire from spreading, The town's two trucks, with every foot of IIJIM' and red, were rushed to the M I lie, but as the flames burst through tin windows and doors the heat and siiioke drove the firemen farther from the blaze. Other Towns Send Help With two additional fires reported i'i other sections of the h ; and the warehouse fire threatening near-by buildings., calls for help were sent out, the Washington tire company answer- ing with a number of men and one of its big trucks and the 1 arboro com- pany sending'several men to offer tdteir assistance. The Washington appar atus was put to use and after pouring Count-h'ss gallons of water on th>- burn ing building the fire was placed under control The visitors played a'promi nent part in combatting the flames, ;.nd their assistance was highly valued by the town and its firemen. In the middle of the desperate strug gle to glace the warehouse fire under control, six of the volunteer firemen were ordered to answer two calls in other sections of the town, one at Ifa.r lison Bros, & Co.'s storage house and another at the .home of Mr. L. 1. Fowden, on Church Street, located over four blocks away, both struc- tures catching front sparks floating from the main fire. Only small holes were burned in the roofs of the dwell ing a fill warehouse, hut in each case the firemen" laid lines of hose from near-by hydrants to the structure? be fore the fires were placed uudtrjßOH trol. The damage trt the home # HI warehouse was said to be tie, amounting to not more Jpfl. Several Firemen Overcome In fighting the bla/e the firemen greatly handicapped wheit- they cean ■ batted the smoke for a quarter offfen hour before they could reach the source oi the flames. Several firemen \s ere .overcome by smoke in the early stages of the fire, and had to be car ried from the scene. .-Ml of them re covered, however, and were soon back on the job. " S_— — (Continued otr pageX - mall Fire in Dwelling Near Warehouse Monday The local fire company was callecf* out for the third time in as many days yesterday morning when the little house located between the Koanok-Dixie and Brick warehouses caught fire. The flames, starting from a defective flue, were hunting in a close place and had filled the attie of the house with smoke, but no great damage resulted. A single bucket of water, handled by Emnseft WMtfey, put the Are under control. Within recent months, the hottse has caught fire seve&l times, but in every case, the flames were checked before any great damage occurred The house is occupied by Lousy Miielle and other
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