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VOLUME XXXII—NUMBER 53
LOCAL SCHOOLS
TO BEGIN 1929-30 i
TERM MONDAY
High School Classes Will
Be Held in New
Building
FACULTY COMPLETED
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L. C. Thornton Ii Principal of High
School Department; B. E. Hood
1 Head* Grammar School
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Vacation days for more -than 60J
white school children in this district
will be brought to a close next Mon
day morning when the two schools
here open for jhe 1929-30 term. All is
in readiness for"the opening, Principal i
W. R. Watson stated yesterday, and
present indications point to a success
ful year.
With the completion of the new $50.-
00(1 high school building recently, the
schools are in a better position than
ever to carry on the work. Profes
sor Watson has been here several
wicks completing arrangements for the
operation of the schools, and with an
experienced faculty, he is planning a
successful year for the children.
The faculty this year includes:
Misses Serena Peacock, of Fremont,
and Hilda Robbins, of Washington,
first grade; Misses Estellc Crawford,
Williamston, and Lucy Claire Ivey, of
Scotland Neck, second grade; Miss
Elizabeth Ramsey, Ivor, Va., and Mrs.
Raleigh Bradley, Oxford, third grade;
Miss Lillian Sample, Davidson, and
Mrs. M. J. ttoye, Williamston, fourth
grade; Miss Lucille Allen, Fuquay
Springs, fifth grade; Mrs. Frances
Parker, Williamston, seventh grade;
and Mr. B. F. Hood, Goldsboro, gram
mar school principal.
The high school faculty includes:
L. C. Thornton, Fayetteville, prin
i ipal, science and history.; Mrs. W. H.
Harrel, Williamston, French and
niathematici; Miss Pearl Haywood, of
Rcckingham, history and mathematics;
Miss Pauline Oowson, Goldsboro, Eng
lifh; Win. R. Watson, Johnston, S. C„
superintendent; Mrs. Sallie Manning,
public school music.
OAK CITY SCHOOL
OPENS MONDAY
Principal Announces Pro
gram for First Day's
Exercises
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The Oak City High School will be
gin regular school work Monday with
a tentative classification and text-book
assignments. The regular program will
be in the school auditorium at 10 o'-
clock, the local school board, teach
ers, and patrons taking part. J. A.
Fverett, secretary of the local school
board, will give the address of wel
come and each teacher will make a
- response.
The regular annual testing program
begins Tuesday with the intelligence
test for grades 1 and 2, and Stanford
achievement test for grades 3 to 7, in
clusive.
The largest enrollment in the his
tcry of the school is expected this
•chool term. The 100 mark is the goal
for the high school and possibly 825
in the grades. "Gopd roads and the
cooperation of patrons and friends will
'aid us in making the above enroll
ment," Principal H. M. Ainsley stated
yesterday.
There will be a faculty meet Satur
day afternoon at 3 o'clock in the school
building, at which time organization
of teachers for different school activi
ties will be discussed and a printed
memorandum of suggestions distribut*
ed ;
All students conditions on subjects
will be given a chance to remove the
conditions by examination Friday morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the school build
ing. However, those preferring may
have the same opportunity Saturday
morning at the same hour. "It will
be necessary to remove such condi
tions at the earliest possible date, as
it will balance records and make your
senior year more pleasant."
IWATTS
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MILTON SILLS
"LOVE AND
THE DEVIL"
Alao PABLEE —d HEWS
I Saturday Au«ii»t 31
Jaaws Oliver Cunrood'e
I 'The YELLOWBACK'
with
I TOM MOORE
I Also SERIAL and COMEDY
I MUSIC BY PHOTOTONE
THE ENTERPRISE
ARCHITECT'S DRAWING OF NEW CHURCH
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The above is the architect's drawing of the new Presbyterian Church,
work on which it expected to be started within the next several months.
Brick for the structure and |»rt of the money necessary to complete the
building have already been donated by members of the denomination.
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Presbyterians Are Planning
To Build Handsome Church
Here Within a
j REV. Z. T. PIEPHQFF
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Rev. -Mr. Piephoff, Presbyterian'
minister here, has been very busy
since he was called here a few months
agp in completing the organization
work of the local church. Plans are
now being worked out for the build
ing of a modern church.
ARREST BOY, 11,
, WHO LEFT HOME
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Being Held in Jail Here {or
Authorities of Pitt
County
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Running away from his home in Pitt
County about three months ago,
George Ricks Bullock, 11-year-old boy,
was arrested in Bear Grass yesterday
morning by Policeman Lewis Bullock
of that place. According tp r*P?rts,
the boy entered a home in that com
munity earlier this week and stole a
pistol, threatening to kill. It was also
stated that the boy had lived from
house to house during his stay in this
county and that he used liquor freely.
He was brought before the local wel
fare officer yesterday morning who or
dered him returned to the authorities
in Pitt County. Late yesterday be
I waited in jail for the Pitt officers.
| He stated that he was the son of
I Jr.ck Bullock, of Pitt County, and an-
Isvcred all*"questions here willingly.
Only Eight Marriage
Licenses Issued So Far
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Only eight marriage licenaes have
been issued in this county so far this
month, it was learned at the office of
the regiater of deeds here yesterday
afternoon. Sevfcn of the licenses went
to white couples and one to colored
applicants. The number of colored ap
plicants ia believed to be the amplest
on record here; however, possible sales
today and tomorrow may alter the con
dition and bring the number of li
censes issued up to previous low rec
ords.
Services at County Home
Sunday Afternoop at 3:30
Rev. C. H. Dickey, of the local
Baptist church, will conduct the rt
ligioua hoar worship at the county,
home near here next Sunday after
noon at 3:00 o'clock, it was announc
ed this morning. The public is invit
ed to attend. ,
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, August 30,1929
PLANS PROVIDE
FOR COMPLETION
BEFORE SPRING
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Structure Will Be Located
On Main Street, at the
Corner of Watts
PART OF FUND RAISED
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Building Will Cost Around 915,000;
Brick and 97,000 Have Already
Been Donated
While no open" appeal has been
n:arfe, members of the local Presbyter
ian church, under the leadership of
Hjeir pastor, Rev. Z. T. Piephoff, have
addressed their appeal to individual
rtiembers of the church throughout a
greater part of North Carolina, and
have met with much success in their
attempt to erect a church building here
and forming a center for denomina
tional work in this county. According
to a recent statement coming from tin
church treasurer's office, the building
campaign is meeting with much IUC
cess and it is hoped that work can
be started wi.thin a comparatively short
time on the new building. »
Brick for the $15,000 edifice have
Leen given, and more than $7,600 have
fx-en raised by local member*, aided
by the Presbytery and Synod, toward
the construction work.
The building, to be located on the
south side of Main Street at the cor
ner of Watts, will be of Colonial de
sign throughout. The auditorium is
to be entirely separate from the Sun
dry school department.
At the present time, the Presbyter
ians have no church of their own here,
but they are holding their meeting* in
the Woman's Club hall here and in
the school auditorium at Bear Grass.
Since the church was established here
a short time ago, organization work
has progressed rapidly. Kcv. Z. T.
Piephoff has been called as pastor of
the church, and under his leadership
the building campaign is being carried
on. • • .
According to a map prepared by
Kev. Mr. Piephoff there are only seven
organized Presbyterian churches in
this part of the State, and rt is with
much earnestness that the leaders are
striving to erect a building for the pro
motion of the work here.
I County Colored Schools
1 Will Open Next Monday
Three Negro schools, one at Jamen
ville, another here and a third at
Robersonville, will open the 1929-30
session next Monday morning, it was
learned yesterday afternoon in tho
office of the county superintendent
here.
The school here opens under a
handicap, and will havje to be housed
in the several colored churches and
lodges. The building was burned last
year, and authorities found it impos
sible to include a new building ift the
budget this year. Professor J. C.
Hayes will again head the school.
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To Begin Revival in
Everett s Church Sunday
Rev. David Roberson, a Wake
Forest College senior, will conduct a
revival in the Everetta Baptist
Church, beginning next Sunday, ac
cording to an announcement of the
services made last evening.
The meeting will continue for a
week or more, it was stated. The
church extends a cordial invitation to
the public to attend and take part in
the meeting.
Williamston Market Is Better Prepared
Than Ever For Opening Sales Tuesday
TOBACCO MARKET OPENING SCENES OF A FEW YEARS AGO
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The above scenes were snapi>ed in
Williamston's 'Tobacco Town' on the
day the opening sales were held a
few years ago, and gives an idea of
the large crowd thai usually attends
the opening sales.
SHERIFF MAKES
GOOD RECORD
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1928 Is One of Two Years
That List of Insolvents
Ever Under SI,OOO
Of the total county tax levy for
1928, $302,571.36, the sheriff's office
here collected $301,678.56, according to
figures out yesterday afternoon.
The percentage remaining uncollected
is not quite three-tenths of 1 per cent.
While the collection percentage rec
ord for 1928 is not quite as good as
the one last year, it is the second time
in the history of the office that the in
solvent list fell below the sl,oo'mark,
it was stated. Last year, the insolvent
lit! amounted to approximately S6OO,
while this year it amounted to $892.80.
The slight difference, Sheriff C. It. Roe
buck pointed out, is due to several
bankruptcies and the removal of several
personal property tax accounts.
The report, according to the audi
tors, is among the best in the State.
SUPERIOR COURT
WILL BEGIN 16TH
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One Murder Case on Docket
And 33 Civil Actipns
To Be Heard
The civil calendar for the next
term of Martin County Superior
court, convening here Monday, Sep
tember 16, will carry thirty-three
cases, according to a schedule an
nounced yesterday by the Martin
County Bar association. While the
calendar carries a small number of
the cases on the civil trial docket,
thoso included are of more or less
importance, several having been
called before.
While there is already if large J
number of cases on the criminal
docket to be heard at term, more
are being added almost daily, indi
cating that another record court will,
be in order here next month. One
murder case is on the docket and that
will be heard early in the first week,
John Sawyer going on trial for his
life for killing John Britton, near
Everetts, several weeks ago. While
no defense attorneys have been nam
ed at thi» time, it is understood that
several have been employed to assist
in the prosecution.
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Labor Day Not To Be
Observed in Tis Section
Aa far as It could be learned here,
thia morning, Labor Day, next Mon
day, will paaa practically unnoticed
in thia section, all buainesa housea
remaining open with the exception of
the poatofficea. No rural deliveriea or
any aervice will be offered at the poat
offlce hen other than that through |
the lock it waa stated. The
town might coring ita flags, but that
ia doubtful, at thia time. [
Past Year Has
Activity in Building Here;
Program Totals $300,000
LARGE NUMBER T
OF RESIDENCES
BEING ERECTED!
Practically Every Type of
Building Built During
Period
NEW RECORD SET UP
Addition to Standard Fertilizer Co. Is
Large Single Item; Value of
Property Raised 19 Per Cent
Increasing the property valuation
here by approximately 19 per cent, the
present building program, representing
a cost of approximately $300,000, is
the most marked in the town's history,
and is, it is believed, a record for al
most any section in so short a time,
one year. While a small percentage
-cf the total amount ha* been spent
tor repairs to old buildings, the pro
gram includes practically all new build
| ings.
The program, started about a year
ago, is scheduled to be completed with
in the next 60 or 90 days and includes
practically every type of building, res
idences, business houses, factories,
warehouses and amusement places.
The largest single item in the program
is a new unit to the Standard Fer
tilizer Company's plant, on Roanoke
Rive(\ During the period, the new
Planters Warehouse, five new stores,
and a nidocrn theater have bene built
in addition to a number of residences.
Two oil companies have added to the
program, one locating a station here,
and the other establishing a distribu
tion system on the Roanoke.
The town itself is spending several
thousand dollars, repairing the river
wharf and' erecting a large storage
warehouse there. In addition to the
building program, many improvements
to the town's streets anil sidewalks
l-uve been made, but the cost is not
inc'uded with that of the building pro-
Several of the homes erected range
in cost froiji $6,000 to SIO,OOO, and
others vary in prices from $2,000 to
$5,000. A number of tenant houses
have also been erected. A feature in
the program is the number of homes
and buildings erected by' the colored
1 eople. Several of them have erected
homes for, themselves and one of the
several church congregations has com
pleted the largest house of .worship in
town, either white or colored. The
building is a credit to the members of
the church. •
The Virginia Electric and Power
Company has replaced the old electri
cal distribution system in its entirety,
spending many thousands of dollars
on pole lines, wires, transformers, and
other equipment. In addition to re
building the distribution system, the
power company has erected a costly
To Our New
Beginning with this issue, The Enterprise makes
its entrance for the first time into many homes in
surrounding counties. During the next several weeks,
or longr, it will continue to visit these homes once
each week, carrying happenings on the tobacco mar
ket in addition to its regular news. By doing this,
we hope to add to our long list of readers and friends
and make new acquaintances with our neighbors.
Watch for news of the market, which will appear
each week, and tell your friends about it.^
This newspaper, together with all the merchants of
the town, business men, and warehousemen, cordi
ally invites you here, and hopes that you will find it
convenient to pay us a personal call at any time and
as often as you can. . ~
JUDGE J. W.BAILEY
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J. W. Bailey, judge of the county's
recorder's court for several years, an
nounces his partnership in the Bailey-
Sessoms Drug Store, which will open
lere within the next few days.
DRUGSTORE WILL
OPENNEXT WEEK
Bailey-Sessoms Drug Store
Is New Firm; Modern
Equipment
The Batley-Se.ssom Drug Company,
incorporated this week, will open
here within the next few days, ac
cording to an announcement made
public today by the incorporators,
Messrs. J. W. Bailey, of Williamston-
Everetts, W. P. Haislip, of this place,
and M. M. Sesaoms, of Wilson.
The company will occupy the new
building next to the postoflke on the
Main street. Fixtures will be placed
within the next day or two, and
when stocked, the store will be one
of the most modem in this section.
Mr. Sessoms, a registered drug
gist of years of experience, be
in active charge of the store, ft was
stated.
sub-station here, making available
powerhidcquate for turning the wheeli
of hundreds of factories.
In spite of the large expenditures
made for liuildiiiK here during the past
fiw months, congested housing condi
tions are apparently little relieved, and
when houses or buildings arc made
ready for occupancy, some one is wait
ing to rent them, in practically every
Advtrtiatra WUI Pind Onr CoL
umm a Latchkey to Onr 1,600
Homes of Martin Ciimlj
ESTABLISHED 1898
GOOD SEASON IS
LOOKED FOR BY
WAREHOUSEMEN
Three Warehouses Here
Have Total Floor Space
Of Three Acres
EVERYTHING , READY'
Several New Races Among List of
Warehouse Proprietors; Good
Set of Buyers Secured
VV ith approximately three acres of
floor space, one of the best sets of
buyers ever to walk a tobacco ware
house floor, able warehousemen, and
keen competition, and efficient em
ployees, the Williamston Tobacco Mar
jktt opens the season here next Tues
day morning with probably the best
prospects in its history for a success
| l ul season. Not that all records will
I be shattered, for there is an admitted
decrease in the crop in this section, and
the quality is not as good as
i it usually is, but with, the assurance
lof a loyal support of farmers, ware
housemen, ami local people. It starts
the season with a better good will than
ever before, witK new warehousemen, a.
new house, and with everything keyed
up to. the top notch.
For moriths, workmen have been
busy rebuilding and repairing the build
ings. a visit to the houses this morn-,
it g clearly indicating that the market is
better prepared than ever before to of
fer to the growers the best marketing
advantages;
Already the buyers are arriving for
the opening sale, and with
exceptions the buying personnel will be
the same as last year. The market this
year will have two John Stokes 011 it
and both have buying reputations.
Other old buyers with additional new
ones scheduled for the market here
this year will bring one >f the strati*
est and largest sets of buyers to be
found ,on any market in the section.
The buyers arc too numerous to men-.,
( tioil here, but letters have been filed
stating that every known tobacco coifi
puny will be represented. And then
there are the independent companies;
1 they will have buyers, giving rise to
;i keen spirit of competitive bikving.
The market here opens with the
laigest warehouse force in its history,
approximately 75 men being actively
jengaged in its operation. Headed by
' eight able and experienced warehouse
t ' men, these employees will be on the
' market night and day to care for the
golden weed as it is brought in. An
unexcelled service will l>c offered. Ex
tra sets of scales have been added,
, j and it is stated that the market will
1 bt able to handle easily several hun
■ drcd thousand pounds daily.
The redrying facilities have been
' greatly increased here, and everything
points to a record year.
' With a spirit of cooperation prevail
ing in every nook and corner, the mar
' ket bids 'to maintain and surpass its
own position as one of the major mar
kits. The people of the town and
community extend a cordial invitation
" to visit the market here opening day
and on throughout the season.
That the farmers and their families
B might be entertained during the open
-8 ing day, the Williamston Tobacco
Hoard of Trade has arranged with the
management of the Watts Theatre for
! mi all-day show. Visitors to the rnar
* ket that day will be given free passes
a! the warehouses, and any time be
s'tween 10 o'clock in the morning and
t 11 o'clock in the evening they are in
" -riled to see the program at the the
-1 litre. Several thousand tickets have
■' been prepared, and they will be dis
• tributed willingly by the warehouse
-1 men and their assistants.
PATROLMEN WILL
BE TRANSFERRED
Patrolmen From Ninth Dis
trict To Come Here; No
More Warnings
of the first district made
their last appearance here yfsterday.
for a while at any rate, the motorcycle
men from the niulh district coming to
take their places. The first district
force will carry on their work in the
second district, and so on- throughout
the sections. The change is in keep
iiß the with the system used in Penn
sylvania? where it is said the results
have been found to be better.
According to unofficial reports, the
time of warning is just about over,
and when the new personnel comes in
arrests will be made and cases placed
in fourt. Very few arrests have been
made by the patrolmen so far, but
thousands of warnings have be*n made
to motorists having improper lights,
license tags, and unreliable brakes.