Atortiaan Will Pad Our Col
ons a Latchkey to Onr Sixteen
Hmdred Martin Comity Homes
VOLUME XXXIV—NUMBER 20
NO ACTION YET
IN LEGISLATURE
ONREVENUEBILL
"Wine, Women and Song"
Said To Feature In the
Legislative Deadlock
So long has thai part of the reve
nue bill having to do with raising rev
enue for the support of the six-months
school term been before the General
Assembly that a scandal bomb was set
off in the House this week in an ef
fort to awaken the legislators and re
new interest in legislative proceedings.
Representative Mac Lean, stating that
wine, women and song—although few
legislators can sing—had limited the
proceedings, was taken to task by
members of the Senate. Bribery, also
intimated in the attack on the kjfiji#-
tors' conduct, was vigorously (ImA.
The revenue bill is like
ball, the assembly first tossing jbftu
the committee conferees who, in*|iO(]A
toss it back. And then the same'hing
is repeated. The Houte m*trwcte«f
its conferees "to work to the end that
• revenue measure be provided for
the support of the constitutional term
without ad valorem tax." The House
refused to adjourn.
The Senate late yesterday had not j
definitely formulated instructions for
its conferees, but apparently the com
mittee returns to conference with the
old deadlock over
their heads. The setting continues the
same. Nothing but time and the play
ers have been changed to bring the
show up to date.
SCHOOL NEWS
OF OAK CITY
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Senator Elbert S. Peel Will
Deliver Commencement
Address Tonight
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The commencement sermon for the ,
class of 1931 was delivered Sunday I
evening, May 3rd, to a large and at- 1
tentive audience. For over forty min- !
utes Kev. F. M. Dick, pastor of the!
Presbyterian church at Ahoskie, talk
ed to the young people, using as his
theme, "What Makes One a Success
in Life-
Wednesday evening the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment gave a free moving picture in the
school auditorium. This was an edu
cational picture dealing with fish,
game, and the forests of North Car
olina. * *'
Thursday evening the class day ex
ercises were given in the form of
stunts, each representing his part as an
asset or a liability. The twenty-five
seventh grade graduates took part in
the closing scent* of the evening and
received their certificates.
The graduating exercises are sched
uled for Friday evening, when Hon.
Elbert S. Peel will deliver the annual
address to twenty high school seniors,
nine boys and eleven girls, the largest
class in the history of the school. The
class is ss follows: Hilton Rawles
Woodrow Purvis, Alma Harris, Ruth
Harrell, William Haislip, Evelyn Da-
Vis, Msry Ruth Ross, Lorey Daniel,
Nsncy Davis, Ruby Davis, Annie Bell
Ktheridge, Thelma Parker, Henry S.
Johnson, jr., Erma Powell, Haywood
Crisp, Gladys High, Russell Turner,
Marjorie Johnson, Elie Edmondson,
and J. C. Johnson.
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To Name Camel Contest
Prize Winners Next Week
Prize winners in the Camel cigar
ette $50,000 cash priie contest will be
Announced next week, according to
information given out today.
The contest judges and their staff
who have been carefully reading the
approximately 1,000,000 entries, have
completed their work, It was stated,
and plans are now being completed for
the actual awarding of the checks.
Thirty-eight prizes, including a first
prize of $25,000, are to be awarded for
the best letters on how the new cello-1
phane moisture-proof wrappers pn.
Camel cigarette packages benefit I
finokers. Second prize will be SIO,OOOI
and third prize $5,000. There will be (
•ve awards of SI,OOO each, five awards |
of SSOO each and 25 awards of SIOO
More than 150 people in this county
submitted letters in the contest, and
there is a decided interest in the forth
coming announcement of prize win
ders.
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Announces Schedule Curb
Market Prices tor Saturday
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Miss Lora E. Sleeper yesterday an
nounced that the following prices
would prevail at the curb market here
tomorrow morning:
Live hens, over 3 lbs., 18c; live hens
■Oder 3 lbs., 20c; dressed hens, 28c.
Layer cakes, 75c and $1.00; cabbage,
4 lbs., 10c; Icttace, 1 lb., 3c; old irish
fptatoes, lb., 2c; radishes, bunch, 3c;
ill in 111, bunch, 3c; rutabagas, pound,
It; cream, pint, 20c; cottage cheese,
THE ENTERPRISE
Town Tax Sale Postponed
By Board at
Authority for Postponement Made Possible By Amend
ment To Law Passed in General Assembly Last
Week Affecting Counties Only '
In a called session here late last
Wednesday afternoon, the town
commissioners ordered the sale of
land for taxes temporarily post
poned, the order holding up at the
last minute the advertising of the
delinquent list today. The post
ponement followed the order of
sale issued at the regular meeting
held last Monday night.
The delayed sale was made pos
sible by an amendment to the bill
uMlv the general assembly last
the county com
orlefs to postpone their sales
(Joa later than November
1. The amendment was introduced
[ARREST NEGRO
FOR ABDUCTION
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Expect Federal Authorities
To Investigate Case
At Early Date
Arrested in Norfolk early this week
on an abduction charge, Clarence
Whitakcr, coloreiL married man, and
Elisha Mitchell, colored arrested for
aiding and abetting abduction, were
returned here last Tuesday by Sher
iff C. B. Roebuck and Officer J. H.
Allsbrooks. They are nov- being held
Hinder the abduction charge, and it is I
.understood that Federal authorities
will investigate the case under the
| white slave act.
Whitakcr, with Sarah Williams, 16-,
I year-old colored g rl, and Mitchell
with (iladys Joyner, 10-year-old col
[ored girl, left here early
[morning for Baltimore. W hen arrest-1
ed in Norfolk, Mitchell, 42 years old |
and said to be already - married, and
'the Joyner girl stated that they were
, planning to get married. The man.
i however, claims-be is not married. It
was brought out in a preliminary in
vestigation that lie aided Whitakcr in
encouragaing the other girf "tr> leave
home.
Whitakcr, who is said to have car
ried two girls away under similar cir
cumstances several years ago, was
| planning to establish a home with the
j Williams girl in Baltimore, it was
stated.
HOME AGENT'S
APRIL REPORT
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Agent Reports Many And
Varied Activities During
The Month Just Past
By Mia* LORA" ETSLEEPER
The month was well filled with va
ried activities. In the 22 days spent
in the field the agent traveled 1,304
miles, conducted 9 meetings with wo
jincn, in the major project of clothing,
held an organization meeting at which
the Everetts' woman's home demon
stration club was organized, held one
meeting with the women in Oak City
in the interest of canning and con
tinuing the school lunch, one meeting
with the women in Farm Life, and
four canning schools. The total at
tendance at the 16 meetings for adults
was 251.
Fourteen meetings were held with
the girls in their major project of
foods, and one meeting was held with
the boys in the Everetts club. The,
total attendance for the juniors was;
| 333.
The home agent prepared 15 press'
articles, distributed 113 bulletins, pre-|
pared 2 circular letters, and circulated,
250 copies, wrote 26 individual letters 1
and made 27 home visits.
The curb market started the last
week in March returned $182.17 to the
{ sellers during the month.
The better homes tour conducted
1 last Thursday to Currituck County
cost the women for the round trp #7
! cents, each and every woman going
. stating that she had had' the very best
time possible, gaining new ideas, and
, planning to do everything possible to
carry out improvements in her own
. home.
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Blythe Long, 14 Years
Old, Dies In Pinetops
Hampton, May B.—Blythe Long, 14-
year-old daughter of Dr. E. M. Long
and the late Mrs. Mary Long, died
at the home of her aunt iff Pinetops
last Wednesday afternoon. She had
suffered only a short time with some
I form of stomach trouble. Her death
came as a decided shock to friends
here.
Spending much of her life here,
Blythe had numerous friend* in Ham
ilton. Following her mother's death
she went to live in Pinetops.
Burial was beside her mother in
the Conoho Church Cemetery at Oak
City this afternoon.
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 8, 1931
to extend the authority of postpon
poning the sales to the town and
city officials.
Bond attorneys arc understood
to hsve advised it,me counties and
towns agpinst the postponement
of sales, stating that the credit of
the governmental units might be
impaired as a result of any delay.
The act does not relieve the prop
erty owners, for the interst con
tinues, and even before the sale is
made, there will be another group
of taxes due, making two at one
time for some.
Many towns and a few countiea
have made preparations for the
sale next month, it is understood.
SCHOOL FINALS
HERE TONIGHT
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Hon. J. C. B. Ehringhaus of
Elizabeth City Will De
liver the Address
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Tlu' final exercises on the local
school commencement program will
he held tonight when the Hon. J. C. B.
Ehringhaus. of Elizabeth City, deliv
ers the annual address to the thirty
graduates and their friends. Mr. Eh
ringhaus is a speaker of much promi
nence, and a goodly number of the
people of till* community is'expected
to hear him. ~X
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"Last evening the scfiiors lu-ld their
class d^p* 1 exercises before a fair-sized
audience in the high schuol auditorium.
The program was well rendered and
thoroughly enjoyed.
The school children will assemble
next Monday for the last time during
tlie 193041 term.
LETTER FROM
FORMER CITIZEN
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Recalls Fishing on the Roa
noke As It Was Carried
j On Thirty Years Ago
The association of thoughts and hap
penings is a great thing. Mainly be-
I cause a dog bit a woman in Roper a
| lew days ago, the Enterprise received
j a letter from far-away New Albany,
I Miss., this week.
! Mrs. Charles A. Martin, formerly
| Miss I.ucy Higgs, of William-ton, saw
'the Williamston date 1 iits- appearing
'over the dog story, and that prompt
ed her to write and state that she still
loved the town, recalling several hap-
| penings of interest during her stay,
and particularly mentioning the her
ring fishing on the Roanoke.
Thirty years ago, Mrs. Martin, with
Iter father, the late W. H. T. Biggs,
and sister, Mrs. J. M. Tucker, moved
to Mississippi. Mrs. Martin married
in Mississippi and Mrs. Tucker mar
ried in Oklahoma. They have many
kinspeople in this section of North
Carolina.
Battle of Ballots Reported
At Robersonville Tuesday
A hotly contested election was re
ported in Robersonville last Tuesday
when one of* the la rtfest votes ever
fpolled was cast in the municipal con
gest there. Mr. C. M. Hurst was re
[ elected mayor, and Messrs. A. R.
Osborne and R. L. Smith were elect
id to succeed theptselves as com
missioners. Messrs. E. G, Anderson,
W. A. Everett and J. M. Kilpatrick
were elected as commissioners for
their first terms. One hundred and
seventy-seven votes were cast in the
election ,it was stated.
Rev. W. B. Harrington
Announces Two Services
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Regular worship services will be
conducted by Rev. W. B. Harrington
in the Farm Life School auditorium
next Sunday morning at II o'clock,
it was announced by the minister yes
terday. breaching services will, be
held that afternoori at 3:30 o'clock at
Riddiek's Grove, it was stated.
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22 Martin Women Attend
Meeting in Greenville
Martin County was well represented
at tlu; second district meeting of home
demonstration "club members held in
Greenville last Wednesday afternoon.
There were twenty-two .women from
this county, representing a majority
of the clubi.
Mrs. T. M. Woodburn, member of
the Parmele Club, was, appointed sec
retary of the district federation. All
the women, 200 or more, from the five
counties in the district, received valu
able information and reported a very
enjoyable time. V
ELECT FACULTY
FOR NEXT TERM
Elections Made Pending
Outcome of Proposed
School Legislation
'Meeting here last Tuesday evening,
[the local school board conditionally \
! re-elected the Williamston School
faculties in their entirety for the IM3I -
i 1932 term. Applications were filed a
I few days ago by all the teachers wit'i
the understanding that contracts will
i lie made in accordance with what
ever changes are made necessary by
j the bills now pending in the legi-la
Iture and having to do with the
| schools.
I As far as it is known at the pres-"i
j cut time, the following teachers will
again be included in the faculties for
the coming term;
Miss* Margaret Spurgeon, musk;'
; Miss Serena I'eacock, Mrs. Pattie E. '
' Taylor, Miss Kstelle Crawford, Miss
I Bessye Harrell, Miss Ruth Manning
Miss Velnia Harrison, Mrs, Edivi
Itarnhill. Miss Lucille Allen, V Mrs.
| Ethel Roherson, Mrs. Frances Park
er. Mi" K>ther Galling. Mrs. 'Mary
jl.ee Hassell, Mrs. Bettie M. Harrell,
j Mis* Bessie Willis, Miss Annie S.
| Van Dyke, Messrs. W. K. Harknight.
L. C. Thornton and Mr. Win, R. VVat-
Isou, principal.
I J. Hayes was reflected of the
I local colored school, and he with the
| county supervisor will elect the teach
ITS tor that school,
IS BOUND OVER
IN AUTO DEATH
William Hopkins Required
To Furnish SSOO Bond
In Gardner Killing
e
William Hopkins was placed under
j a $50(1 bond by Justice of the Peace
■I. L. Hassell here Wednesday
'morning in connection with the killing
| of (ieorge Gardner on. the Jamesville
'Highway late last Saturday night.
After hearing the evidence in the
case, Justice Hassell was'of the opin
ion that there was probable cause fur
further investigation of the case.
John Hoggard, witness to the acci
dent, testified at the hearing held by
the justice, stating that lie walk
ing on the (iirt and Gardner was on
the edge of the concrete when Hop
kins ran the man. According to
the evidence advanced by Hoggard,
.Gardner was not drunk when the ac
cident occurred. f
'The case will he referred to the
grand jury meeting here next mouth.
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Election at Jamesville Last
Tuesday Very Quite One
Mr. O. W. Hamilton was elected to
succeed.Mr. A. Corey as mayor of
I Jamesville, and Messrs. W. R. Rob
| erson,- G. M. Anderson and J. E. Sex
i ton wej"e chosen to serve the town as
commissioners during the next two
| years in a quiet election Weld there
' last Tuesday. Very few votes -were
! cast there, it was learned.
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Arrest Young White Man
j At Liquor Still Wednesday
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Roland. Rogerson, young white man,
was arrested at a liquor still one and
one-half miles west of Corey's store
last Wednesday. lie furnished bond
for his appearance in Federal court at
Washington next October.
The still with a few galons of whis
key f and a quantity of lieer was de
stroyed.
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Bethel Man Hurt When
! Car Is Ditched Near Here
! A Mr. Martin, of Bethel, was cut
{about the face when his ear, a Model j
T, sedan, was ditched near the county
home on Highway 90 early Wednes
lay evening. According to infortna
i'•'if Jearned here, Mr. Martin turned
| oli the road to avoid hitting a pass
r ; car.
Mr. Martin was not seriously hurt,
and the damage to the car is limited
to a smashed wheel and running gear.
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Makes Donation to Help
Offset Legislators' Cost
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The Enterprise acknowledges the re
ceipt of a check for $5 from Mr. F. M.
Johnson, highway bridge .foreman, as
"a donation of $2.50 each to Represen
tative J. C. Smith and Senator Elbert
I'eel to help pay their , extra ex
penses incurred during the long dead
lock in the legislature.
Mr. Johnson says he wished to do
L this in recognition of thchr service*.
, which he so heartily approves.
i Aged Colored Man Dies at
i Home Here Last Tuesday
Blount Moore, aged colored man,
| died at hit home here Tuesday and
I was jji the local cemetery for
his race yesterday afternoon.
Moore was well and favorably
kntiwn here, having performed with
his ax on many of the wood piles here.
Little Interest
Town Election; But 75 Vote
Conventipn Nominees Are Elected by Practically Unani
mous Vote; New Board Takes Office First
. Monday in June
The town election here last Tues
day was a minor event in the lives of
local voters, only 75 out of nearly 500
visiting the polls during the day. With
only four exceptions the voie was solid
tor the contention nominees. Two
people failed to vote for the mayoralty
nominee, one other voted for Mr. Les
lie T.' Fowden, and another failed to
vote for one commissioner, The elec
tion. as far as the t umber goes, ua>
as near complete as any one'ever re
corded here.
Voting wasfe.light throughout the day,
and the registrar and judges of eloc
ution were tired out by the inactivity
Will Observe Mothers'
Day Here Next Sunday
Sunday, M;iy 10, ii Mother's
Day, a day that commands a
rtrict reverence throughout the
nation. Special programs have
teen arranged by the churches
of the town in the furtherance
of the idea, and large congrega
tions are expected at tiie services
Sunday morning.
The Boy Scouts wlil canvass
the town early Sunday morning
for the red and white flowers,
which they will distribute.
SCHOOL FINALS
AT HAMILTON
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Hon. R. O. Everett, of Dur
ham, Will Deliver the
Address Wednesday
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The Hon. R. O. Everett/ former
Martin County man and now a protwi
netvt -m em hrr of- -the- —Durham— tYmw+v
bar, will deliver the commencement
address at 11.unilton next Wednesday
evening, it was annouti Id yesterday
by Professor W. K Plyler, principal
of the schools there. A goodly num
ber is expected to attend the exercises
and hear the former Martin man that
evening.
Sunday morning at 11 JO o'clock.
Rev. A. 11. Ma.olial', Episcopal min
ister, will preach the commencement
sermon ill the liiglr sVliool auditorium.
A program by the |>riiuary grades
' will feature the exercbes . "Tuesday
j night.
'The salutatory will be given hv
Moried Cox, and Glenn Grimes -will
give the \aledictory addriss, it was
announced.
Mothers' Day Program at
Christian Church Sunday
As Sunday is Mother's Day, we are
ve/y anxious to have a large attend
ance to pay tribute to the motherhood
of this community. We feel that this
is the most important of our national
days, one Uiat touches.us closest. The
subject for the .morning service will
be, "Motherhood and the Future."
'The sermon for the night MT\ ice
will be, "The Spirit of Conversion,'"
the third in a series on the Holy Spir
( At prayer meeting next Wednesday
I evening, we will take up the -ludy of
j the Beginnings of the church,
i 9:45 a. in.—Sunday school.
| II a. HI. —Morning worship.
7 p. in.—Christian Endeavor,
8 p. in.—Evening worship.
We are very happy to announce t'.iat
Rev. John Barclay lias been
to conduct a wok's meeting fit the
Christian Church hegining May *?5
and closing May 31. * , I
Banks Will Have Holiday
Next Monday, May 11th
I Memorial Day, May 10, falling on
Sunday this year, the Branch Banking
and Trust Company here and the
Planters and Merchants Bank, Ever- 1
jetts, will not open for regular busi
ness Monday, if was announced yes
terday. Business will be resumed by
the institutions Tuesday morning, .as j
usual. As far as it could be learned
other business firms will not observe
• Monday as a holiday.
Several of the employees of the lo
( cal hank are planning to be out of
town that day.
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Will Hold Service In the
Episcopal Church at 10:30
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! The'- church school and, morning
service will be combined m the Churclv
of the Advent here Sunday, the Rev.
[Arthur Marshall stated this morning,
the two services being combined that
the rector could go to Hamiltot! and
preach the commencement sermon
I there at 11:30 a. m.
at the polling place in the mayor's
.office. J'he vole:
For Mayor
Robert L. Coburn 72
.I.eslie T. I'uM-deii , I
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Fcr. Commissioners
N'. C. Greci\ 75
11.. P. t.hidsley 74
j Ci. Hj Harrison :..." 75
E, S; McCabe, 75
j l utlicr Feel . 73
, Hie.jicw hoards is scheduled to take
| the oaths of office the first Monday in
1 flints ~Mcs>rs. Peel and McCabe go
! ii«K ill on that date for their first time
as town Commissioners.
12 PERMITS ,TO
MARRY ISSUED
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Are Six Less Than Number
Issued in the County
' During March
n
twelve marriage live t.i •
wbite and seven to colored couples,'
were issued in the office of Register
of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger here dur-1
;ing the .month of April, the nunjbtfr
tailing si\ behind the March issuance 1
.The number of licenses issued to" col- |
orc.tl couples dropped front II in i
M uch to 7, while the number issued I
to white couples dropped from seven '
to' five.
I lie liVenses issued, follow :
White
lantes llo>t Barber and Kailileen I
M >dliu oi Martin County.
i ieori;: • lU'iiiiimin Barber and Dais' |
M trie Jackson; both ot Martin County.
I V Stalls and I arrie Ange, both
of M.iit'll t >ttnty
1 llarlie Minion ami Giissie Million,
ioi Mjurtin i" u.P'S
| S, M, Jackson and Wri'ia Millliiitig,
>t Martin t otintv. ■"""
Colored
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l.ouise Mines aivl \itnie lle'.l I'aylor.
I homas >ntterbriilge and -Hti/.a May
Robersoti.
tieorge \\. ( iainor and Nancy B.
I .fathers.
Albert Cooper and Elliot a Owens.
" rT'once James anil Irene Moore.
Noah l'arker and Martha Kborn.
' Samuel Johnson and Nancv Nichols.
RECORDER HAD
THREE CASES
Two Cases Are Appealed
After Defendants Are
Found Guilty
I >nly three cases w ere disposed of
in the county .'recorder's court held last
| Tuesday, Judge Hailey calling only
those'-eases in which the defendants
I were held in jail.
James Bullock'was found guilty of
'larceny and was fined SSO, ,tlie costs
attached.- The defendant appealed the
ease aiid bond ivas. required in the sum
of SIOO. I
I William Bell, found guilty of an as-l
1 vault with a deadly weapon, appealed
'when he was sentenced 'to the roads
I for a period ol IJ months, the laslj
j seven of which were to'haVe Tieen stis-j
' pended.
I'pou niotiou of Solicitor 11. O. Peel
, judgment was suspended hi the case
I charging Zeb Rollins with larceny.
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Missionary To Speak In j
Baptist Church Tuesday
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At the Baptist church Sunday the
program will be as follows: Sunday
'school at ':4s; church service at 11
o'clock, with I'red 'l'ay lor in charge;
| B. Y. I*. U. meeting at 7 in the. eve
ning, followed by the evening, church
'service, the pastor preaching the ser
nion. |
| The pastor of the local church will
Ik- preaching the commencement ser
mon at the Robersonville High School
.Sunday morning, and Fred Taylor ha}
"kindly consented to occupy the pulpit
in his stead at that hour. That young
[Mr. Taylor' will "measure up" well on
i the occasion is the confidence of all
who have heard him at previous times.
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Next .Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock,
William 11. Crofts, a returned mis
sionary, will give an illustrated pro
gram in the auditorium of the church.
He comes well recommended and his
lierfor|nance will consiit t-l ~au address
on his work' in China,"illustrated with
lantern slides. He will dress in Chi
' ncse apparel, and sing in their native
tongue. There will be no charge for
admittance—a free-will offering be
ing .taken for the visiting missionary.
It is thought perhaps the peo
ple, many c»f them, from the other
churches in town, will watit to avail
themselves of this opportunity of first
hand information of a branch of the
great work of the churchi ,
Watch the Label On Your
Paper Aa It Carrie* the Date
When Yoar Subscription Bxpirw
ESTABLISHED 1898
NEGRO IS FREED
OF 'VOODOOISM'
CHARGES HERE
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Believed To Have Hoodoo
ed Woman Out of s2l
Here 8 Years Ago
j Charged wuh f.ilse pretense, Dr.
.Willie Wlnfe, Charlotte was
I freed in Justice J. 1,. Hassell's court
here yesterday on when wit
: nesses were unalde t> identify the
I man who is alleged to have practiced
j conjure anticv and hoodooed lla
I I'aulßv colored, out of s2l here eight
I years ago.
j Ida baulk, ,n tli" liopj of regaining _
jh'er eyesight, listened to the babble of
a num. claiming unnatural powers. Ida
jis' of the opinion that White was the
jJLiiaii whir-promised to restore her sight
'but she was blind then and could lint
j identify him.
I At the hearing yesterday, it was
brought out th-at the "conjure" doctor
bad olTered'tyrt.ain prayers in the be
ginning. but the work did not start
I*lllll later- lie tailed for s2l l in
ilialves and a iuart of milk. Taking
the in. in aul milk lie went into hid
ing to 1 i>il an ointment. "The man,
iprobaVy . js a milk diet, made a meal
'of it ai d ft ,ed the stiver coins for his
own p • * mi-. That was eight years -
ago', ail iic-ii White came through
here st . i >al days agjA he was arrested
by tli Daniel for an investigation.
| White ■l.'' ye.rs old, is.sm.ill in size,
( has tli> murks of the typical "conjure"
.doctor, but maintains be heals by pow- •
. er. 11 . just another case of voodoo
lism, appaiei tly.
I DRAW JURY LIST
IFOR JUNE COURT
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53 Citizens Are Selected for
Duty at Regular Term
Superior Court
liity-three citi/ens were selected by
the counts commissioners this week
as jurors to serve durijig the two
weeks term of Martin County Stf
perior court convening here' the 15th
'of next month Judge \\". C. Harris, i»f
Raleigh, will preside during the fir>t
Week and JOdge .Clayton Moore will
.be on the bench during the second
week. The list elected to serve oil the
jury follows, by townships:
First Week
I Jamesville township, O: W. Hamil
ton.
i (.tiffins, Henry lioberson, A a J.
llardison, S. 1 J I .il ley, C. K. Hines,
j.M. W. Hi.sell /
! Hear (irass: 11. 1). Harrison.
! Willianiston township, Jno. R. I'eel,
R. A. ("ritcher, M. I). Wilson, I'. 11.
I Brow n, W M. Boweu, 11. 1.. Barn
hill, J. j. Staton, Walter Halberstadt.
| Cross Riads: J. S. Ayirs, Jinmiie
I L. Roberson, Archie Roberson, R. A.
I'hdlips. . ..
I tToberso.il villc 1., C. Roebuck, I).
L, J l„ 11. Matthews, J. W.
Hailey, B. !•'. Coburn, W. J. Ward,
I Marion Smith, S. 11. Gurganlis.
j Hamilton: ,W. J. Beach, R. K.
Downs, I). W. I'.theridge, I'. C. E«l
--mondson, F. 1.. Ilaislip.
J Goose Nest; Jasper 11. llarrell, 11.
A. 1.. A, Thompson, J. C*.
j Ross. ,
Second Week
I Jamesville township: K. W l|arden?-
I J,' 1.. Hardison.
| Griffins township: Claudius Hardi
i on, Allen" Griffin, W. D. Daniel, J.
1 I >avid iritliu.
Hear (irass township: W,
huck„ ' 1 t
Willianiston township: W. J. Keel,-
ij. (J. Manning, G. S. Moore, C. J. *
' Roberson, Gaston Savage, (i. 11. Har
rison.* .
' Robersonville township: 11. 1.. Ev
erett, 1.. C. Crisp.
Poplar' Point: V. l ! . Bunting.
Goose Nest township: W. J. Harri«
son, 1.. T. Chesson.
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Presbyterians Plan Series
Of Services at Bear Grass
"The Church with an Open Door."
Sunday, May 10, 1931:
True sayings: "A -river ends at its
mouth, and so do many people."
j Church school at 9:45 a. in.
I Worship service and sermon at 11
la. ni.—*Dr. K. K. of Greens
jh. >ro, N. C,, preaching.
Roberson's Farm
Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. Preach
ing' immediately afterward.
Prayer meeting Thursday nights at'
,8 p. in.
. Bear Grata
At Bear Grass we begin a series ol
services under the' leadership of Dr
E. E. Gillespie,, of Greensboro, N. C.
Mr. R. F. Pope is to lead the sing
ing. Services begin at 8 p. m.
At 4 p. in., Sunday, a Sunday school
will be organized in the new chapel at
Bear Grass. Those in charge desire
all the children to come at this hoar.
You are invited to each of th«s«
services.
Please mother — by going to church
s " nd »y-