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Aii nihili Wifl FWI Ow Cot ana a Latchkey to Ortr Bixfm HHM Martm C—tj Homes VOLUME XXXIV—NUMBER 37 $30,000 SUIT FILED HERE LAST WEEK SUPERIOR COURT Robert Gums Sues Gothe Godard For Alienation of Wile's Affections An alienation suit, the plaintiff, Rob ert Gams, of Williams Township, ask ing $30,000 actual and punitive dam aces, was filed here last week against Gothe Godard, also of Williams Township. Hugh (G. Helton, local attorney for the plaintiff, filed the fol lowing complaint in the courthouse here last week: "The complaint alleges that the plaintiff, jßobert Gums, and Fbnnie Gums were married in' Roanoke Rapids Halifax County, in 1911, and have been and are now residents of Martin Coun ty. "That they lived happily together as man and wife, and but for said injur ies would still continue to do so. "That for a considerable time prior to and including Friday, June 26, 1931, the defendant, well knowing Fannie Guma to be the wife of Robert (iunis, wrongfully and maliciously contriving and intending to injure this plaintiff, and for the purpose of, and in order to deprive plaintiff of the affection, society, and service of his said wifle, at numerous times visited the said Fannie Gums, met her at different places and fondled and caressed her, carried on a liaison with her, obtained her affection and caused this plaintiff to lose the affection of his said wile. "That said defendant, by his malic ious, wrongful, and persuasive advice and inducements poisoned her mind against this plaintiff and alienated her affection. "That on account of and by reason of the wrongful acts aforesaid, and on account of her relation with the said defendant, Goethe Godard, plain tiff's wife, Fannie R. Gums, has be come estranged and cold and indiffer ent toward the plaintiff and the home that he has made for his wile and chil dren, and his home and happiness have been destroyed. "That she ha*-' Tost her affection and companionship which have caused him great injury, all to his damage in the sum of $15,000. "For a second cause of action, plain tiff alleges; "That during the time mentioned in the first cause of action and at divers j other times before the commencement of this action, said defendant did j wrongfully and wickedly debauch and criminally know the said Fannie Gums, thCn and there still being the wife of this plaintiff, and thereby the affection of said Fannie Gums for the plaintiff was alienated aiid destroyed, and this r plaintiff has beef) deprived of the com fort, society, and aAistance of his aaid wife and he and his home have been brought into dishonor and disgrace, because of the action of conduct of the defendant as hereinbefore alleged. "That on account of the wrongful and malicious acts, of said action in the preceding section, the defendant has been damaged in the sum oi $15,000. "Wherefore this plaintiff prays judg ment: First, for actual damage in the sum of $20,000; Second, for punitive damage in the sum of $10,000; for the cost of this action and such other fur ther relief as the facts in the case may entitle the plaintiff to." NUMBER BEARS ARE REPORTED 425-Pounder Is Killed in Creswell Community Recently - ♦ (Roanoke Beacon) There may be a bumper crop of snakes in Washington County this season, and all that, but the reptile* have no flies on the huge crop of bears, which have become so numerous in some sections of the county that they have taken to killing hogs right under the owners' noses, according to in formation furnished The Beacon by Mrs. 11. J. Davenport, of the Cres well community. It would seem that Mr. Bruin is running the snakes a close second at any rate. Mrs. Davenport states that a few nights ago, a huge hog-hear came trot ting out across the road, only 25 yards from Will Oliver's house, and nabbed a sow. mhl , onr pigs. M. J. Daven port weighed "the bear and he touched the scales for 425 pounds. The sow only weighed 350 pounds. The hear was caught by lour dog* and ivt young men. The hog was caught at 10 o'cloch during the night, and at II o'cloch the be#r wa« caP- tured. Now, if any other county in the State can beet Washington County, when it comes to the multiplicity of sow-killing bears, said counties are in-| vited to trot oat their bears and dead bogs. > The home of 15-year-old Herbert Simmons, near Corvallis, Mont, was set aire and burned when the punch ing bag be was using broke loose and overturned a lighted lamp. THE ENTERPRISE *• * • . Mosaic Is Disease Causing Some Damage Many tobacco plants in this county and surrounding sections are starving to death and a number' of fields are diseased with "mosaic," a disease com mon to the crop but more pronounced this year than in some time, County Agent T. B. Brandon-stated yesterday following observation of the disease in several sections of the county. At first the disease baffled farmers, many of them seeing the disease damage for their first time. The disease, a bit peculiar and not ordinarily considered very serious, is doing much damage this year, Coun ty Agent Brandon stated. More or less similar to what is commonly call ed wildfire, the disease burns the leaf up, and in those cases the plants are diseased with "mosaic," which is call ed "Waterloo" or "French." It is very noticeable among the bottom leaves of the jf stalk, while at the top the leaves carry dark green spots and grow to a point instead of rounding out to make a full-sized leaf. Mr. Brandon stated that he had ob served a goodly number of tobacco Glorious Fourth Quiet Here; Man Drowned in Plymouth; 354 Deaths in United States CONOHO LODGE HAS BARBECUE Install Officers at Meeting Held In Hamilton This Morning at 10 O'clock Following the installation of elective and appointive officers at 10:30 this morning, the Conoho lodge members of Hamilton, enjoyed a barbecue din , ner with invited guests at noon to ' day. Several members of the local i lodge attended. I Elected at a meeting of the lodge there early last month, Messrs. B. M, Worsley, master; T. B. Slade, jr., sen oir warden; C. D. Perkins, junior war den; J. W. Hines, secretary; and J. |\V. Kubanks, treasurer, took office this morning with the following appointees jC. B. Savage, senior deacon; G. W. .Barrett, junior deacon; R. A. Edmund son, tiler; B. B. Taylor and R. E. Downs, stewards; J. C. Ross, chap 'lain; and H. S. Johnson, educational secretary. Messrs. Slade, Johnson, and Hines were appointed to serve on the Oxford orphan asylum comniil tee. HEALTH OFFICER URGES CAUTION INHOMECANNING ■ Danger in Deadly Botulism When Cold-Pack Process Is Employed At the season for home canning is now on and probably more produce will be canned this year than any year before this in North Carolina, it is important to repeat a warning recent ly published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The Journal statement follows: "Again attention must be directed to an outbreak of botulism from home canned vegetables, presumably canned by the so-called cold-pack process. Iri this, the first outbreak to be record ed for 1931, the causative food epidem- was a salad made up from two glass jars of mixture of home canned string beans, peas, and car rots. The outbreak occurred in Graf ton, N. D., following a party given on the night of January 2V. Seven teen persons attended the party; 12 |are dead, probably all who showed symptoms of botulism. "Heretofore, home-canned string beans caused outbreaks of botulism far in excess of any other food. Home canned string beans, even when mixed with carrots and pears, canned by the cold-pack process, are a potential menace to the health. They should al ways be boiled before being served. Unfortunately, many of the. recipes for the home canning of vegetables ante date the present-day knowledge of bo tulism, and with few exceptions no effort has been made to correct them. Admittedly, it is difficult to reach those who are endangered by food* inade quately preserved in the home* Ner- ertheless, the public should be told with unremitting insistence that string bean* and every non-acid vegetable may be rendered safe by sterilization for a sufficient time and temperature in a pressure cooker, by drying." Because of the world-wide slump in silver, China's copper have JO little purchasing power that they are sold in bulk to Japan, where they are melted and used in the manufacture •of wire. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 7,1931 fields affected like that, and the only thing that can be done at the present time is to try to keep the disease from spreading to healthy plants. The agent ia of the opinion that the spread of the disease can be checked by properly topping and suckering the crop. The agent advises that when tobacco is ready for topping, the grower should have one set of hands top only healthy stalks that do not show the "mosaic" disease. Do not let this set of hands touch the diseased plants. Let the other set of hands top only the diseas ed plants. If all the plants are top ped at the same time the gum or juice from the diseased plants will be rub .bed on the healthy plants and the di sease will be spread. In suckering. do the same thing that is suggested for topping. Let one set of hands sucker only the healthy plants. Let another set of hands sucti» er only the diseased plants. x If these suggestions are followed thoroughly the spread of this disease will be checked considerably, Mr. Brandon stated. BUSTER ADLER LOSES LIFE IN RIVER SUNDAY Not a Single Accident Is Reported In County Over Week-End Three hundred and fifty-four people lost their lives in the States last Sat urday and Sunday while celebrating the Glorious Fourth and taking a sec ond holiday Sunday. All over the county, accidental deaths were reproted. the one resulting in the Roanoke River at Plymouth being the nearest' to this point. Buster Adler, 24-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Adler, of Ptymouht, was dragged from the Roanoke late last Sunday after noon. The young man, in swimming with several other companions, was dressing on a boat when he missed one of his shoes. He jumped into th" water and is Iwlieved to have> hit a log or some other object, the blow rendering him unconscious. His body was recovered shortly after he jumped into the stream, but efforts to restore life, .failed. Services w«jre held in Plymouth this morning and burial was in the cemetery at Vanceboro. The death was the second reported in the Roanoke during the past sev eral days, Captain Sawyer having lost his life |n the stream the Wednes day before. This county reported no accidents or trouble; iQ fact, the week-end was an unusually quiet one according to reports received here from several sec tions of the county. No arrests were made by town or county officers, and no automobile wrecks' were reported. Officers described the period as one of the quietest observed here in some time. , ' I Saturday was just another business day here and Sunday and Monday were marked for their quietness. A goodly number went (o the near-by beaches, but a majority of local peo ple rested at home. While all sections of the country were represented in the casualty list, midwestern States led in fatalties. Eighty-six people lost their lives in that section, 35 by drowning, 30 in automobile accidents and 16. from ex cessive heat. At 270 lives the nation counted the cost of its 155 th Independence Day celebration. With all sections of the country sharing in the price of the an nual independence obaervance, the highest loss of recent years was reach ed. Fireworks, once the major cause (or fatalties on the holiday, this year ac counted for ony six lives; two in the Midatlantic, one each in the Midwest, the Souhtwest, South and New Eng land. But the injured from explosives totaled at least 368. , . „• .. - The lakes and rivers exacted the grimmest reckoning. Though much »f the country was free on the Fourth from the severe heat wave which last week counted its victims at nearly 1,- 300 dead, it was warm enough that rivers and lakes were thronged. One hundred and nine lives were lost in drownings. The Pacific Coast report ! ed 27 of this number, 17 occurring at l Los Angeles alone, where a surging I rip tide swept over crowded beaches, j Four men drowned in Lake Michigan hear Gary, Ind., in an attempt to res cue a youth caught in a vicious under tow. The youth was saved by life guardsmen. The jammed highways of the nation took 96 lives in automobile accidents 'as compared with 81 last year. Air- | AMERICA'S PLAN TO HELP WORLD GETS APPROVAL President Announces That Agreement Is Reached With France America's plan to help the world by helping Germany has been accepted at last by all the important creditor gov ernments. according to information released in Washington, D. C. last night. Reports released last night in connection with the debt holiday read: "President Hoover announced to night that his- proposal for a one-vear suspension of war debts and reparation payments has been accepted in prin ciple by all the important creditor gov ernments. To all intents, the proposal, which may make history, went into moral effect when the President, standing with his right hand thrust in his trousers pocket, read his announce tnent to newspaper men. This plan is effective as of July„l. Details remain to be worked out. A committee of experts, with an American observer, will settle these details. They will be instructed, as the President had insisted, to reach their agreement within the spirit of the President '« phut. This spirit, briefly, is to give Ger many a real one-year holiday from her staggering reparations burden. Behind this - idea is that by saving Germany from her imminent financi.il collapse, and in turn by relieving European governments generally of war debt payments for one year, the world may be helped out of its eco nomic depression. For sixteen days the President ha.i worked, to the exclusion of nearly all other business, on his debt plan. The end came suddenly, after a series of conferences in Paris, with Secretary of Treasury Andrew W. Mellon as chief American negotiator. There was a series of telephone conversations be tween Mellon and the White House also. The result was the dispatch of a I.French note which, the President said, 'accepted his plan ill principle. There- was compromise on both sides France has receded from her original stand materially. The President was willing to offer every possible con cession, desiring to make the debt holiday a friendly one and realizing .the sacrifices France was forced lo |inake. He insisted only tluf the debt and reparations holiday should be a real one, and this point, his announce ment indicated he had won. The President's announcement to' newspaper men summarized the situa tion. The terms of the French ac ceptance, he said, were subject to ap proval of other interested govern ments. He does not expect any diffi culties as to this, it was indicated. Germany, as expected, will make some payment;; in reparations in kind. I The President's only concern in this I matter was to insure that these pay ments, which are 'rfnder current con tracts that could not well be suspend ed or cancelled, were not large enough to reprive Germany of a substantial amount of the reparations she normal ly pays. The President pointed out that alto gether SHX),OOO,OO) is involved ill his suspension plan. The sum sounds large. In terms of world trade, it -is insignificant. But it means, from what has developed since Mr. Hoover first announced his plan, a new era in Europe. No one in authority here believes that the debt and reparations struc ture can return exactly to its status of a month ago. On the surface, however, the plan is a simple one, filled as it is with technical details. "The President's orig inal proposal, made 16 days ago 'JII June 20, began: "The American government pro poses the postponement during one year of all payments on intergovern mental debts, reparations and relief debts, both principal and interest, of courses not including obligations of governments held by private parties. Subject to confirmation by Congress the American government will post pone all payments upon the debts of foreign governments to the Arnericani government payable during the fiscal year beginning July 1 next (last Wed nesday),- conditional on a like post ponement for one year of all payments on intergovernmental debts owing the important creditor powers." plane fatalties, however, increased to eight—three in the Midatlantic, the tame number in the Midwest and two TrTHie Mountain States! In New York extra police were call ed out Sunday night to handle the crowd*, estimated at more than 2,000,- [OOO people, who jammed railroad terminal*, ferry and excursion boat pier* and important aubway point* in making their way home after the two day holiday. • ' The corn and vegetable crop* of Buncombe county have been seriouily damaged by lack of rainfall this spring. Martin County Farmers Start Harvesting Tobacco This Week ASHLEY WYNN, OF EVERETTS, DIES SATURDAY Victim of Paralysis Stroke Suffered Several Days Previously I Ashley Wytin, prominent planter of | Everetts, died at his home there early last Saturday morning, following a stroke of paralysis suffered several days before while fishing in Washing ton County, l'neutnonia, developing shortly after he was stricken with par alysis, was given as the cause of his | death. He never regained conscious ifess following the stroke, with the exception of one or two times when he apparently was able to recognize members of the family but could not speak. Apparently in good health, Mr. Wynn with a—friend left home early Friday morning. June 20, for Conaby Creek, Washington County, to fish. They had been there a very short while when Mr. Wynn was stricken. He was removed to his home, where his condition gradually became worse. The son of tin' late Tpm Wynn and I wife. Mary Mobley Wynn, he was born at the old home one mile from Evcr etts about 50 years ago. Twenty-eight years ago he was married to Miss Minnie T.eggett, who, with three chil dren, Misses Mae Dell, of Plymouth, Beatrice, of Everetts, and one son, Ashley I). Wynn, also of Everetts, sur- Ivives. He also leaves one brother, J Mr. Joe Wynn, of Everetts. About 15 years ago he and his family mov.'cl jto Everetts, where they have since made their home. He continued hU farming operations after changing his residence. I Funeral services were conducted from the home Sunday afternoon by 'Rev. Mr. Sullivan, of Wilson, and Rev. R. A. Phillips, of .Everetts. Burial was. in the family cemetery on tlie lutnie farm. ENTER DENIAL OF INCEST CHARGE • J. T. Sarvis and Daughter Are Jailed Here Early ' Monday Morning J. T. Survis and liis daughter, Si nora Sarvis, 1(», were placed iu iail here early Monday morning on a charge of inceKl. The Sarvis family live on the I-e«r gett farm just out of town. Sarvis 'runs 3 little store and filling station at the edge of town anil sleeps in the store at night. The complaint wli made by people living in the neigh borhood who had observed that the girt had been spending nights 'in t'i? 'store with her father. | Justice John 1.. Ilassell required a 1575(l bond of Sarvis anil $250 fur his daughter, releasing her later, however, without bond. Sarvis, 45 years old, has a big fam | ily. .Sinora was |l6 years old last I October. Roth Sarvis and his daugh ter frankly state« that she spent two nights at the store, hut that there was nothing improper whatever about it. The man says it is nothing more than the result of some trouble he had with one of the people who live near his store, and that fhey have hatched up jthis groundless charge as a matter cf persecution. The mother of the girl also says that there was nothing im proper and no wrong was done. | The Sarvis family are rather nomadic in their habits. Sarvis was born : n Robeson County, the mother in Kdge- I combe County, (lie girl, Sinora, in .Virginia. They have lived in Enfield, Whitakers, Williams Township, Pop lar Point, and several other places within the last few years. Unknown Person Cuts Mrs. A. L. Roebuck's Auto Tires Going to the garage of Mrs. A. L. Roebuck 011 East Main Street here last night, a miscreant cut all (our tires on the widow's car to pieces. The tires, were complete ly ruined, the evil-doer failing to touch the spare tire resting on the rack' at the rear of the car. Sheriff C. B. Robeuck, a »6n, re porting the incident, was at a loss to assign any cause for the common act. Cotton Blossoms and 801 l Weevil Common in County W. H. Roger*, colored farmer of Bear Grass Township, reported the third cotton blossom of the season last fc'riday. Hi" also reported that the boll weevil wa* working in hi* cot ton field, and it now looks a* if Rog ers i* going to lose his 800 pounds of fertilizer used under each acre of his cotton. HEAT RELIEVED BY HEAVY RAINS Thermometer Immediately Starts Climbing Again; Crops Improved I Heavy rains were welcomed through out this and surrounding sections last j Saturday "and Sunday, but Monday the mercury had regained its high position | and last night and a greater part of | today, the people in this section con tinued to swelter under the heat. Last .night was referred to as one of the hottest of the year, lieing about equal ■to Wednesday night oi last week. , A shower of optimism followed the rains, farmers statipg that crops hail ibeeti bettered by many thosijands af 'dollars in Martifi ~ County alorie. ; Thunder showers are predicted for this | afternoon and tomorrow afternoon. PROPERTY OFF TEN PER CENT j IN BEAR GRASS —•—- Decrease There Brings the Total Loss in County Up To $560,881 Hear Grass Township, turning in its property listings late last week, re ported a real and personal property loss of $11.1,.17.1, bringing the loss iu six townships, Jamesville, Cross Roads, . Poplar Point, (ifriftins, Wil liams, anil Hear (irass Townships up to $560,881. Keal Estate values in Hear t irass drop|H'd front s>2(i..llß in 1430 to ss(>l',- 126 this year, a decrease 'of a little over 1(1 per cent. Personal values dropped from $175,.181 in 19.10 to $127,- 2(H), a decrease of approximately 27.5 per cent Although six of the ten townships have completed and filed their Isitiug-', several of the larger districts have yet to tur-u iu their lists and when they do the valuation losses are expected to mount higher and higher. SAFEST TRAVEL ON RAILROADS Seven Out of 700 Million Passengers Were Killed On Roads in 1930 | More than 7(H) million passengers I were carried an average distance of ( JH. I miles by the railroads of the IT nit - ef States during 1930, statistics re [cently released show. Ofthfff miiilVr oply 7 were fatally injured hy train ' accidents, _ [ In nther words, the chance of re jceiviiiK a fatal injury frum a train ac cident while a train passenger during j 19.10 was less than 1 to 100,000,000. )r, a train -with one passenger would | have to travel 8,749 years at 50 milts all hour before the passenger's benefic iaries could rash his fatal accident I n \ policy. ' | This remarkable 19.10 safety record has been brought about by the rail jroads through improved equipment and its more perfect maintenance, instal lation of heavier rail, improved safety I devices,, and operating methods, and, most important, through the continu ous concerted efforts of all railroad of ficials and employees to promote safe ty in every conceivable way. A bronze plaque, presented each year by the National Safety Council as a reward in the employee casualty contest, was won in 19.10 by the At- lantic Coast Line with phenome nal record of only 1.66 accidents per 1,000,000 man-hours of work. This record has never been equalled, and is 82 per cent lower than the average of all railroads in the group. Roanoke-Dixie Warehouse Hires A uctioneer for Season Mr. Dick Thompson, of Greenvills, an auctioneer of 15 years' experience, will he the auctioneer at the Roanoke- Dixie VViircly>use the. coming season. Mr. Thompson is not only considered one of the finest auctioneers in the business, hut he is a Rood mixer and a fine judge of tobacco. Mr. Thomp son married in a prominent family just 15 miles fi*om Williamston, a Miss t oirper, daughter of ~Mr. K. A. Cooper of Old Ford. John Edrnond and Not John Edmofdson Has Court Case In reporting the proceedings of the county recorder's coUtt last Friday, The Enterprise carried the case charg ing John Edmondson with being drunk and disorderly. The name should have been John Kdmond. We gladly make the correction. I W»'ch the Label On' Yoor Paper As It Carries the Date When Your Subscription Expiree ESTABLISHED 189t OTHER CROPS TO GET LITTLE CARE IN NEXT 6 WEEKS Condition Is Generally Re ported As Poor Through Out County Martin County farmers started har vesting their 1931 tobacco crop yes* terday, but it will be the latter part of this week or the first of next before the work.js fully under way, it is be lieved. During the next six weeks the farmers will experience a trying sched ule in handling their crops, for night and day many of tlieni will carry on their 'labors. Other crops, as a whole, become secondary for the farmer* will find it necessary to top, sucker, worm, prime, house, and cure their tobacco, leaving very little time for them to give to other crops. Conflicting reports have been re ceived in connection with-the size and quality of the crop this year. A small acreage decrease is admitted in this county, and up until last Saturday a marked decrease in poundage was pre dicted. A heavy rain falling late Sat urday and during Spnday altered the condition of the crop, and How a great er poundage is expected. The season is said to have, been too late to help the quality of the crop, and first prirfr ings,. in many instances, will be unustu ally sorry, reliable reports received here today indicate I lie crop, as a whole, in this county is generally poor, a lew farmers re porting their best crops iu several years, while the majority state the con dition'' oi their fields as fair or poor. STATE'S DEFICIT FIXED AT $2,230,064 Brought About by Failure To Realize Estimates Of Revenue % Raleigh, July 6.'—North Carolina ended the 1929-31 biennium June 30 with a general fund deficit of $2,230,- 004. it was announced at the Gover nor's office this afternoon. I Total general fund collections for the 1929-31 kiennium were $33,266,- 664 as compared with expenditures of $35,490,728. However, the State spent less each year of the biennium than was ap propriated by the 1929 (ieneral As sembly. More than $3,500,000 was saved dur ing the two years, the 1929 Assembly having appropriated $19,333,825 for 1929-30 .when actual expenditures were $17,587,413. The deficit is brought about en tirely by the failure to realize esti mates of revenue and due, of, course, to the distressful economic and busi ness conditions," a formal statement said. Robt. Everett, Jr. Receiving Treatment In A Hospital Little Kobert Kverett was removed to a Washington hospital yesterday for ear treatment. The little fellow had been camping at Camp I.each, on the l'ainlico, when one of K his ears started giving him trouble. An oper ation is pending the treat ment, it was learned at the hospital last night. County Commissioners In Regular Meeting Today ——• Meeting here today in regular ses sion, the Martin County Board of Commissioners up until noon had of ficially passed on but a very few mat ters. Several new names were added to the county poor list, it was stated following adjournment for lunch. A representative of the new State road system is appearing before the county authorities this afternoon, but the nature of his mission could not be learned iu time for publication today. No Session of Recorder's Court Held Here Today ♦ Due to the' absence of Judge J. W. Bailey, no session of th« county recorder's court is being held here to day. The next session will be held Tuesday, July 14. * Very few new cases had been filed for trial in the court up until noon today, it was learned in the office of Clerk of the Court R. J. Peel'this morning. (South America) miner* ob tain coal from under the Pacific Qc#en by the use of shaft* which (tart from the short, and in place fere 1,500 feet below the water. Geologists say tint J coal deposit* extend 31 mile* from the I Chilean coaat.