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Advertiser! Will Fnd Our Col- Dmi i Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Homes VOLUME XXXIV—NUMBER 39 MAKE RECKLESS DRIVERS PAY FOR DAMAGES BY CAR -—J New Law, Effective July 1, Would Fix Financial Responsibility The new financial responsibility law for North Carolina, enacted by the 1931 legislature, went into effect July Ist. The new law aims to fix respoii3rft>!tlty for reckless driving on the highways and secure the collection of damages where such damage results from care less or reckless driving. Heretofore owners of motor cars on the highways have been liable fo damages by court action. It was simple enough to bring suit and collect if you won a judg- ment. But persons without financial responsibility could go on the road and do incalculable damage, and there was no recourse at law. The new law aims to get that class of people. As presented by one of the insur ance companies the provisions of the laws are as follows: "The financial responsibility law per taining to the operation of motor ve hicles in the State of North Carolina, effective July 1, 1931, compels the commissioner of revenue to revoke the license and registrations of a person when a judgment in excess of SIOO has been rendered against such person, a rising out of the use of a motor ve hicle, where such judgment remains unpaid after 30 days uitiess such per son shall furnish proof of his ability to respond in damages for future ac cidents. "The failure on the part of opera tors to fulfill the requirements of this law will cause the commissioner of revenue to revoke their operating li cense and registration certificates, thereby depriving them of the privilege of operation a motor vehicle. If any person fails to return opera tor's license and regsitration certifi cates, thereby depriving them of the privilege of operating a motor vehicle, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not less than SIOO nor more than SI,OOO. "If any person shall forge any oper ator's license and registration certifi cate* after failure to prove financial security, he shall be guilty of a mis demeanor and subject to a fine of not lets than SIOO nor more than SI,OOO. "If any person shall forge any evi dence of financial security he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not less than SIOO or not more than SI,OOO, or not more than 30 days in jail, or both. The law is designed to protect the public from operators of ,/motor ve hicles who are unable to pay for the damage caused by an accident. After a judgment has been rendered,,and is not paid, the owner must present evi dence of financial responsibility before he can again operate his automobile. Financial responsibility may be es tablished in the following manner: A certificate of insurance issued by an insurance company licensed to do but iness in the state) certifying that the owner carries public liability insurance of not less than $5,000 for one injured person and noT*»l#s* than SIO,(KM) for two or more persons injured in any one accident, and property damage in surance of not less than SI,OOO for damage to property. A bond of either a surety company or two persons sureties. JUSTICE TRIES SEVERAL CASES Poplar Point Negro Gets 30 Days in Jail on Disorderly I Conduct Charge Charged with disorderly conduct,' Frank Roberson, colored, of Poplar. Point, was given a 30-days suspend-1 ed jail sentence here last Saturday in Justice of the Peace J. L. Hassell's court. The defendant was released, upon the payment of the cost and as-, sured good behavior during the next 12 months. Dealey Purvis, charged with an as sault with a deadly weapon, was bound . over to the recorder's court under a SSO bond. Charged with fighting, Jay Jones and C. B. Roberson appeared before Justice Hassell late Saturday night. Judgment was suspended in the case upon the defendants paying the cost. J Judgment was suspended yesterday in the case charging Fred Smith with disorderly conduct. Charged with passing a worthless I check, W. M. Myers was found not guilty in the justice of the peace court last JFridjy. I IV. J. Hodges Exhibits Large Fig Grown Here • - 1 One of the largest, if not the largest, figs ever grown in this section, wis exhibited here last Saturday by Mr. W. J. Hodges. Grown on a tree in hi* garden at his home on north Haughton Street, the fig measured 3 1-2 inches in length and 8 1-5 inches in circumference. THE ENTERPRISE County Commissioner ! Complaints as The Martin County Board of Commissioners, sitting as s board of equalisation and review at die courthouse here yesterday, heard around 40 taxpayers lodge com plaints against values placed on their property by assessor*, and then adjourned late in the after noon until this morning, when they resumed the hearings. Definite de cision wat reserved in the case of all the complaints, although it is likely that adjustments will be made in some cases. Most of those appearing before the board Monday were said to be rsther indefinite in making their complaints, which were made more on the line of general principles TOWN BOARD IN REGULAR MEET MONDAY NIGHT Cooperation Asked in Dis posal of Rubbish; Few Other Matters Members of the town board of com missioners, in session here last night, had only a number of minor matters 'for consideration, the work of the street cleaning department taking up most of the time of the board. Mayor Coburn and all members of the board, L. I'. Lindsley, K. C. Green, Luther Peel, E. S. McCabe, and G. H. Har rison, were present. The meeting wab originally scheduled for last Tuesday night, but was postponed because of the absence from the city of several members of the board. After auditing and approving a num ber of current accounts, the commis sioners turned their attention to work men's compensation insurance, and al though the rates for this type of insur ance seem to be high, a majority ap peared to he in favor-of retaining the insurance rather than take a chance on some one being hurt while in the employ of the town, for which the town would be liable under the term* of the workmen's compensation act. No record vote was taken on the prop osition, but it is presumed that the municipality will continue to carry the insurance. Following a discussion of removing trash throughout the town, the board decided to call upon the citizefhs to cooperate by placing all rubbish in barrels or boxes inside their yards, where it will be called for twice each week by the street' cleaning force. Heretofore, it has been cust«anary to put rubbish containers on the 1 outside of yards, but since the streets have been paved, it was decided that a bet ter appearance could be maintained by keeping the trash boxes inside the yards. ... Superintendent of Streets Jesse W,. Harrell stated that the trash wagon* would call twice each week in the fu ture, and that the wagons and carts would make regular rounds, calling at each home on the same day each week. Townspeople are asked to bear this in . mind, and have their rubbish and refuse placed yards where the truck or wagon can get to it on the same day twice every week. Tannic Acid Kills Fish Ip Roanoke Near Salem • Roanoke, V'a., July 12. —Roanoke River below Salem as far as Roanoke and probably for some distance farther downstream was a poor habitat for fish yesterday. It presented the strange spectacle of thousands of fish fighting to get out of the water, leaping into the air and crowding the banks of the steram. The surface of the water wa; thick with them late yesterday after noon, many of them dead and others apparently dying. Hundreds were caught by hand. Release of a large quantity of waste liquor from the Salem tannery was giv en by C. E. Momaw, game warden, | and C. W. B. Korb, game warden, president of the local chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, as 'the explanation of the phenomenon. This liquid, containing a high percent age of tannx acid, was discharged in to the stream on Monday night from the storage ponds in which it had/ been : kept awaiting high water. t Methodist Sunday School I Picnic Set for Tomorrow | The focal Methodist Sunday school | will hold its annual at Coleram ' Beach tomorrow afternoon, according I to an announcement made by the com mittee in- cjiargel " All members are asked to meet at the church tomorrow afternoon in time to leave for the half day outing at 1:30 o'clock. The several other Sunday school* in town are planning for picnics, but the Methodists are the first to complete their arrangements. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 14,1931 than on actual merits. There were some cases found where property in one neighborhood is valued much higher than like property in other sections where similar con ditions prevail. These will prob sbly be ironed out by the commis sioners when each case is taken up individuslly and reviewed by them at s later date. The commissioners also found instances where property was list ed much too low, snd the absence of solvent credits is particulsrly puzzling in some cases where it was felt sure people had them. The board did not anticipate hav ing very many additional com planits at the aession today. LOCAL MASONS WILL JOIN IN ANNUAL PICNIC To Take Part in Event at Eden House July 30th; Benefit Orphanage ' Arrangements will be completed at a meeting of the members tonight to have the Skewarkee Lodge take part lin the annual Masonic picnic to be he'd at Kden House Beach the 30th of this month, one of the local lodge officers [stated this morning. The picnic, strictly a charitable act,- has been held for many years by the {Masonic lodges of- Hertford, Uertie, jand Northampton counties, and Mar- I tin comes in this year to make it a [four-county affair. I Eaclv lodge makes a definite contri bution to I/.- used in serving dinner to the visitors, the receipts derived there from going to the Oxford -orphanage. Mr. C. K. Proctor, superintendent of the orphanage, with a number of (he orphanage children, will attend the picnic , this year, it was stated. | The picnic goes to Kden House this year for the first time, the committee I having selected the location on ac count of its accessibility to a large part of eastern North Carolina. Thou sands of people are expected to attend the picnic oji the 30th, a time when old friendships and new ones meet to ad vance a "worthy cause. GAINS PLACE ON STATE PATROL iWiley Crawford One of Few To Get Place on New Highway Patrol ♦ Wiley Crawford, local young man, earned a place in the State Highway Patrol following tests and examina tions held at Morehead City during .the past fifteen days. Young Crawford, 'successfully completing his final ex aminations last Saturday returned home Sunday, and is now subject to !call to Raleigh where he will be giv 3 en practical training before going in as a regular partolman about August 1. More than 100 young men from all over North Carolina trained for po sitions on the patrol force, but only 36 of the number gained places, many of the others being in line for posi tions when vacancies develop. Dennis Roberson, of Robersonville, and the only other young man from this coun ty to train at the Morehead camp, passed his tests and examinations ai.d while he did not gain a place, it is Understood he is subject to call at any time. Crawford stated that thorough training tests were required, and that a full work) schedule whs arranged I for the boys while they were at the camp. • John Hines Displays Hen Egg in Shape of Peanut ♦ Following publication of the recent story about the large egg laid by a hen belonging to Dr. R. J. Nelson, of Robersonville, wdierein ,Dr. Nelson's pullet was declared to be the champion !arge-«gg layer of the section, County | Game Warden John W. Hines came to town yesterday claiming to be the possessor of a hen that lays the most freakish-looking eggs in the county. As evidence he was displaying an egg about . the size of and shaped almost ! exactly like a jumbo peanut. It was laid by a Plymouth Rock hen, had a hard shell, and just just like any other egg except for its unusual sire an I shape. Baptist Philatheas Suspend Meetings Until September ♦ The Baptist Philathea class here has suspended its regular meetings for the remainder of the summer, it was an nounced yesterday. The next regular meeting will be held in early Septem | ber* it was stated. NEGRO IS BADLY CUT BY ANOTHER EARLY MONDAY —♦ . Tom Dove Carved Up For ! Paying Attentions To Wife of Another | Tom Dove, colored man originally from South Carolina, but a resident of |this place for some time, was painfully ibut apparently not seriously stabbed lin several places about his body yes iterday morning by Booker T. Brad ley, colored. Bradley escaped and | Dove stated that he was at a loss to iadvance any reason or cause for the lattack made upon him. | At a doctor's office here, Dove 'laughed while the physician closed the | wounds, the blood soaking the man's shirt and trickled down his trousers legs during the sewing period. A short while before the attack, Bradley had lt>om Williams get and away his clothes, Bradley ap parently reasoning that he could make a quicker .get-away with his clothes in some v'tl'er spot. Williams, after removing the clothes to a home on the railroad, reported to Bradley, .and the two went to the home of Gus Wig gins, near the riv«r hill, where, with out warning, Bradley attacked Dove. Officers worked ahead of Bradley following the attack, and he was forced to flee without many of his clothes. He was arrested late Monday after noon by Chief W. B. Daniel and Sher iff C. B. Roebuck and lodged in jail here for hearing before the recorder today. * Bradley stated after his arrest that lie attacked Dove because the latter had been paying attention to his wife. The whole matter will probably be aired in Judge Bailey's court this morn ing. | Bradley, formerly of Hamilton, is , said to have left a board bill unpaid in I Moore County several weeks ago, re- I turning to this county, where he had evaded officers since that time. FIREMEN HOLD I REGULAR MEET i ' ♦ Elect Delegates To State l Meeting in Statesville Next Month j Members of the local fire company held their regular semi-monthly meet ing in the mayor's office in the town hall last night. Aside from the regu lar business, W. Ira Harrison, W. C. Manning, and Julian H. Harrell were elected delegates to the Hireling of the Stale Firemen's Association which will 'be held this year in Statesville, be 'ginning August 24 and continuing through the 27th. ' Six or eight members of the local department are attending the quarter ly meeting of the Eastern Carolina j Firemen's Association in Greenville I tonight. The Greenville department Jias , made -elaborate plans for, the en tertainment of the visiting firemen, in- Icluding a banquet, and members from here who planned to attend were an ticipating an enjoyable occasion. .. ■ # Henry K. Parker Dies At Home Near Windsor j Henry K. Parker-die«} at his home near Windsor Friday morning at .1:30 o'clock, after a lingering illness. Mr. Parker was 74 years old, a proriiinent farmer and a member of St. Thomas' Episcopal church in Windsor. He leaves his wife, who before her mar riage was Miss Lucy Bernard; one daughter, Mrs. Herbert Spivey, of Portsmouth, Va,; five sons, Sam, John 'and Robert Parker, all of Windsor; William and Gillain Parker, of Wil liamston; also one sister, Mrs. Annie Jenkins, of Murfreesboro. F[e juried at the home place last Sat urday afternoon. A large number of friends- and relatives were in attend ance at the services. Local Masonic Lodge To Install Officers Tonight Officers, both elective and appoint ive, will be installed in the Skewarkee Lodge here tonight at a regular com munication of the order. The following officers, elected last , month, and those reappointed, will be installed tonight: Master, W. H. Booker; senior warden, Milton I. Moye; junior warden, J. C. Anderson; , treasurer, R: J. Peel; secretary, Wil liam R. Watson, all elective; senior deacon, V. J. Spivey; junior deacon,I S. H. Grimes; _htewards, R. L. Perry and John Daniel Biggs; tiler, George j Harris, all appointive. Watts Theatre To Run Bargain Show Saturday Manager J. W. Watts, jr., of the W®tts Theatre here, announced this morning that he would run a special bargain matinee Saturday afternoon from 1 to 5 o'clock, when the admis sion will be 10 cents to everybody. Sandy Ridge School Election Will Be Held Next Monday BERTIE COUNTY UNABLE TO PAY CURRENT BILLS Court Decision Halts Sale of Refunding Bonds and Presents Puzzle Windsor, July 13.—Foe the first lime in the long and illustrious history of Bertie County its board of commis sioners last .Monday was without funds |with which to pay the countyjj current bills. A largo stack of accounts, including the vouchers for salaries of county of ficers, employees ,and the outside poor | list, were left in the Register of Deeds' office with vouchers already signed by the board of commissioners in their regular meeting Monday, but none of them were delivered because the coun ty is overdrawn at the bank and W funds are available to pay the vouch ers with. | On several occasions during the past school year the school funds were short and teachers' checks were held up and a part of the last month's salary due the county's teachers is still unpaid, but Monday was the first time thy county commissioners have failed to pay off courthouse employees and cur ircut operating expenses. I The situation was brought about by the Supreme Coyrt decision last week which held the law permitting the is sue of funding bonds by counties, I which was passed by the legislature this year, to be unconstitutional. Ber tie County had everything in readiness to sell $120,000 in funding bonds tJ take care of the overdrafts caused this year by poor tax collections, and with the money froiu these bonds be able to carry the county through the sum mer until the new tax books are opened. But the supreme onirt decis ion has complicated matters,, held up sale of the bonds, and thrown Bertie financial atfairs in a muddle. |The sale of the funding bonds is be jitig handled for the county by Bray I Brothers, Greensboro brokers. They I hope to be able to get at a solution of I the puzzle some time in the near fu ture, negotiate the sale, and furnish ( the county with funds, but they are not able yet to say exactly when this will be done. In the meantime, the county is pay ing no salaries or. hills. GO FOR BOY BUT GET DISTILLERY Deputy Marshall Locates Distillery in Bertie Last Week —Deputy U. S. Marshall Dennis Rob erson missed his man hut picked up new and unexpected business last week while working in Bertie couu- Mr. Roberson went to the home of Daniel VVaril in that county with a Lwarrant calling for the arrest of a , hoy who geherally ma4e his home , there. And while searching for the boy, the officer and assistants found a ' still worm, cap and other equipment, 'including a hag of sugar. Continuing their search on the -premises, the of ficers found the kettle, two kegs and several toca cola barrels. However, there were nrj signs indicating recent use of the kettle. Following a hearing held here, Ward was released under a S2OO bond on the charge of possessing equipment design - ed for use in manufacturing liquor. v . Prominent Bertie Man I Held for Federal Court a C. J. Jlarrell, prominent white man |of Bertie County, and his son, Wil ! liam T., 19 years old, were, arroted at their home near Roxobel last Friday I by federal prohibition agents in con ' nection with the illegal manufacture lof liquor. A Chevrolet car fell into the I hands of the officers and is now being , held by the government, pending the I outcome of the trial of the man and I son in federal court next October. t ■j *At a hearing held • hete JtyU after noon, the defendants pleaded guilty, the father being released under a sl,-1 000 bond and his son under a $750 bond. | Referee Has Case Tried j Here Under Advisement ♦ I Completing the evidence in the Dili-1 j Cramer-Truitt Corporation case a gainst Downs, here last Friday after noon, litigants are now awaiting the decision of Attorney J. Calvin Smith, referee. Much time and study will be necessary in making the decision, and it will be several weeks before the ref eree hands out his opinion, ft is be lieved. SURVEY DYMOND CITY ROAD MADE • ■- Road Is 2.6 Miles in Length, Will Probably Be Made 24 Feet Wide State Highway Commission engi neers yesterday completed a survey of the proposed road through the old J. & VV. tract of land to the site of Dy niond City, A report has been made to the State Highway Commission, and it is expected that the road will be jbuift as soon as convict tabor for the undertaking is available in this sec tion. The survey was made by Mr. E. S. Peahody, district engineer, of Wash ington, assisted by Mr. W. A. Cherry, of this placs, who is in charge of the ( roads in this section. According to preliminary plans, the road will be 24 ( feet wide and 2.6 mdes in length. It .will lead up: to what will probably be jheadquarters of the 15,000-acfe cattle ranch being established on the old J. W. property. MANY ACCIDENTS jPAST WEEK-END Six Dead and 13 Hurt Over Week-End; Autoes Lead In Causes —Six accidental deaths were reported and 13 people were injured in North Carolina during the past week, the I toll closely following the record set ! during the first week-end of the montn. Three people, -Mrs. John Ilatloy, M. I.uther Hatlcy, H. G. Dick,' were killed outright or died in a hospital follow ing a train-auto collision six miles north of Albemarle Sunday morning. Elizabeth Bass, colored, of Raleigh, was drowned in Roanoke River, nenr South Hill, Y'a., when she was thrown from the car in which she was riding into the stream. The car collided with a truck on a narrow bridge. Kyle Bush, 21-year-old man of Hud son, N. C., was killed when his car overturned and pinned him under neath it near Lenoir. Arthur 1.. Sprinkle, of Marion, N. C, was drowned in Myrtle Sound Sun day afternoon. i Several other people were hurt in [the train-auto collision and the two au tomobile accidents. Several others were hurt, two seriously, in automo bile accidents reported in various sec tions of the state. No accidents were reported in this immediate section over the week-end. Cigarette Consumption In U. S. Is On Increase | ~Production'*"of 11 We-cured tobarrri in the United States more than doubled | since 1921, 'Recording to government .estimates. Flue-cured tobacco is used 'chiefly in the manufacture of cigar ettes and the gain in production of this type of tobacco is the result of the increasing numbers of men and women who are reaching for cigar 'ettes. According to government rec ords, production of flue-cured tobacco last year amount to more than 870,- ' 000,000 pounds, as compared with only |.172,000,000 pounds in 1921. Production .in 1930 set a new record for flue-cured tobacco, the next largest being about ( 750,000,000 pounds in 1929. Margolis Brothers Begin | Clearance Thursday, 16th | The annual store-wide July Clear ance Sijje of Margolis Brothers will begin Thursday of this week, July 16, and will continue for several days. Mr. Margolis says his firm is cutting and slashing prices in order to make room I for fall and winter stocks and that I every item in the store, regardless of former price, will be further reduced I during this clearance. Extra clerks ! have been secured for the sale and | every convenience for the customer is | being provided,., Heaviest Rains of Season I Are Reported m County During the past week-end Heavy rains fell throughout this section, sev eral sections reporting the heaviest downfalls of the seuon. Although the rains have been heavy during the past few days, it is believed that no dam age has resulted so far to crops in this county. Small streams were swollen by the downpour Sunday afternoon late, and a rise was reported in all the larger streams of the cection. North Carolina leads all Southern States in the value added to raw ma terials by manufacturing. She rank* thirteenth amoag all the State* in this reapect. Watch the Label On Your Paper As It Carries the Date When Your Subscription Expires ESTABLISHED 1898 ISSUE NOT CLEAR BECAUSE STATE TO BE IN CHARGE Question Is On Consolida tion of School With One Here A close election is predicted in thi Sandy Ridge School district, Williams Township, next Monday, when the citi zens vote on the Consolidation of that school with the one here. The regis tration books were .closed last Satur day, 125 citizens qualifying to take part in the election to be held at the school house in the district next Monday be tween sunrise and sunset. The books will be opened for chal lenge of any of the.-names entered up on the books,, it is understood. Messrs. Golden Godaril and N. R. -G'riffin, th? judges of election, and Mr. Lee Har dison, registrar, will handle the con test. ! The proposition before the citizens j there is a peculiar one, and especially •so, just at this time when the state sis introducing so many major changes into the 'school system. With this condition existing, and no definite in formation to lie had as to what might Ibe expected from the turn of the elec tion, it is impossible to predict the I outcome. I It was learned from a member of I the equalization board, however, that the- transportation system maintained in the district in the past.would be changed. The order of this change ! could not be learned, but with the con tinuation of the school under the old syiteni, there are only two alternatives !to follow. In one case, pupils would i be allowed so many cents each day for I transportation. In the second case, trucks might be rerouted to serve a second school. * | The status of the Sandy Ridge I school case call not be definitely learn ed until several hundred other similar cases are fettled throughout the stat". | There were approximately 55 ,pupils I who attended regularly last year, a [number of others coming to the school ihere at their own individual expense. The election calls hir a special levy [of not more than 35 cents on the SIOO ,valuation, the cost in this district hav ing averaged around 22 cents for sev eral years. HOME AGENT'S ~~ JUNE REPORT • Canning More Poular Than Ever Before in County, Home Agent Says That canning is more popular in the county thia year limit ever before is •evidenced ijj the report of the home ''agent, Miss J.u'ra K. Sleeper, for the month of June. More than SIM) was 'spent by home demonstration club 'members during the period?* the report stated, and many vegetables and fruits have already been preserved, with the possibility that an adequate supply of 'food will be made available in all club members' homes during the coining J winter. | The agent's report in detail: I "During the month of June the home agent traveled 1,009 miles in the coun ty, Conducting 14 meetings with the girls, with 11*' in attendance, and 13 with the women, with 125 in attend i ance. Twenty-one days were spent in the field and five days in the office. Eleven articles were prepared for the | press, 89 bulletins were distributed, 25 individual letters written, 4 circular letters were prepared with 628 copies circulated. Eighteen different homes were visited. A total of $147.80 was taken in through the curb market. The women continue to buy canning equip ment, there being $57.30 spent the past month. Women wlio have never ()onc much canning are this year canning in larger quantities than ever. The total taken in through the curb mar ket to the present time is $465.61. This includes the sales to July 1, this year." W. G. Peel Is Again ** Honored by Company Mr. W. G. Peel, prominent local agent of the Life Insurance Company of Virginia, has again been honored by his company, and tonight he leaves for an •*tended trip to Canada at the [insurance company's expense. Mfr r- Peel will join a group of other honor men of the company in Washington • City, and travel by special train from there. / { • ■■ ■ Dr. Carl Rothrock, of Lewistown, Pa., who wai caught in a recent storm at a nearby State foreat park, reports that rain, which froze as it fell, en- j case a live rattlesnake and held it faat to the ground unt lithe clouds passed and the sun melted the ice.
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