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Advertisers Will Fad Oar Col ams a Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Homes VOLUME XXXIV—NUMBER 62 V SUPERIOR COURT TERM COMES TO CLOSE THURSDAY Eighteen Civil Cases Are Cleared from the Docket During The Term The '"skippy" term of the Martin County Superior Court convening here Monday of last wetk and skipping sev eral days now and then was brought to a close yesterday afternoon, the tribunal completing the criminal docket last week and clearing 18 cases from the civil calendar during the remainder of the term. Judgm«rft were granted J. H. Ayers and Copipany against N. F. Brown, in the sum of $4.35.23; \V. B. Ferguson against S. R. Biggs Company, in the sum of $140; Acme Fertilizer Com pany against Joe Mollis and others, in the sum of $100; Lynchburg Clothing Company against Arthur Johnson, in the sum of $304.99; Harrison Brotlters and Company against Fred Small, in the sum of $107,54; Hoffman Machin ery Company against Eddie Brown, in the sum of $135; Standard Fertilizer Company against J. L. Williams in the sum of $(>80.27; Turner White Cas ket Company, Inc., against W. T. Nurney, in the sum of $243.85; Peel Motor Company against J. A. Barnhill, administrator, in the sum of $221.10; Standard Fertilizer Company against W. J. Manning in the sum of $1,339.95; Better Chevrolet Company against Sheriff of County in the sum of $398.25 for property seized under certain pap ers; Standard Fertilizer Company a gainst O. F". Weeks, in the sum of $910.32; Standard Fertilizer Company against J. L. Kerr in the sum of $522.57; Standard Fertilizer Company against James A. Hassell. In a suit against Sam Mobley, Har rison Brothers and Company gained possession of 2,000 sticks of ungraded tobacco, the defendant paying the costs of the case. The case of'Roberson and Little Company was non-suited, and the costs were charged to the plain tiffs. Appeal to 'the supreme court was entered. In a case of Harrison Brothers and Company against Sylves ter Webb, a certain deed given by the defendant to a minor was declared void. In the case of Standard Fer- 1 tiliier Company against W. R. F-vcrett the defendant was given a judgment in the sum of $570. FAIR AT* ROCKY MT. NEXT WEEK Is One of the Largest To Be Staged In This Section Of the State # Opening next Tuesday and continu ing through Saturc|ay, the Rocky Mount Fair, one of the largest in the east this season, has a varied and unique program each day during the period, General Manager Norman Y. „ Cliambliss stated yesterday. It is reported that more interest has been shown so far than in any previ ous fair, and prospects look bright for the greatest fair ever held at Rocky Mount. Much interest is being mani fested for the "public wedding," which will take place in front of the grand stand Wednesday night, October 7th, at 9 o'clock. Advanced ticket sales for this particular night have been arranged at the Standard Drug Store. The couple to married are residents of the city of Wilson, and every detail of the wedding is in charge of a com mittee composed of Mrs. T. A. Avera, chairman; Mrs. Norman Y. Chambliss, Mrs. T. A. Cooper, Miss Bessie Bunn, Mrs. F. F. Fagan, and Vlr. A. R. Weather*. The fair management has been suc cessful in securing Miller's World of Fun Shows as the midway attraction. This carnival consists of 15 shows, 10 ride* and legitimate concessions. The carnival will arrive at Rocky Mount op Sunday afternoon, October 4th, and J it is expected that thousands will j throng the fair grounds that afternoon.' Eddie Cantor in 'Whoopee' At the Watts Next Week With Eddie Cantor, three-star com edian, appearing on the scre«n at the Watts Theatre here next Monday and Tntsday ip "Whoopee," the manage ment brings to theatre-goers here one of the best pictures of its kind pro duced in years. A special matinee for next Monday at 3 p. m. has been ar ranged by Mr. Watts. The picture is in technicolor, and ha* played to packed houses in the country's largest cities. By the terms of the will of John J. Contrado, each of his friends who attended his* funeral service and ac companied his body to the grave, at Pardoe, Pa., will receive SIOO. The umbrella which.L Congressman E. R. Ackerman, of Plainfield, N. J., has used contnuously for the past 52 years, is said to give promise of many 4>orc years of service. THE ENTERPRISE Snake Is Causes ■ Terror In Scuppernong Hom j Reptile Is Found in Room Where Several Children Are Sleeping in Home of L. W. Liverman; Is Finally Killed With Bed Slat by Mr. Liverman , | Scuppernong, Sept. 29.—Since first . butting into the affairs of Mother ( Eve and thereby securing a bad name 1 . for himself, the despised serpent has , been causing trouble ever since. A . big fat snake caused a reign of terror ! | in the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. .! Liverman, of this community, last i Wednesday night, when he uncxpect- j 'edly appeared on the sdene. ' j Desiring to close a window, Mrs. ' Liverman pulled a trunk back out of | 1 (the way, only to see huge snake -jhaul his freight to the pther side of 1 the room and dash utider the bed. 1 Mrs. Liverman's screams awoke the 1 | children who were peeping peacefully ■in the bed. Her calls brought her 1 : husband's -brother, Joe, who was sleep ling in another: room, running into (the room, armed with a bed slat. With j ( BUNDLE DAY ) The bundle collection handled under the direction of the Wo man's club assisted by members of the local Scout troop, was very successful last Wednesday, it was reported. The club wishes to ex press its appreciation to thoae of- I fering bundles and to the Scouts who willingly offered their serv ices to the undertaking. Sufficient clothing was gathered to care for the needs of a number I of school children, and arrange ments are now being made to fit several children who are without proper clothing and who have been unable to attend school. FEW DISEASES ARE REPORTED JN SEPTEMBER Only One Typhoid Fever! Case In County During I The Past Month -— Very few contagious diseases were I reported in this county l i t month, ac cording to a review of health records | filed in the office of County Health iOfficer J. H. Saunders made here yes-1 itcrday. It was unofficially learned,! j however, that there were several other cases of contagious diseases present in I [the county during the period that were 1 | not under the supervision of doctors, jand--4hat there was a possibility that j still other cases were not properly re | ported, hut these were not many in . | number, it is understood. | According to information coming \ I from the health officer's office and j other sources there was much malaria scattered throughout the county, but the cases where the disease was re- : ported, were not considered serious. I Two diphtheria cases, one in Rob- ! ersonville township and a second in ( Jamesville township, were reported during the month. Five cases of scarlet (ever were re- ! ported, one in Bear Grass and four others in Kobersonville township. I Only one typhoid fever case was re ported and that was in Cross Roads township. The patient was colored. | | Rev. David Maggard, 96, of Whites burg, Ky., has baptised 1,000 persons ' fand officiated at 1,500 weddings during I his 70 years of preaching among the; j Kentucky mountain folks. 9 Everetts 4-H Club Holds { Regular Meet This Week\ The first meeting of the girls' senior | ,4-H Club of F2verctts High School | was held Monday afternoon in the 'school auditorium. There were 22 I members enrolled. | Miss Sleeper called the meeting to 1 orde and discussed a few things for our next year's work. Serving and cooking will be carried on in the classes. The officers for next year's work are: President, Helen A. Keel, vice presi dent, Selma Mobley; secretary, Mary Virginia Daniel; and news reporter, Helen Katherine Taylor.—Reported. [ NO COURT ] ~~ According to information con ing from the county courthonss, there will be no session of the re corder's court next Tuesday, the county tribunal calling off its work for the day on account of the federal court that convenes in Washington next week. There are not many cases on the docket for trial, and those few scheduled for hearing next Tues day will be called Tuesday, Oc tober 13. ii Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, October 2, 1931 the bed slat he attempted to break I the snake's back, but failed. Then the I reptile, with great agility, "flew" up ■ the wall of the room. Meanwhile,the mother and children | were hysterical with fright, and' truly j a reign of terror was on. But about Ithis time, the husband, Mr. Liverman, j,who had been out, arrived home and j demanded to know the whys and 1 'wherefores of all the noise. Hence' he was shown the big snake. Accord -1 ingly, he took the bed slat from his brother, and after several futile at tempts, succeeded in killing the snake, j The family can not account for the I snake being in the house, unless it came in through a hole in the screen, and that was much smaller than the' | body of the snake. URGES PLACING OF COTTON IN POOL THIS YEAR * i iAdvance Good Reasons fori | Pooling Present Crop In This State ♦ Raleigh, Oct. I.—Prices belom the cost of production, high |uality of the present crop, and prospects fop acre 'age reduction next year were pointed out yesterday by U. Benton Blalock, [general manager of the North Carolina | Cotton Growers Cooperative Associa tion, as "good reasons why cotton j should be pooled this year." "Cotton, in the first place," he said, "is selling far below the cost of prp; duction, and we all know that acreage will be heavily reduced next year. And then to sell it outright now would be sacrificing a crop that is showing up to be of the highest quality we have produced in several years." | Pointing out that representatives of (the largest cotton shipping firms are j very active in an effort to get control, of as much of North Carolina's good ' cotton as possible Mr. Blalock declared that "to sell at present prices the bet ter staples we are now growing is simply giving away real money to somebody." I As indication that growers should get a premium on inch or 1 better cotton, he cited the heavy tariff jon F'gyptian and other foreign-grown j long staple cotton, and a statement, .recently issued by the Mississippi | Staple Growers Association, that, re- j gardless of the large production this I year, there is not going to be an over !production. of the better staples. Million Bale Record j The general manager of the State j 'Cooperative, which has handled more ( than a million bales for North Caro lina growers during its nine years' ex istence, added that the association is (now mailing out additional premium 'checks to members whose cotton is 'above middling 7-8. | "In some instances," he said, "mem bers are drawing as much as $6.20 per bale premium, and our average pretni umsjio far on cotton above middling; 7-8 affe.s2.3o per bale. This does not represent the full value of the premi ums, however, but only the amount we 'are allowed to advance under our ar rangement with the Federal Farm I Board. | "We realize that depositing cotton in a cooperative organization is just a jbout par with depositing money in a bank and that our members or pros pective members are entitled to know isomething of our financial standing, Jor our record. It it with pardonable pride that we make the statement that 'we are on a very sound basis and have always operated on a sound financial basis. Never Lost a Dollar _ "We have handled and distributed to our members approximately SIOO,- 000,000 during the past nine years. All of this has been handled through North Carolina banks and, through our good luck and possibly some bus iness foresight, we have never yet lost a dollar of our members' money through any bank failure. "We have handled over 1,000,000 bales of cotton for North Carolina farmers, and we know of no outstand-1 ing claim from any one that we have j never accounted for each and every j bale of cotton delivered to the asso ciation. | "Our books and records and finan-j cial statements are open for the inspec-1 tion of each and every member and i for prospective members as well." | ♦ •j ' Only One Service at The Church oi Advent Sunday —— ♦ —i, Sunday school at 10 a. m. On account of the absence of the rector there will be no other service* .next Sunday. OVER 150 IN CAST OF HOME-TALENT PLAY NEXT WEEK "College Flapper" Will Be Staged In Auditorium Thursday and Friday Next Thursday ami Friday night the modern comedy, "The College Flapper," will be staged in the High i School Auditorium under the auspices of the Woman's Club. It promises to be one of the biggest events ever stng led in this community, and includes a I cast of over ISO local people. It is a modern, up-to-date college comedy I with a thrilling football story. Every 'one who has seen the show claims no one can afford to miss it. The star football player of Bula Bula College is supposed to be at a special football practice, but instead is in the I.sorority house making love to his girt, | which is entirely against the rules laid | down by the coach. The coach, played jby James Milling, sends Monk, the trainer, played by Bill Spivey, over to the sorority house to find Jerry. Jerry sees him coming and knows he I will be expelled from the team, if caught there, so with the help of his girl, Jean, played by Mrs. Jack Down ling, and the freshman, Bill, played by I Bill Bouknight, be hides in the housc ! mother's room. The old housemother | lias left, and the new one is coming jthe next day, and has all her clothes there and in order to sneak out of the sorority house puts 011 the house- Imother's clothes, but in trying to es cape is discovered in the outfit, and 'mistaken for the housemother. Jerry's 'attempt to escape from this predica ment so he can play in the game brings on a series of extremely funny situa tions. The hit of the show, the flapper chorus, consists of 28 business men, who portray famous college girls types. Besides the 1 flapper chorus there is the alumni glee club, portrayed by 18 bus iness men who open the show and give a lot of entertainment singing old-time songs that, every one likes to hear. Another big feature is the curtain raiser, entitled "The Baby Pagenal,"'' in which over 100' children between the ages of 5 and 7 will take part. The I special dramatic readeV is Mrs. Pattie .Taylor, who gives the reading and the furnish a very effective back ground by providing some of the lines and playing parts in pantomime. The baby pageant is. something new in en tcrtainmetit and exceptionally good, j 1 11 addition to this there is the girls' I choruses of 25 high school girls, all costumed in special costumes to make the show very pretty and effective, j A full list of all the characters will ( be found in an ad in the next issue of I The Enterprise. It promises to be one of the biggest shows ever staged, and is going to be well worth the price of admission. Tickets for reserved seats will be for sale at Clark's Drug I Store on Wednesday, October 7. I . • P.-T. A. FORMED AT OAK CITY • Successful Year Predicted For the Oroganization There This Year • Oak City, Oct. I,—The organization of a parent-teacher association in the -local school was perfected last Mon- , day when a goodly number of parents | met with the several teachers and dis cussed plans of operation for the cur rent term. Interest was manifested by those present, and it i» believed that a worthy and highly beneficial work will j be carried on by the organization this | year. I The following officers and commit- ( tees were elected: Mrs. E. K. Harrell, | president; Mrs. James Rawles, vice j president; Miss Julia Holloway, sec retary; Mr. J. H. 'Ayers, treasurer; and Mrs. J. H. Ayers, chaplain. Pro gram committee, Miss Myrtis Zetter ower, Miss Ruth Pittman, and Miss Elizabeth Whichard. Membership committee, Mrs. H. M. Ainsley and Mrs. T. Publicity commit tee, Misses Fannie Woodward, Leona Newton, and Adeline Tew. Enter tainment committee, Misses Ruth Wil liams, Sara Long Johnson, and Alice Mallard, There will be a program rendered by grade pupils at the next meeting on Tuesday evening, October 13th, at 7:30 o'clock. The public is cordially ! invited to attend. • Legal Aid Clinic Functions |at Duke University Durham j Durham, Oct. 1. —A number of ' client* have been accepted by the 1 Duke legal aid clinic just opened at I the Duke University law school to give free legal advice to the man with out the price of an attorney's fee. The . clinic, the first established in North •Carolina, is under the direction of Prof. John S. Bradway, formerly of University of Southern California, who is secretary of the national or ganization of legal aid societies. Free Government Grading on Local Market All This Month MARTIN COUNTY GOES TO COURT IN WASHINGTON FdHy-two Martin Men Are Slated To Appear Before Judge I. M. Meekins Forty Martin County men, charged with violating the prohibition laws, are scheduled to appear before United States Judge I. M. Meekins in Wash ington next week. Two other men charged with violating the white slave act, will also be given a hearing in the court. The number of alleged viola tors is said to be the largest ever charged with violating the liquor laws in this county at one time, and with | many defendants scheduled to appear | before the court from other counties, ( there is some doubt as to whether Judge Meekins can care for all of ,|heni. j There'll be few spectators, if any, j and yet the proceedings will not be secret. There'll hardly be enough room in the federal building for the defend ants, not even mentioning the jury-1 men and witne ses. Spectators from 'several counties will go to Washing- ' ' ton, but it is believed that they will find it difficult to find scats in the | court room, . I Judge Meekins, this week" in Kliza [beth City, expressed himself on under j cover work in apprehending law vio lators, His expressions are not at all 'favorable for many of the alleged j law breakers rounded up in a series :of raids and arrests conducted in this county a few days ago. The following are scheduled to ap pear before the federal court in Wash ington next week from this county: Vernon Roberson, manufacturing; John N. Hopkins, transporting; B. M. II a i slip, possession; Ira Jones, aid ng and abetting; Brisco Wynn, manu facturing; Jim Davis, possession; Ro land Rogers, manufacturing; Levi Bos ton, manufacturing; Samuel Whitakcr, i manufacturing; Johnny Jones, posses- ; sion and selling; Alton Pitt, manu facturing and possession; Perlie Wil- 1 liams, O. C. Johnson, John Smith, pos session and transporting; Tom Mason, transporting;«Jas. H. Taylor, Andrew 1 Mobley, andf\odie Haislip, manufact uring; Joe B Davis, transporting and ' selling; Arcji Mendenhall, Spence Men- ' denhalV I.iLis Taytor, Robert Price, I Dave iWujr, Matthews Pierce, Ira 'Price, I.arry Bailey, Joe Mack Bul lock, J. Harrison, T. Roberson, Stan- I • jcill Jenkins, Will Evans, J. Staton Gurganus, Brick Nicholson, Arthur [peel, James Boston, Leroy Harrison, I Toby Rogerson, Toby Bowen, Clivert i Whitaker, all charged with selling; 1 and FZlisha Mitchell and Clarence I 'Whitaker, white slave. Announce Curb Prices for [ Market Here Tomorrow, —*— ! The following prices will be found i at the curb market Saturday morning: j Butter beans; 14c quart; cabbage, 3c | pound; fiield peas; 12c lb.; bell pepper, '4c lb.; new potatoes, 1 l-2c lb.; sweet potatoes, 22c peck; tomatoes, 8c lb.; 'turnip greens, 4c lb.'; egg plant, 8c lb.; eggs, 25c doz.; home-ground meal, 3c | 1b..; chickens-, live, 20c ,lb.; chickens,, dressed, 30c lb. • | To insure our patrons of better prod | lucts, begining this week, any buyer) | selling inferior quality products on I the market, refusing to make adjust ment with the patron upon complaint, [will forfeit selling that particular prod uct on the market until adjustment is 'made. / ♦ Cumberland Farmers Ship Hogs and Sheep * ■■ ♦ Cumberland County farmers coop erated to ship a mixed car of hogs and sheep to the Richmond market last week. / Farmers of This Now Busy With P The digging of peanuts is now in full swing, with fsrmers plow ing, shaking, and stacking in al most every direction ss one trav els through ths country. As usual thers seems to be a dif ference of opinion as to ths quali ty and yield of this yssr's crop; some fsrmers claiming a fins crop whils others say ths yield will be poor. However, the most conssr -1 vative farmer expects a big crop of jumboes and Virginia Bunch, and a poor crop of Virginia and ■ Carolina runners. Ths fields that have been visited by representa tives of this paper show up con siderably better than last ysar, - - ■" ( TOBACCO MARKET"] While the sales on the local to bacco market have been light a greater part Of thia week, prices for the offerings today were said to be much better than they have been this week. Beginning next Monday and continuing throughout the month, the local warehouses will offer government grading; service free of all cost to growers selling here. Peanut digging is limiting the size of the sales, but in spite of that work, larger sales are expect ed on the floors here next week and thereafter. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IN MEET HERE Inspect Budgets and Pass Resolution Limiting the Operation of Trucks I • 1 I In a special meeting held here last j Wednesday, the Martin County Board of Education went over thi several school budgets, altering a few itn\es in school budgets, altering'a few times in jthe form prepared and presented by , the local committees. | The 23-cent rate, called for in- the Robersonville budget to supplement the extended term, was decreased to 21 cents by the county board. Several items were altered in other budgets, but the changes were so small that they did not affect the rates. 1 N*",*? Monday, the budgets will be placed before the county board of commissioners for their inspection. Just what that body will do. or how many alterations it will make cannot he determined now, but educational authorities are of the opinion that very few changes can be made in the fig ures already prepared. | After the budgets arc approved by 1 the commissioners, the State author-! ities will give them their attention, and until the approval of all three ' bodies is secured, it will be impossible ( to determine the special rates in the several districts enjoying the eight months term. j Upon learning that there is some misunderstanding as to the proper routes to be followed by the several school busses, the educational board passed a resolution limiting the opera tion of trucks to those routes specified by the authorities. Only a few miles have been covered by two or more 1 trucks, but in the future no double ! running will be allowed in those cases, the board stated. District lines will | also be considered in the operation of ! the trucks, it is understood. ! , ♦ Hassell Christian Church i Changes Order of Services Beginning this month, regular preach ing services will be held in the Has -1 sell Christian church each second •Sunday instead of the first Sunday in each month, it was announced yester 'day. No service will be held next 'Sunday, but on Sunday, October 11, home-coming day will be observed by | the church there, and many old mem bers are expected to return for the oc casion. An urgent invitation is di ■ rected to all members of the church there to answer the roll call on the rhyming of the 11th. " - * County Commissioner In Regular Meet Monday The appeals of the poor and school budgets will command the attention of the county commissioners in their 1 regular session, here next Monday. I There there are the regular routine 1 duties to handled, indicating that the authorities will have a long ses sion. and there ia every indication that thia crop will be considerably bet ter than that of laat year. The digging of peanuts la one phase of farm work that requires real men to perform, aa no part' of the work is ssay. V The season for harvesting goob ers usually be (ins in thia section the last week in September and continues through the third week in October. - The quantity of hay this year will be greater than It has been in some time, assuring the farmers an abundance of long feed" for their stock. Watch the Label On Your Paper Aa It Carries the Date When Your Subecription Expiree ESTABLISHED 1898 ALL WAREHOUSES TO COOPERATE; START MONDAY * 9 Figures Show that Prices For Graded Tobacco Slightly Higher - —* This year, probably more than ever before, marked variations have been reported in a number of cases between markets, within markets, and even within warehouses. According to re liable reports, tobacco prices have fluc tuated a much as 15 cents within the same warehouse on the same day for the same tobacco. Selling on a market outside this county this week, a farm er reported on his return trip that he divided a grade into two piles. One pile st>ld for seven cents a pound and the other sold for 14 Wnt,s a pound. The farmer stated that lie turned the tags on both piles and moved them to the other side of the same house a head of the buyers. The pile that sold for 14 cents sold for 7, and the pile that first sold for 7 cents sold for 14. j Many such cases have been report ed, it must be admitted, on this market as well as others, and while there is no one who really knows all there is to know about tobacco and small fluc tuations are likely, the government grading system has- reported a more even run of prices than fur the grades unobserved by the government grad er. And it is true, according to fig ures advanced by Mr. J. S. I'ritchard, grader on the local market, that gov ernment graded tobacco has command ed a slightly higher price, but even then all tobacco has, and is still sell ing low. I Realizing the value of the grading work, the three Williamston ware houses, beginning next Monday, and continuing through Octobe/, will of fer free grading service to the farmers selling on the market here. No charges ( will be made to the farmer, and it is believed that a goodly number of grow jers will take advantage of the offer. FEDERAL AGENTS WRECK 5 PLANTS I —♦ — No Arrests Made In Liquor Raids In This Section During The Week / • Five liquor plants were raided and destroyed by Federal agents in this v .section this week, but no arrests were effected. ' > A 30-gallon capacity copper'still was destroyed along with 100 gallons of beer in Tyner Town, three miles south of Williamston early in the week. Two steam plants and 750 gallons of beer were torn up in Bear Grass township. Yesterday morning, the , agents tore .up a steam plant near Bethel and yesterday afternoon they wrecked a 100-gallon capacity copper still and 1,600 gallons of beer in Beaufort county^. Several of tlie old gasoline drums, punctured before by raiding agents, and had been patched with burlap and were in use this week. The agents completely wrecked them in the raids this week, it was stated. #>- Promotion Day at Local Baptist Church Sunday i Sunday is promotion day at the Baptist Sunday school. It therefore offers an unusually good time for small children to enter for the first time. There will b/P the regular sermon Sunday morning; and for the evening discourse, the pastor will speak on, '"All About the Catholic Church."' I The Junior B. Y. P. U. will as semble Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock. And this is the regular meeting hour for the intermediate group. New liter ature is on hand for every one. Perfected plan* for handling the as sociation which meets here October 13-14, will be announced from the pul pit Sunday. Thefts of hundreds of tombstones, some of which are 400 years old, front a cemetery at Mexico City, Mex., has been confessed by the cemetery's caretaker, who resold the stones to a marble cutter, who worked them over and then placed them on sale. 1 H. C. Belcher, Who hiked from Do than, Ala., to Cleveland, Ohio, to tell the police that he stole a bicycle in Cleveland in 1919, was forgiven by the officials who heard hia confession. ■» 1 9 • i A 1-000-year-old white pine tree, which ii 23 feet in circumference, 140 feet in height, and one of the largest of its kind in the world, has been dis covered in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. • :■ ■' ! A''