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Advertisers WiD Fnd Our Col nms a Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin Coanty Homes VOLUME XXXIV— NUMBER 97 DRAW JURY LIST! FOR MARCH TERM SUPERIOR COURT Fifty-four Citizens Chosen By Commissioners Last Monday ♦ Fifty-four citizens were selected by the county commissioners in session thi» week to serve as jurors during the two weeks term of Martin County Su perior Court, convening at William ston March 21. Thirty-six were se lected to serve during the first week, the remainder to appear for jury serv ice the* following week. Th complete list of names follows: Pint Week Jamesville Township: E. H. Gay lord and J. F. Jordan. Williams Township: N. P. Rober son, R. J. Hardison, Clyde Roberson, and Hubert Gardner. Griffins Township: John A. Griffin, George A. Baynor, John E. Griffin, J. Eason Lilley, W. F. Coltrain, Buck Roberson, Jesse S. Lilley, George W. Hodges. Bear Grass Towns'hip: J. W. Har ris. Williamston Township: Roy T. Grif fin, C. O. Moore, J. E. Griffin, jr., L. B. Harrison, and W. H. Booker. Cross Roads: L. A. Clark, J. R. Keel John Jackson, J. C. Bullock. Robersonville Township: J. Q. An drews, Leland L. Coburn, R. K. Ad kins, R. A. Roberson, J. F. Taylor, D. A. James, O. P. Smith, A. R. Aus bon, W. F. Bland. • Poplar Point Township: A. L. Ray nor. Hamilton Township: R. H. Salsbury and R. O. Purvis. Second Week Jamesville: G. W. Martin and W. J. Holliday. Griffins: James A. Hardison, Geo. C. Griffin, W. B. Harrington. Bear Grass: R. L. Hodges. Williamston: W. D. Ambers, A. T. Perry, G. P. Hall, L. T. Fowden, M. J. Moye. Cross Roads: Willie Ausbon, Reu bin Bailey. Robersonville: J. M. Highsmith and D. O. Cherry. . Goose Nest: H. E. Brown, A. P. Hyman, J. A. Rawls. Enterprise Issues A Last Call To Its Subscribers For a few of our subscribers who have failed to pay up their subscrip tions or make any arranegments for their continuation, The Enterprise makes its last visit today. Names of all subscribers whose subscriptions have not been paid for up to a certain date will be dropped from the mailing list tomorrow. Such action on the part of the pub lishing company is deeply regretted, and as much as the management values each name on the Enterprise liat and dislikes to ramove thein, the company finds it necessary to do so. The company has made every effort to aid those who wanted the paper, to have it forwarded to them twice each week right on. Tomorrow, the old rate, $1.50, goes back into effect. It is now too late to warn our sub scribers who would want to continue with us, and the company offers this only as explanation that those in ar* rears with their subscriptions might know that it was absolutely for the company to remove their names from the list and file the accounts for fu ture reference. • Agent Announces Prices Effective on Curb Market ♦ By Miss LORA E. SLEEPER Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Lee Hardison, of the Holly Springs communtiy, holds the record for attendance every Saturday selling on the curb market. Mrs. Hardison has missed only two market days and whether the amount has been small or large each week she has come to sell at the market. More sellers of this type are needed to build up the curb market The prices this week are as follows: \ Eggs, 14 cents per dozen, or 2 dozen Collards, 3 cents pound, or 2 pounds for 5 cents; turnip greens, 2 pounds for S cents; irish potatoes, 10 pounds for Isc; sweet potatoes, 10 pounds for ISc; cream, 25 cents pint, We shall have other produce at the . market besides that listed above. Usual Services At The Local Methodist Church ■■ • C. T. ROGERS, Pastor If God gives you health to carry or for self six days in the week, surel) we ought to be able to get up in time to go to Sunday school and church on the Sabbath. Don't lose your bless ing by missing the services on Sun day. Away with that excuse, it ma) damn your soul. You are alwayi welcome at any of the service*. Services at the usual hour on Sun day and during the week. The local missionary society wil meet Wednesday afternoon at 3:ilO. THE ENTERPRISE Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, February S, 1932 Poultry Car Will Again Be J In County 4 Days ] A second cooperative poultry shipment of the year is scheduled in this county for next week, when cars will be loaded at Jamesville, Williamston, Robersonville, and Oak City. The same schedule in effect back in January will be fol lowed next week. County Agent Brandon announced. The first loadings will be made in James ville Tuesday; Williamston, Wed nesday; Robersonville, Thursday; and Oak City, Friday. While there ia a drop in prices, the market is holding lup fairly well, colored hens commanding 14 ——— . - Peel Not Candidate For Place in Senate! .. ■ * 1 ' HEAR TAX CASE ) * The case in which Martin and several other counties are suing the State Highway Commission (or gasoline tax allegedly due under the .terms of the county aid road fund law, waa heard by the State Supreme court in Raleigh Wed nesday. Judge Sinclair decided in favor of the plaintiffs several weeks ago, and the highway com mission appealed to the Supreme court. The high tribunal will hardly hand down its opinion within a week. VITAL STATISTICS IN POPLAR POINT ARE REPORTED ♦ Birth Rate There Highest of Any Reported So Far In County •Forty-one births and 14 deaths were reported in Poplar Point Township last year, giving that district one of the lowest death ratfs and the high * est birth rate of any other township in the county for which vital statistics been filed in the office of the register of deeds for the period. Very few of the 14 deaths were re [ ported among infants, the majority of j the number dying during the period , having reached a ripe old age. Slade j White, colored man, was 92 years of age when he died, and several others . were well in their seventies. The death rate in the township was 15.1 t persons per 1,000 population. : Only three of the 41 births were il ; legitimate, and they were confined to the colored race. Nineteen of the t births were white and only five of the , 14 deaths resulted among the white s population. The birth rate was 44.3 ; persons - per 1,000 population. [ Basketball Last Tuesday, Tonight and Next Tuesday t Playing here last Tuesday night, the local high school boys defeated Wind j 'sor, 12 to 8, the local girls losing to those from Windsor by a score of 17 to 13. I Tonight the local high school quint lis scheduled to meet Everetts in the 'Planters Warehouse here. t i Next "Tuesday night the East Car olina Teachers' College quint is sched j uled to meet the Williamston AIJ- I Stars in the warehouse here. • y\ • 1 Report Welfare Work In „ Home Demonstration Clubs d * r Members of two home demonstra- II tion clubs in the county have altered s or made outright many garment* so I, ] far this year for distribution among the needy, Miss Lora Sleeper, home ; 'agent, stated this morning. More n I than SO garments have been given to 21 the needy by members of the two 2 clubs alone. 01 In addition to the garments fur o'nished by the club members, the home t, 'agent's office distributed three trench e 'coats, 10 pairs of shoes, 15 regulation army coats, and three pairs of trous ers, making a total of 91 garments giv en to those in need by home workers. Macedonia School Honor Roll for the Past Month n • y The scholastic honor roll for the Macedonia school for the third month h was announced by Miss Irene Tet >s terton, teacher, as follows: l- First grade: Bob Coltrain, Audrey y Coltrain, Sybil Peel, rs Second grade, Charles Coltrain, Hat tie Griffin Ward, i- Fourth grade: J. D. Ausborne and Mary Revels, ill Fifth' grade: Clarence Revels, Rus sell Griffin, and Mildred Ward. f ; cents a pound, at compared with , 16 cents a pound at the last load ing. The price of stags, 10 cents a pound, ia one cent higher than it was last month, but the price offered for geese dropped SO per cent, or from 10 to 5 cents a pound. The price offered for colored hens is the most important one, j and considering the depressed markets, it is believed that the 14- j cent offer is about as high as can be looked for. Knowing that there was a possibility of prices falling still more. Agent Brandon arrang ed for a second car of the season as soon as he possibly could. CARL L.BAILEY OF PLYMOUTH, « OUT FOR SEAT I • ■ ■» Bailey Advocate of School ' Term Supported Without ; Any Property Tax j Elbert S. Peel, local attorney, an- ; nounced yesterday that he would not ( be a candidate to succeed himself as , State Senator from the second dis- | trict in .the Democratic primary next ) June. Mr. Peel, for two terms a j representative of this district in the , State Senate, explained that his duties j at home would make it impossible for : him to enter the race this year. According to reports received here today, H. S. Ward, last term senator ' from this district, will not re-enter the race this year, leaving the field open to new senate aspirants. Following Mr. Peel's announcement in which he stated he would not be ' a candidate for the office this year, Carl L. Bailey, Washington County attorney and one-time representative of that county in the legislature, an nounced that he would file for the of fice subject to the Democratic pri mary next June. The Roandlke Beacon, Plymouth newspaper, is carrying the following story today in connection with Mr. : Bailey's announcement: 1 Enactment of such legislation as will provide an adequately supported i State school system to be provided for 1 by revenue from sources other than ' property taxes is the battle cry of Carl ; L. Bailey, of Washington County, who announced today' his canldidacy for nomination as senator from the sec > ond district to the North Carolina > legislature, subject to the Democratic ! primary in June. : This district comprises the follow ' ing counties: Beaufort, Martin, Wash ington, Tyrrell, Hyde, Dare and Pam lico. Elbert S. Peel, of Williamston, will not run again for election, while r H. S. Ward, of Washington, is under stood to have decided against running to succeed himself. Mr. Bailey does not know of his running mate today, ) a* this district is allowed two sena , tors. Mr. Bailey is 33 years of age and t was graduated from Wake Forest CoW » lege in the year of 1919 with the de gree of bachelor of laws. Since grad-, . uation he has been in Washington I County politics, serving five years as recorder; one, term in the North Car olina General Assembly as represen tative from this county seven years as prosecuting attorney of the record-' ' ers court; and two terms as county I ' attorney, now holding the latter two ' offices. ! HEALTH REPORT ! FOR JANUARY e 3 Meningitis Case Reported 3 Near Hassell During Past Month . § #' e Five contagious diseases were re- I ported to the office of county health II officer during the month of January, it was learned here this week. While the number faf reportable dis ' eases was very small, a meningitis case in Hamilton Township, near Hassell, created some concern in health circles, No serious results are anticipated, however. A colored girl, 17 year» old, e was taken about two weeks ago, Dr. h Long, of Hamiltitf, reporting the case. Two cases of chickenpox were re ported at Williamston among white y children. One measles case was re ported at Robersonville, and a scarlet fever case was reported at Hamilton during the month, d Pneumonia was general throughout the county during the period, several - deaths resulting from the disease, it is' understood. - - - L » /* • % TALK PEACE BUT KEEP ON KILLING IN BATTLE ZONE —• — United States Now Has 17 War Ships and 7,000 Troops In China - They are talking peace and still en gaging in warefare over in China, big headlines in the papers promising peace one day and the next, in head lines even more glaring than those of the day before, they report concerted activities by armies and navies. Ja pan rejected" two of the issues in a peice proposal but left the door open for more peace talk. In the meantime, the Japs are rushing 11.000 men, an entire army division, to the Shanghai battle zone. More than 1,000 Chinese were killed in battles this week, and several hun dred others were wounded. Japan was willing to cease hostili ties in Shanghai if proper assurances were received that China would do likewise, to negotiate for the mutual withdrawal of the warring forces, and to agree to the establishment of a neu tral zone in the Chapei battle ground. But the Tokyo government rejected the proposals that preparations for fur ther hostilities cease and that neutral powers participate in mediation over existing controversies with China, par ticularly the Manchurian question. Other nations continue to rush re inforcements to the foreign settlement in Shanghai. Seven additional Amer ican warships, one cruiser and six de stroyers, arrived there yesterday, while the transport, "Chaumont" with a reg ular army regiment, 1,300 men, is, ex pected to arrive tomorrow. This brings the total American force* up to 7,000 in the Shanghai area. Several British warships have arrived, or arc expected immediately, while France and Italy are also sending reinforcements. AGENT'S* REPORT INDICATES LESS TOBACCO IN 1932 More Farmers Are Cleaning Fewer Seed This Year Than They Did Last * In his January report to the Martin commissioners, County Agent T. B. Brandon stated that he had cleaned enough tobacco seed to sow 330,600 yards for 208 farmers, that while morfe farmers were taking advantage of the service, the quantity of seed cleaned and treated was not as large as it was last year, indicating, the agent con tinued, that there might be a reduc tion in the Martin tobacco acreage this year. The agent spent a week making preparations for loading two poultry cars during the month, farmers ship ping 28,342 pounds and receiving $4,- 358.11. "The price paid at the car door was considerably higher than on local markets, effecting a saving for many farmers," the agent commented. Mr. Brandon's detailed report reads: 16 days spent in field work. 9 days spent in office work. 1 day holiday. 164 office conferences. 169 telephone calls. 166 letters written. 30 farms visited during the month. 916 miles traveled on official duties. 7 newspaper articles written. 99 hogs treated for 8 farmers. Lenten Seasdfi Begins ' Wednesday, February 10 j The Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday, February 10, is ear lier than for many years previous, and Easter will fall on March 27th. I Throughout the world I-ent will be i observed by millions of both Protest 'ants and Catholics. As the parish of the Church of the Advent is without a rector, the thought of the season mus be kept alive by the Woman's Auxiliary, which will meet Monday afternoon, February Bth, at 3:30 o'- clock at the home of Mrs. S. R. Biggs, north Watts Street. The program will carry the report o{ the convention which met in St. James' Church, Wil mington, on January 27th. Every member is earnestly requested to be present. . • Presbyterians Announce Their County Services Sunday, February 7, 1932: Church school at 10 a. m. Worship service and sermon at 11.15 a. m. Bear Grass Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Worship service and sermon at 7 p. m. v Roberaon's Farm >'y ' , Sunday school at 3 p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday night at 7:30 p. m. Farm Life Please note that there will be no service at this point Sunday. Do you attend Sunday achool and ' church? Now is * good time to begin. t a Nearly Half 19 Has Been Collected To Date " .A -*■ NAME FACULTY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY Course of Instruction Will Begin Monday, 15th of February The big community Sunday school rally, which is to he put on at the Baptist church in February is so well under way that the faculty was an nounced yestercfay. Having the entire town to draw up on (or the faculty for this school, the pastor of the local church feels that in making the announcement, he has » assembled a group of capa'ulc teachers i I who practically assure tbe success of | the school. Those teaching are as follows: Mrs. • Pattie Edmondson Taylor, the ReV. I Z. T. PiephofT, Mrs. C. B. Hassell, • Mrs. C. T. Rogers, and the pastor of I the church. The Rev. J. M. Perry, " of the local Christian church, has ■ kindly consented to lead the congre gational singing and some of the • teachers will have assistants to be an i nounced later. This is to be a community school, and the classes above the junior de : partment will be opened to the general public. In other words, young men ' j and young women from other I I churches, as well as adults, will not only be welcomed, but invited. 1 1 And with a faculty representing the ' I five churches, it is felt that the school ' will gather in to its sessions large groups of people from the town. t The church school will open Monday night, February IS, and there will be t a session each evening through I?ri- day. None of the sessions will last I more than an hour. It is not a study ' course for those coming, and there will he no books to be purchased, and r I no examinations to be taken. This is lone school where the teachers do the work, and those coming merely hear. This mid-winter community school ) is being built around the idea of the I scope, function and possibilities of the j | modern-day Sunday school. And the j jvery first session opens up with the ft j story—a most interesting one—of the i beginning of the Sunday school sys-j j item, and its fight for a place in the [regular work of the churches. I Heretofore these schools have been well attended. And the sessions this s 'year come just after the monthly tests at the public schools. So, there will [be no conflict there. j . « ■RECORDER HAS ;l ONLY ONE CASE i I. . * • r Joe Peel, Jr., Found Not Guilty of the Alleged Theft of a Pistol • • Calling only one case, the county recorder's court held one of the short est sessions last Tuesday in many weeks, the tribunal finding Joe Peel, i. .jr., not guilty of the alleged theft of i, a pistol. Peel, young colored boy! recently acquitted of the killing of j Hubert Sutton, colored, pleaded not guilty to the thift charge. No session of the court will be held ) next Tuesday as Judge Bailey will be out of town for the day, it was an n nounced Tuesday. ' MAKES APPEAL " ! TO GOVERNOR t Woman Directed To Seek n Aid from Local Wel -9 fare Agencies y _ '-| The poor and rich alike have ap ' pealed, to Governor Gardner during II the past few months, the rich prob n ably appealing for protection of their I- riches and the poor appealing for y bread and clothing. e Addressing a letter to Mr. Gard ner recently, Alice Dawes, aged ne gress of this county, appealed for aid for, her daughter, Alice Williams. g This morning the old colored woman, who, by the sweat of +ier face, reared a large family, came to this office and presented the following letter ad -5 dressed to her daughter and signed by Edwin Gill, private secretary to the governor: "Governor Gardner is in receipt of "J your letter of recent date and is very sorry indeed that he is unable to help you. There are so many calls of this nature that he has been compelled to decline all except those in which he is personally interested. "I would suggest that you appeal o to the welfare organization of your county or to the peopIFTSf your com d munity who know your circumstances.' The aged woman was directed to local welfare workers. ■ * «. - M * ! BUNDLE DAY 1! A (air-sized collection of cloth ing, old but serviceable, was made , in a canvass of the town yesterday afternoon by the local scouts un der the direction of Scoutmaster Martin. Hardly was the canvass completed when welfare workers distributed many of the garments to needy school children. Calls for aid are increasing, and when the supply collected yester day is exhausted, welfare work ers will be handicapped in contin uing their work. Many pooplp were not at home when the scouts called yesterday, and another bun dle day might be arranged later on. OAK CITY SCHOOL SERVES SOUP TO SEVENTY PUPILS —*— - T Attendance in School There Holding Up Very Well, Principal Ainsley Says Oak City, Feb. 4. In serving hot lunches to pupils here,- the local par ent-teacher association is rendering a; valuable work to both the school and | the boys anil girls, it was pointed otit! I>y Principal 11. M. Ainsley today. Seventy children were served hot vegetable soup and crackers last I Tuesday by the school. Forty-eight j of the children paid (or their lunch j by bringing canned food to school. Fifteett others were served without cost to them, and seven more paid in cash for the meal, it was stated. j Superintendent .las, ('. Manning was a visitor In our school last Tuesday, ind saw the lunch project in action, and he .was much impressed with its 'success. Mr. Mann!".g has been a regular visitor for the pa t fall and he is always welcome, an I his pres-j ence appreciated by the rhool anil fa culty. He brin.cs us good, ideas and has that spiTt >f optimism that help* teache *. The hot lunch is alv.aysJ supervised liy some patron of the school working with a group of school girls. The following ladies have al | ready served in this capacity: Mrs. I VV. 1). Ilyn:an, Mrs. 11. M. Ainsley,! I Mrs. J. (.'. Ross, Mrs, T. W. Daven port and Mrs. James Rawls. Other| ladies who can assist a day to the j week will greatly aid the committee in charge by forwarding their names to the principal. Send your note by | your chilli or messenger next week! land same will be arranged to meet' your convenience Parent-Teacher Meeting The parent-teacher association will hold its regular meeting Tuesday eve ning, February 9, in the school audi toriuin. All members are invited to be present as there is vital business' under ciflisideration. High scjiool attendance is holding i up unusually well, and attendance for the elementary grades has been good (luring the past three weeks. How lever, roadS" are getting in bad shape, but the trucks are continuing to run. The truck mechanics respond very j quickly to any call, and it does not ( take them long to put a truck back j in running order following a break-1 down. Splendid cooperation, exi.st ing between 'patrons, mechanics and truck drivers, helps to make work very satisfactory. We appreciate all the good will support it is all for the 1 child, the citizen of tomorrow, —Re- ported. * FARMERS MEET AT'JAMESVILLE ♦ - Discuss Tomato Growing and Shipping; To Meet Again Next Tuesday Fifty or more farmers, meeting in • the Jamesville school building last - night, discussed tomato growing a.id I shipping for nearly two hours, but . came to no definite conclusions. A , second meeting will be held, there next I 'I uesday night at 7:30, when the mat- I ter will be further discussed. John VV. .Harden,, manager of a ' packing concern in 1 Plymouth, ap ! peared before the meeting, offering information in connection with the f growing aiul handling the crop for r shipment. > The meeting was divided last night, ' some of the farmers thinking it best > to si:*n up with the Plymouth con s. cern, others desiring to sell through a commission merchant and ship di- I rect from Jamesville. Professor W. ' T. Overby is anxious to have the - farmers of that section meet again ' next Tuesday night and decide upon • some definite plan to follow in grow-' ing and marketing the crop tM» j. ~ _ Watch the Label On YOUT Paper Aa It. Carrie* the Date When Your Subscription Expire* ESTABLISHED 1898 COLLECTIONS 2.7 PER CENT MORE THAN YEAR AGO * Law Does Not Provide for Postponement of Tax Sales This Year Forty-three and one-half per cent of Martin County's 1931"tax levy has been collected, it was learned from Sheriff C. B. Roebuck's office here yesterday morning, the collections being 2.7 per cent ahead of those for the 1930 levy as of February 3, 1931. On February 3, last iyear, there re mained uncollected approximately $175,0(H) on the 1930 levy, as compared with $131,812.58 remaining uncollected on the 1931 levy. The collections to date, $101,467.72, ' reflect much credit upon Martin's prop erty owners, placing, it the county at the top in the percentage of | taxes collected in Has tern North (,'ar folina so far this year. It is further be jlieved Jliat Martin's citizens and tax payers will continue to accept their responsibilitcs and make every elfort --- * possible to settle their tax accounts for the year 1931. It is understood that the emergency | law passed by the last legislature em ! powering! couiVy commissioners to J postpone ta.x sales last year ilops not j apply tQ the 1931 levy, and in that case only three more months, including j this one, remain before property will i be advertised for taxes unpaid for the I year 1931. Agitation for lower . taxes is to be , welcomed, but agitation against the I payment of taxes is endangering the » I welfare and progress of the people in ' those districts where much* has been said and little has been done to meet responsibilities so willingly accepted when times were "good." j Sheriff C. B. Roebuck and his depu ties ate extending property owners ever consideration possible in handling i the 1931 collections, and it is hoped that Martin County people will main tain their records, even though the task is no easy one. ' Collections made and already* turned over to the county treasurer are dis tributed as follows in the ten town ships: I Jamesville $ 4,377 87 | Williams 1,819.83 Griftins , 4,705.65 I Bear Grass . 4.167.74 | Williamston 50,221 78 *■ ,('ross Roads 3,700.84 Robersimvilje 16,119.82 | Poplar Point 1.450.90 | Hamilton . .7,279,74 i Moose Nest 5,408.08 Total $99,257.25 Several thousand more dollars have been turned over since the report was ' made, Sheriff C. B. Roebuck stated fut noon today, adding that more than ' half the amount was I Robersonville Township. PLAY LEADS TO . SUNDAY FIGHT George Taylor and Rufus Gaynor, Colored, Use Knives at Gold Point | (ieorge 'Taylor cut Rufus Gaynor's I head and Rufus Gaynor cut (ieorge I Taylor's face in a fight growing out of a playful mixup in Gold Point Sun day. The two colored men were sche duled for trial in the county court .Jast Tuesday, but the case was con tinued as Taylor's wounds would not I permit of his attending, ! Gaynor, telling of the affray, said that the play had -progressed for sev eral minutes, that as time-passed he I became suspicious of Taylor's tac tics. "Is it a play or a fight?" Gaynor ! claims to have asked Taylor. "Fight," was 'Taylor's answer, .and then Gay-* nor started fighting in earnest, he said.. While Taylor is nursing his wounds, Gaynor is resting in the county jail. Both men have families. Mellon Quits Treasury \ For Diplomatic Post ♦ Andrew H. Mellon, the high finance man of the United States Treasury during two administrations, quits the job/to go to the Court of St, James as American Ambassador to Great Britian, it was announced this week. Mr. Mellon succeeds i Charles G. Dawes as ambassador to the St.. James Court antfr Ogden Mills takes Mr. Mel lon's place as secretary of the treasury, subject, of course, to con firmation by the Senate. Mellon leaves the treasury after 11 years its head to accept one of the most highly prized diplomatic posts ' afforded by the United State* Go*- 1 eminent. »
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