North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 24 ARREST 5 YOUNG NEGRO BOYS FOR SERIES THEFTS Rob Standard Station and Btor* Hera During Past Tan or Twelve Days Charged with a aeries of robberies daring the past tea days, five yomsg negroes. Albert WOaoa, Willie J"" Maneon, J. D. Wiggins, King Daeid Carson and Jake Ed war da, were mealed late Wednesday night by Chief of Police W. B. Daniel and Of ficer Albhroofc and placed in jail. Wilson and Manaon are charged with entering the filling station op •"••d by Mr. Joe Gregory, near the warehouses, iaat Sunday night a week agdk When questioned last Wednes day aight. the two admitted they en teral the filling station and told that thep stole approximately $lO worth of goade. The ether three boys, when questioned by the officers, said they store of the Mutual In vestment Company on the Waahlngton Rand the sent night and stole a quan tity of goods.- Oiisn had been working on the ease and were planning to make an ar rest when Wiggins and Edwards with Canon acting m »n intermediary, broke into the Standard Fitting Sta tion on the Jameaville and Washing tog Roads fork. The two boys stole a pistol and several dollars in cash. They gave It to King David, who was to establish contact with the owner, Mr. Jodie Barhnill. The boy asked too much reward, $5, for the return of the pistol, and Mr. BarnhiN reported it ta the police. Details surrounding the three thefts were given in full, each one describing every activity. The boy* wM questioned until early yes ferday morning, and while they re maned silent when questioned about tbe robbery of the Harris Mlmg sta tion n«ar the river, officers think they know something about it. The five an' aow is Jail awaitia* trial. Edwards, a thief and robber of rep utation, has been in jail most of the time since he was 12 years old, and has been oat of the penitentiary only a fnw weeks. He was bald in the eonaty jail here for some time on sev eral occasions, and hardly before he waa ont of sight of the hooeegow he would rob somebody or steal some thing. He is only 17 years old, and to review his criminal record it would require a column or more of anybody's P«P«r- RETURN STOLEN CAR TO OWNER Goods Pound In Car Belong To Party Unknown To Owner of Car The Chevrolet cabriolet, stolen in i Rosboro April 30 and recovered here i last Sundagr morning, was tamed over I to its owner, J. B. Phoems, this week. It was learned that the merchandise foand in the aur did not belong to the car owner, bat that it wa» apparently 1 stolen from sosne small store between here and Rnbon. It was first report ed here that the goods were stolen i from a store is Roxboro. Inquiring of store owners in this , section, local oftcers have been unable to ind where the goods came from. , Chief Daniel is advertising for tlrai ; owner, and ■llll the goods are , claimed and identified within the next few weeks they will be turned over , to local welfare agencies, it was said. 1 More Then 100 Register In County iot Primary While fak-eiaod registrations have btea reported iioaiortM precincts in this county, it is estimated that hard I ly one third of those entitled to reg-j istcr have inuifcf their names on the boahs. It' is generally believed that tha naatlirr of aswly registered voters will hardly offset the losses re selling from death and removal to oth er sscriaas Up «ptil yesterday, five precincts re ported 112 aaw names as follows: Croat loth, IS; Robersonville, 35;. Gooae Neat. >. Bear Grass, S; andj Williametoa, 71. Complete reports from the other seven precincts could ant be had, hat it is understood that casapasaliwely few have registered for the pti—y jwrt Former Resident Returns. for First VMt in IS Years Iflha O. Cooper, former resident ef thil fhn, returned this week for hie tmt visit in If years, findiftg so many rhtqpt be conid hardly recog nise *e place Mr. Cooper was em ployed by 4* Martin and Biggs Fur nitare Company here a number of years gemg from here when the factory bmaed dows, to JamesriUe. what* he worhad in the Astoria mills. SJane that thnehehaa beta engaged Virginia, WBasiagton, and Mount Otive, four years he THE ENTERPRISE lAttle Tax Money Is Being Received by Inactivity surrounds the tax sit uation fas the county, according to a report rslsased this week by Sheriff C. B. the first of the wwnl ** the office i«« collected bat during the past few days only a few accounta have been paid, involving very emftll amounta, die sheriff Mated. Despite the slow collections Just at this time, ft wan reliably learn ed thin week that the county la in a position to meet its obligations and maintain Its credit during the fnmlny lUOUlltr HKWths. * Three of the coantjes adjoining Martin have already defaulted in msedng their obligations, and, ac cording to a published report re RECORDER HAD NINE CASES HERE LAST TUESDAY Pair-sized Crowd Spectators Hear Proceedings At Session Here . Calling nine cases here .last Tuesday, the county recorder's court, with Judge Joe. W. Bailey presiding and H. O. Peel prosecuting, attracted a fair-sized crowd of litigants and spec tators even though there were no cases of any great interest scheduled for trial. John R. Whichard, man, charged with driving an automo bile while under the influence of li quor, pleaded not guilty, but, after hearing the evidence, the court ad judged him guilty and fined him SSO with the costs attached. He appealed hij case, bond being required in the sum of $l5O. Whichard was driving out of the Poplar Point road into the Hamilton road Thursday afternoon of last week and ran into a car driven by Cleveland Mitchell, of Aulander. The case will be called again the 20th of next month. Judgment was suspended in the case charging Lester Keel with disposing of mortgaged property, the court sus pending the judgment upon the con dition that Keel pay the cost of the action between now and next October. The case charging Pete Fowden, jr., with operating a car under the law ful age of 16 years waa referred to the juvenile court. Charged with an assault, J. F. Flan nagan was fined sls and taxed with the costs. Notice of appeal was given by him. James C. Rogers was sentenced to the roads for a term of three months, and Ettnm James *u sentenced to the roads for four months, when they were found guilty of manufacturing liquor. Finding no probable cause against the defendants, Dennis Barber and C. M. Barber, the case charging them with housebreaking and larceny was dismissed. When the prosecuting witness failed to appear, the case charging Arthur Lillcy with an assault on a female, was continued. i Edward Harrell, of near Roheraon ville, waa sentenced to the roads for a period of 12 months, when he waa de clared guilty of aasaulting Walter Gainor, colored, last Saturday. He appealed to the higher courts. James Rodgers, found guilty of be ing drunk and diaorderly, was sen tenced to jail for a period of 30 days. Curb Market Activities Reported by Home Agent With the 2 per cent commission re ceived from each seller here on the curb market the sellers have paid for all tables used for selling at the mar ket and will soon complete payment! for all bills incurred. The commis sion then will go to improve the mar ket for the patrona and further the sales of the market to benefit all sell ers. A partial list of our prices fol lows: Eggs, 11 cents dosen; spinach, 3 cents pound; butter, 22 cents pound; radishes, 2 cento bunch; garden peas, S cents pound; strawberries, 7 1-2 cents qnart; kale, 2 cents pound; csb bsge, 2 1-2 cents pound; cream, 25 cento pint; carrots, 5 cents bunch; new potatoes, 6 cents pound; aspara gus, 20 cents bunch. Robersonville Advertises Its Delinquent Ts* Lists The Town of Robersonville and the Robereonville Good Roads District are advertising delinquent tax liats pre paratory to sale of properties next month, according to information re ceived here. Collections there are said to compare very favorably with those made last year, it waa learned. In May of hut year, ft per cent of the taxes had been collected, as compared with 70 per cent ap until aow for the 1991 levy. " . » 7- ' Williamston, Mturtia County, North Carolina, Friday, May 20,1932 band by State Treasurer Stsdman thia week, several thouaand dollar* are being withheld from the school allotments and applied on indebted QMS dllt AUd to the state IkM ■**- w r r>»»■ if ■ ■ Dy tne tnrec counncß. The postponement of tax aalee in the county ia only temporary, more definite action in that con nection to be taken in the next regular meeting of the county board of commissioners, it ia un daratood. If the sales aren't de ferred the next first Monday, ad vertiaing of the delinquent Uata will be in order the early part of June preparatory to the sales that will automatically follow die first Monday in July, it is further un derstood. SUMMER SCHOOL HERE THIS YEAR Pupils Will Register Next Tuesday for Term To Last Six Weeks Arrangements for holding a summer school here during the next six weeks have been made complete, and regis trations will be handled next Tues day preparatory to beginning classes the following day, it was announced by Principal William R. Watson this week. The faculty for the school has not been announced, the Hit depending up on the number of pupils enrolling for the term. The primsry purpose of the summer school, Mr. Watson said, is to afford an opportunity for pupils to remove conditions on regular school work. In this way pupils may keep up regular grades without falling behind in diffi cult subjects. With the increased teacher load during the regular school term it is difficult to arrange courses for irregular pupils. The summer school makes it possible for irregular students to catch up on conditioned classes. Thl secondary purpose of the summer school is to give an oppor tunity for review and special work in subjects that have caused worry in the past., The •ummcr school ii planned and operated according to the regulation* of the State Department of Educa tion. The length of the term it six week* or 30 clait days. Credit* earn ed are acceptable to any high ichool or elementary school. . Courses in all high school and ele mentary school subjects will be offered provided there is sufficient demand for them. Pupils wishing to take advantage of the instruction are asked to get in touch with Principal W. R. Wat»on not later than next Tuesday. WILL GRADUATE AT WAKE FOREST William A. Greene, of Rob ersonville; D. M. Price, Of Williamston | Wake Forest. —Two ions of Martin County citizens are among the 133 ! Weke Forest College seniors slated to receive degrees in June. They are Darnell M. Price, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Price, of Williamston; and Wil liam A. Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Us Greene, of Robersonville. These Martin County boys have made a definite contribution to college life during their stay here. Mr. Price, although in his first year at Wake For est, is editor of The Student, literary and humorous magazine of the col lege. He is a mamber of Delta Tau Delta and Pi Delta Upsilon.' Mr. Greene is a member of the Pan-Hel lenic Council, the governing body of social fraternities, a member of the William Edgar Marshall Medical So ciety and of Theta Kappa Psi, medi cal, and Chi Tau, social, fraternities. Mr. Price is a candidate for the Bachelor of Science Degree. He ulti mately plans to undertake the study of law. Mr. Greene is a candidate for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Medicine. Next fall he will enter a senior medical college to complete hi» training. Wake Forest is the oldest and larg est Baptist college for men in the United States. This session it has 800 students enrolled from 95 North Car olina counties and foreign areas. Eleven Children Ready for Legal Adoption In State Eleven babies, nine boys and two girla, are fcady for legal adoption into approved foster homes in this state, according to a letter received here this week from the Children's Home So ciety of North Carolina, Greensboro. The age* of the children vary from 4, to 24 months, it waa stated. Interested parties an invited to make application at once. FORMER COUNTY GIRL IS SHOT BY BROTHER-IN-LAW Frank Smith Ends His Own Life After Killing Mrs. James R. Smith An inexplicable tragedy was report ed in Wilmington last Wednesday when Frank Smith, 18 years old, shot and fatally injured his sister-in-law, Mrs. James R. Smith, and then took his own life. Before her marriage Mrs. Smith was Miss Varina Smith, of Robersonville, • sister to Mr. Hubert Smith, an em ployee of the Williamston Motor Com pany herp. Mrs. Smith, very attract ive and well known in this county, was only 22 years old and had been married only a few months. Mrs. Smith was shot without warn ing. She was going to the front door of her mother-in-law's home when the youth stepped into the hallway, leveled a shotgun and shot her in the back. Young Smith turned, ran to the landing of a stairway and shot him self in th body. He died instantly, but Mrs. Smith lived for an hour, dy ing in a hospital while a blood trans fusion was being given here. She died without making any statement. Her husband, Sergeant James R. Smith, State Highway patrolman, who is stationed in Wilmington, was with her when she died. Mrs. Kate Smith, widow of a Wil mington policeman and mother of Frank and James, was sitting on her front porch when her daughter-in-law was shot. She said she knew no rea son for the slaying and Frank's sui cide. Funeral services were conducted in Wilmington yesterday afternoon, in terment following in a cemetery there- METHODISTS TO HAVE REVIVAL Series of Services Beginning Next Monday To Last Through Week By C. T. ROGERS, Pastor Who is praying and working for the salvation of souls during this season of evangelistic services? So much de pends on the church members. Is your friend or loVed ones safe? Don't miss a service at the Chrsitian church this week. Then next week all the folks are to meet at the Methodist church. Will any one be left unsaved at the close of these meetings? If so, why? Think seriously, friends, for some of us will not be here 12 months from today. People of Williamston, prepare to meet your God and remem ber today is the day of salvation. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Preaching service, 11 a. m. No service in the evenirfg, as we all are to worship with our friends at the Christian church. Remember, members, Sunday is our pay-up Sunday for the second quar ter. All members are urged to see the church treasurer and help make a good report. Si* months have passed. You will be sent a report for the whole church by June 1. We hope no one will draw a blank. Program for W««k For women only, from 14 on up, Monday, 9 a. m. To continue through the week. Monday afternoon at 2, for chil dren. - * Monday night at 8, Rev. T. W. Lee, of Windsor. Tuesday night at 8, Rev. C. H. Dickey, of Williamston. Wednesday night at 8, Rev. J. M. Perry, Williamston. Thursday night at 8, Rev. Ernest C. Kolb, of Windsor. Friday night at 8, Rev. Z. T. Piep hoff, Williamston. . Saturday night at 8, Rev. A. E. Brown, Robersonville. Rev. Miss Hosford will have charge of all the day services and direct the music at the night services. Only a few more days. Don't miss a service. All are welcome and urged to attend. Miss Sleeper Announces Dates for Girs' Camp By lfiss LORA E. SLEEPER The annual encampment for the girl* wil be hied this year the week of July 5 at Neuse Forest, near New Bern. Five counties will come to gether for the encampment during the week, and it ia poisible Jhii will be the largest camp ever to be held in the Northeastern district. The following counties arc planning to have girls in camp: Pitt Beaufort, Martin, Edge combe, and Northampton. Plana are being made by the home agents of these counties to make this the very best camp ever held for girls. The fee will be $2 this year, which includes transportation down and return, rent, and materials used in instruction. This jrcar a trained nurse will be secured and two life-savers. Details will be given to the press later concerning the program for the days, etc. LISTED VALUES IN GOOSE NEST OFF BUT LITTLE Three Percent. Decrease Is Reported In Values By List-taker Rawls. A surprisingly small decrease in property values for 1932 was reported in Goose Nest Township by Mr. J. A. : Rawls, list-taker, who completed the | work there yesterday, it was learned I from Tax Supervisor C. Ben Riddick here this mornihg. | The $37,469 decrease reflects a valu ation loss of only 3 per cent, Mr. Rid dick pointing out that 100 head of team were sold and carried out of the district during the period. In 1931, the total property values there were $1,469,112, divided as follows: White, $1,224,563; colored, $244,549. In his list, the first one completed in the county, Mr., Rawls shows the 1932 values to be $1,431,643, divided sl,- 185,978 among the whites, and $245,- 665 among the colored people of the township. Marked decreases have been pre dicted in 1932 property values, but it is certain that if the other districts show a report as favorable as the one in Goose Nest, there won't be much of a change after all. PAINFULLY HURT IN AUTO WRECK Willie Whitley Recovering From Injuries Received In Jamesville Wreck Mr. 'Willie Whitley, prominent Grttfins Township farmer, was pain fully but not seriously hurt in an au tomobile-truck wreck at a highway crossing in Jamesville shortly after the noon hour la&t Wednesday. Mr. Whit ley was given first aid treatment by Dr. J. E. Smith wick and later removed to his home in the Farm Life section. Mr. Whitley, riding in the truck with his colored driver, had started a cross the highway when a Chevrolet, driven by Mrs. C. E. Layton, of Per quimans County, ran into it. The col ored driver escaped without injury, and only one of the occupants in the Chevrolet, a colored woman, was cut but not seriously. The truck was wrecked and consider able damage was done to the car. Mrs. Will Griffin Died at Her Home Near Everetts Mrs. Will Griffin, of near Everetts, died at her home there last Saturday of cancer. She had suffered from the disease for some time. Before her marriage she was Miss Annie Cooper, of Williamston, Sur viving are Mr. Griffin and three daughters, Mrs. Lizzie Mae Clark and Misses Allic and Carrie Griffin, all of near Evcretts. She also leaves*one brother, Milton Cooper, of Whiteville. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon by Rev. R. A. I'llil lips, of Everett*, and interment was in the family burial ground on the home farm. , District Meet Episcopalians at Hamilton Next Week * The regular annual meeting of the Womin's Auxiliary of the-Eighth district, which consists of the Episco palians in Bertie and Martin Coun ties, will be held next Wednesday, May 25, at St. Martin's, Hamilton, N. C. The meeting will begin at 10 o'clock and close at the lunch hour, 1:30 o'- clock. Those ladies using their cars will please have them at the church door promptly at 9 o'clock. All those de siring to attefM the meeting will also meet at 9 o'clock at the church. Seine Fishing In Roanoke About Over lor the Season Fishing activities in the Roanoke are about over for the season, the seines operated by C. C. Fleming at Camp Point and at Jamesville having been removed from the . stream yes terday and today. The season, as a whole, has not been a very successful one, it is understood. POLITICS Uncsrtainity surrounded the po litical situation in the county to day as the time for filing is fast drawing to a close. Chairman Sylvester Peel, st noon today, talked as if he waa expecting a visit or two by office aspirants yet unannounced in the county. No new developments were re ported by Mr. Peel at noon today other than a race for constable in Cross Resda Township, H. O. Daniel being the second to ile there. A complete roster of candidates will be announced next week. Plan Distribution of Flour to County Poor I VETERANS'NAMES 1 v j Many World War vMrui, at the request of Adjutant W. B. Dunn, of the John Walton Has a«U post have forwarded their names, addresses, and ssrvice rec ords for permanent filing, Mr. Dunn said yesterday. However, there are many who have failed to comply with the request, the adju tant making a second appeal in an effort to make complete the ros ter for this county. The adjuatant urges the veterana to give com plete records of their service, in cluding race. REVIVAL BEING WELL ATTENDED Series of Services in Chris tian Church Here To Close Sunday Starting last Monday night, the series of services being conducted at the local Christian church have been well attended, all indications pointing to a successful meeting. Services will continue through Sunday evening. In addition to the regular evening services, meetings have been held each morning and afternoon by Miss Caro lyn Hosford, whS has done a splen did work with the younger people. Tonight the children will occupy the choir and lead the song service. Only one service will be held to» morrow and that will be at the eve ning hour. A splendid spirit of cooperation has prevailed among all the people of the community since the beginning of a meeting which was held in the Church of the Advent last week. Presbyterians Announcing Revival At Bear Grass Sunday, May 22, 1932: The usual services will be held in the Williamston church Sunday morn ing, Church school at 9:45 and wor ship service and sermon at II a. m. Bear Grass | Church school will be held-at 9:30 ( a. in. and preaching at Bp. m. Begin ning Monday morning at 9 o'clock the children of the community will meet At the church each day for two weeks to j stydy the Bible, memorize Bible verses, learn new songs, engage in various ! kinds of hand-work, learn, the 1 cate jchism, have stories told to them, and enjoy themselves in play and recrea tion. The hours between 9 and 11:30 will be divided into various class per -1 iods as they are in the daily schools. This school will be called a daily va cation Bible school. Children between | the ages of 4 and 15 arc urged to at tend. The school will be in charge lof Miss Jane Grey, of Bedford, Va., 'and Rev. W. Payne Brown, of Eden -1 ton. Beginning Monday night at 8 p. m. I and continuing for two weeks Rev. F. M. Dick, of Ahoskie, will hold a se ries of services in the Bear Grass Pres byterian Community Chapel. Rob«rson's Farm Chapal Church school at 4 p. m. each Sun day and prayer meeting every Tliurs -1 day night at 8 p. m. These are your services;—take ad vantage of them. Thieves Steal 600 Gallons of Sinclair Gasoline Here A gasoline robbery on the whole sale plan was effected at the storage ' tanks of the Sinclair Refining Com pany on Roanoke River here some time last Tuesday night, according to I reports reaching the sheriff's office on' | Wednesday. Approximately 600 gal-i | lons bf gasoline were drawn from onrj i of the big tanks, according to an es | timate made by one of the company j officials. " It is believed the. thieves used bolt ( | clippers in removing the locks 'to open . the pipeline valves. No tracka were I found, as a rain had fallen before the theft was discovered, and officers are without clues to continue the investi- I gation. American Legion Square Dance A Success Here \ The square dance sponsored by the county post of the American Legion here last Wednesday night was well attended and greatly enjoyed. Legion naires and their friends were here from all parta of the county, and a well mannered and orderly group added to the success of the event. Approximately S3O was raised, the po*t planning to use the amount in opening permanent quarters here, it it understood. Advertiser. Will Fad Our Col- Kii-SSX *£?£= ESTABLISHED 1898 ORGANIZATION IS COMPLETED FOR EACH TOWNSHIP Name Representatives To Investigates Requests for Free Flour Beginning tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, local welfare workers will dis tribute government-furnished flour to needy families free of all cost, it was announced yesterday afternoon follow ing a meeting of the committee in charge of the distribution. Two rep resentatives will give away the flour to the needy each Saturday afternoon between 2 and 5 o'clock at the stor„e adjoining the J. O. Manning Gro cery Company on Main Street. Those applying for flour will find it necessary to see the representative in their respective township and get an order blank. No flour will be given out unless the claim of the applicant is proven and accompanied by a writ ten order from the person in the township or district where the request originates. The committee yesterday named representatives to issue the written requests for the needy, and it is hoped they will support the com mittee in its effort to perfect an ef fective distribution system. In Jamesville Township, J. R. Man ning has been asked to consider the requests at first hand and in those cases where he considers the appli cant worthy, to prepare a draft upon the committee here, where it will be honored with a 24-pound bag of flour. Other representatives have been asked to serve as follows: Williams Town ship, Joshua L. Coltrain; Griffins Township, W. 11. Harrington; Bear Grass Township, Bennett Rogerson; YVilliamston, John F.. Pope; and Pop lar Point Township, Van G. Taylor. A quantity of the flour is being car ried to Oak City for distribution in Goose Nest Township by the welfare committee there. Flour for the needy families in Robersonville, Hamilton, and Cross Roads Townships will be distributed by the Red Cross commit tee in Robersonville, making complete a county-wide distributing system. The Red Cross Flour is being pro vided for families in actual need, and dead-beats who prefer begging rather than scratching for themselves are warned to go slow in their requests.- Delayed distribution was considered by the committee at one time, but fear ing the flour would be damaged by the fall, the welfare workers decided to. start handing it out immediately. NUMBER TIRES STOLEN HERE Extra Tires And Wheels Lifted from Several* Cars Here in Past Few Days They, the scoundrels, will steal to ride and ride to steal, but several lo cal car owners believe they will come nearer stealing first. Thieves have stolen several spare tires and wheels froiq automobiles here duriug the p»st day or two, and while officers are now investigating the thefts, no arrests have been made. A traveling man lost a tire and wheel from his car parked in front of the Atlantic Hotel last night. Mr. B. F. Elks lost k wheel and tire from his Ford parked on Haughton Street last night, and Dr. J. S. Rhodes lost two spare tires and wheels a few nights ago. Mrs. Annie M. Elks, who lives on Hatton Street, reported the theft of a tire and wheel from her car night before last. Only One Preaching Service at Baptist Church Sunday —: • — 1 — ' The pastor will occupy the pulpit at the Memorial Baptist church Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock hour And following a well-established custom prevailing in the church and conufrunityi there will be no evening service in this church, thus giving to the members and attendants upon this church's services an opportunity to participate in the closing service of the series of meetings which have been in progress at the Chrristian church this week. «. Continue Efforts To Form a County Ball Club Here Efforts to organise a baseball club are still under way here, approximate ly (200 having been pledged already, according to Mr. Mayo Grimes, who is taking an active interest in the un dertaking. If a subscription can be obtained sufficient to finance a dob, a connciiiun w«in *u" gue will be made, according to pres ent plana.