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Watch the Label Oa Yoor Paper Aa It- Carries the Data Whan Yoor Subscription Expiree VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 25 SEED FUND HAS HELPED 32 NEEDY IN THIS SECTION Believe Fund Will Prove of Valuable Worth When Next Winter Comes One or two batches of seeds given out through the Enterprise seed fund might be lost in the tares, but it is believed that virtually all of the 32 ap plicants will cultivste their seed and bring forth multiplied harvests worth many, many times more than the orig inal cash expenditure. The demands for seed were greatest last Saturday, when more than a bush el of peas and about $lO worth of as sorted seeds were distributed. Hominy beans and field peas should be plenti ful next fall and winter in those homes where starvation is ssid to have lurked during the cold months of 1931 and 1932. And then collard and csbbage seeds have been given much consid eration in garden planning for those unemployed and more or less depend ent upon the graces of their fellow man. As a whole, the seed fund has been championed by a very few liberal giv ers, the masses giving it very little interest and even less money. How ever, reports coming back from those sharing in the distribution are encour aging, indicating that much good can be expected as a result of the fund. Unable to hire a team, one applicant prepared an acre of land for planting with a grubbing hoe. With a large portion of the tract planted in field peas and other parts ptanted to a large assortment of other seeds, the fast aging colored man and his family will not go hungry this coming fall and winter. His example is a worthy one and ihould be followed by others. Those who stand by and sleep now will find it difficult to get oil in the trying hour next fall and winter, it is believed. The numerous calls for seed had just about depleted the supply of field peas on hand when Mr. Lucian Har dison brought in another bushel day before yesterday for distribution a mong the needy. Nearly half of them had been given up until noon today. The fund is about depleted, but ad ditional contributions will not be ask ed just now. COUNCIL MEETS AT JAMESVILLE Club Women Entertained with Fish Dinner There Yesterday Noon • By Miss Lora B. Sleeper, Agent Jamesville Home Demonstration Club women established a precedent in the history of Martin County Ex tension activities when they invited the county council to a fish dinner there yesterday. Twenty-nine women repre ■enting the clubs of Poplar Chapel, Parmele, Everetts, Farm Life, Mace donia, Palmyra and Holly Springs be sides the 20 members from the Jamea yville club assembled in the Jamesville club rooms at 11 a. m. Owing to rain the meeting waa held immediately and after the necessary business of the meeting, the Jamesville women invited their guests to a luncheon which was abuntant, proving much work put forth on the part of the entertainers. The women were much surprised when invited to go on a boat up the river toward Williamston and return. The trip was given the ladies through the kindness of the club members and W. B. Gaylord, of Jameaville. All wo men in attendance were indeed grate ful for a day of genuine pleasure af forded them through the efforts of the Jamesville women and other towns people. The county council in its regular sea sion voted this year to have a welfare fund with Mrs. Eason Lilley to have charge of this fund. County dues were reported paid and a pledge of $lO to the Jane S. McKimmon student loan fund was also reported paid with a .mill balance in the treasury. The neat council meeting will be the regular field day meeting in August and will be held at Mrs. Will Taylor's near Williamston. - . » .i .. New $70,000 PostofGce for Williamston Is Mentioned • ~ The erection of a new $70,000 post office in Williamston was mentioned this week in a Federal relief program sponsored by Speaker John N. Garner of the House of Representatives, The program aa sponsored by Mr. Garner wosld provide the. expenditure of mil lions of dollars in the state during the next fiscal year. Prospects for the erection of a build ing bete and others in other towns are not very bright, however. Oldest Clergyman • ♦ "■ The world's oldest clergyman is said to be the Rev. D. R Norman, 103, of BmecMs, Warwick, England. THE ENTERPRISE Boy Found Asleep in Bathtub With Water Up To His Mouth (Roberaonville Herald) Joseph, the seven-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. V. A. Ward, badly frightened the members of the family and proved himself a (reg ular duck in the water last Satur day night when he was found sleeping in the bath tub wtfli |the water up to his month. And he was disappointed when ordered out of the tub to hia bed. Going to the bathroom about 8:30, the child waa thought to have completed his bath and continued on /to hia ragtdar bed. Later in the evening the boy's older broth GIVE AWAY MORE FLOUR TO NEEDY AH Applicants Must Make Their Claims Between 2 and 5 O'clock Needy families who are planning to push their claims for free flour here tomorrow are reminded that they will have to call at the temporary Red Cross quarters in the Episcopal church building on Main Street here between 2 and 5 o'clock or their requests will not be considered. Those planning to call for flour tomorrow afternoon and later con sidering attending the minstrel show will find it unnecessary to ask for more flour the following week. A few might get by, but welfare authorities are planning to refuse those aid who beg for bread and yet spend their money to see a "yallow gal" shake her legs. ""A Families who received flour last Sat urday in sufficient amount to run them for more than a week are warned not to request an additional helping to morrow afternoon. QUERY HUNTERS AS TO SEASONS Those Interested In Duck Hunting Are Asked To Answer Questions In an effort to determine the most suitable open season for shooting mi gratory fowl, Assistant State Game Warden Charles Moore, of Washing ton, is asking all interested in the sea son to answer the following questions and forward the answers to him: 1. If any of the following open sea sons—one month, six weeks, two months—should be permitted by the Federal regulations, please indicate by month and day the time (between Oc tober 1 and January 15) of the open season that would be most suitable for your section. 2. Would you suggest the adoption of an open season with a reduced num ber of shooting hours daily? If so, what hour, in your opinion, should shooting open and at what hour should it close? 3. What is your opinion of the rest day principle as applied to open aea* sons on migratory wild game birda? 4. If, for example, a 30-day aeason is allowed, would you prefer it extend ed over a three months period by the insertion of weekly rest daya, or would you recommend a solid, season of 30 consecutive days? * 5. If you favor an open season with weekly rest daya, please indicate on what days in each week shooting should be prohibited in your opinion. 6. Would you suggest a further re duction of bag limits? 7. Would you suggest the adoption of an amendment to prohibit shooting wild fowl over baited grounds and wsters? j 8. Would you suggest the adoption of an amendment to prohibit or reatrict the use of live decoys? 1 Mr. Moore states that reports re ceived from the nesting grounds in Canada indicate that ducks and geese will have a normal hatch this season. There are many hunters in this coun ty who visit the marshes along the coast each season, and it is believed the questions will be of interest to ■ « Fishing Phenomenon Is Reported by Hal Biggs After following the small creeks and witching the cork for years, Hal Biggs popular old colored fellow of this place, just recently found out why he caught all the eels and catfish, while the white folks caught all the nice perch. > With two catfish dangling from a string in his hand, Biggs waa coming across Sans Souci ferry when John Skiles, colored, told him that nice speckled perch were "white folks' fish," and catfish and eels were "niggers' fish." And Hal went on to explain the times he had fished with hie white friends all day long and while they pulled Hi the perch he caught the cat fish. He admitted, however, that he had caught a few good-sized perch during his long fishing career. i Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, mm*t+xiy*6l9o ar, Vernon, jr., started to the bath room and found the door locked. He called but received no pnawer. The young boy waa not in his bed and could not be found in any other part of die (house. Members of the family were badly fright ened and tore down the bathroom door to find the little fellow sleep ing peacefully Jwith the water up to his mouth. The disturbance created -by knocking down the door was unnoticed by him, but he waa hardly lifted clear of the tub jbefore he awakened and made known his disappointment. HOLD MEETING AT HAMILTON » • Members of Auxiliaries In Bertie and Martin Counties Attend • The annual meeting of the Auxiliar ies of the Episcopal churches in the counties of Martin and Bertie was held with St. Martin's Parish at Ham ilton Wednesday, May 25th. Holy Communion was celebrated at 10 o'- clock, Rev. A. H. Marshall being cel ebrant. Mrs. James G. Staton, dis trict president, presided, and an in teresting program had been arranged. Miss Effie Waldo, district secretary, welcomed the visitors and Mrs. Fred Dunstan, of Windsor, responded! Taking as his text, the motto of the district: "Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this" (Esther, Chapter 4, part 14), Mr. Marshall delivered a very interesting sermon. One of the most pleasing numbers on the program was the address of Mrs. George Marshall, who is on a visit to her parents at Bel- ] haven after an absence of two years spent in Tokyo, Japan. She gave a pleasing recital of the home-life of the Japanese and many of their customs. Especially did she stress the high sense of honor among the people, which is a national characteristic. She displayed many curios, cakes, etc., and among them was a handsome kimono worn by a bride among the nobility. Other speakers were, Mrs. W. S. Car awan, of Columbia; Mrs. P. T. An thony, dioceasan supply secretary. Mrs. Cox, of Winterville, "Mother of Districts," was introduced and she read a letter from her daughter, Miss Venetia Cox, who ia a missionary in Shanghai and ministered to many stricken people duing the recent fight ing there. Noon-day prayers for missions were said by Rev. A. J. Mackie, of Wind sor, who also spoke on what the dis trict meeting means to a rector. It was voted to give the offering to ward the building of the Hostess House at Camp Leach. Roxobel ask ed for the meeting next year and after a rising vote of thanks was given, Mrs. Marshall for her splendid ad dress, the meeting adjourned for lunch which was served in the Masonic Hall. Tables were filled with appetizing dishes and made beautiful with cut flowers. The Hamilton people were true to their reputation for hospitality, and the meeting was voted the most pleasant of any held since the forma tion of the district.—Reported. SITXEEN GUESTS IN COUNTY JAIL Majority of Cases Has To Do with Larceny and j Receiving Charges An investigation made yesterday re vealed that there are sixteen guests registered in the county hotel, com mooly known as the county jail, but sometimes referred to as the hoose gow, gaol, cage den, coop, or panop ticon. A majority, or eleven, of the num ber were there becauae they coveted their neighbors' property. Two more are balancing their accounts for violat ing the liquor laws. Another one was in there for drunkenneas, Sheriff Roe buck atating that he was in and out so much it was difficult to establish the status of the case. One prisoner is serving a short sentence for an as sault, and another ia awaiting removal to a correctional institution. The number is about equal, there be ing 7 white and 9 colored prisoners. The whites would have led, but three of their number were removed to state camps Wednesday. Thirteen Pupils Enroll for Work In Summer School Thirteen local children have enrolled | for inatruction in the special summer school arranged here by Principal Wm. R. Watson, it was announced yester day. During the next six weeks the pupils will review certain subjects in an effort to remove conditions. Principal Watson and Miss Esther Gatling are instructing the students in the various subjects. TOBACCO PLANTS ARE SOUGHT BY MANY FARMERS Estimates on Acreage Vary Greatly In This Part of the Belt Martin County farmers ceased talk ing about the blue mold a few dsys ago and started one of the most thorough searches for tobacco plants ever re ported in this section. And though the transplanting season is just about spent, many farmers are contin uing their search for plants, it is un derstood. Just how long our farmers will continue to transplant is not known, but it has been said that some will be at it as late as the middle of June and probably even later than that. No retiable estimate can be had as to the acreage given to the crop in the county this year, but it is believed that the reduction wilt not be as great as it was first predicted. A few farmers have transplanted all the first planned to transplant. Others are said to have increased their acreage, thinking that the ahortage in plants would boost the price of the crop next fall, but these cases are not numerous, according to the best information obtained here. Two days ago, one farmer in the county had transplanted 200 acres and then he was 90 acres below his acre age mark. The question now arises will it be advisable for farmers to con tinue transplanting this late in the sea son? Late crops, in a majority of cases, never do as well as those plant ed early in the season, but many of the farmers are going right on with the work. Conditions surrounding the trans planting are so unusual and have changed so much that no one seems to have any definite acreage decrease in his mind. Varying estimates have been offered, ranging from 60 to 80 per cent of a normal crop. Crops transplanted several days ago are said to be growing rapidly, very favorable seasons having been experi enced so far. RECORDER HAS DULL SESSION ♦ Only Five Cases Are Called By Judge Bailey Here Last Tuesday A dull session featured the meeting of the recorder's court here last Tues day when Judge Bailey called only five cases. The case charging Arthur Lilley with beating his wife was not prossed. This action followed after Mrs. Lilley traveled 12 miles on a truck about mid night nearly two weeks ago to swear out a warrant for her husband's ar rest. The intervening period tightened the family ties apparently, and she did not testify against the man. The case charging Lucian Bellamy with violating the liquor laws was con tinued one week. Adjudged guilty of operating a car while intoxicated, B. B. Hight was fined SSO, the court revoking his li cense for six months. The case charging Hubert Morton with non-payment of board bill, was nol prossed. Jesse Council, Earl Mosely and Mark Flores, white, were each sen tenced to the roads for three months I when they were found guilty of steal- I ing chickens. » ' Miss Farmer Dies at Home I of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Here j Miss Demarcus Farmer, 82 years ' old, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs Exum Ward here early today Jollow ! ing a brief illness. She had been un ! usually active for her advanced age up until about three weeks ago, when i she contracted a cold and her health I began to fail rapidly. I Miss Farmer, a distant relative of Mrs. Ward, came here from Mount Olive last year and has made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Ward since that time. Funeral services will be conducted from her late home here tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock and interment will follow in the Mount Olive Cem etery that afternoon. . ' • Legion Organises Junior Ball Club Here Thursday ■■ m - The organization of a junior baseball team by the American Legion was al most completed here yesterday after noon when fourteen boys met with Mr. Bob Leggett it the high school and discusssd the plans for'a team. Any other boys interested in taking part as a member of the legion's team are invited out for regular practice.'* Names of the boys reporting yester day are as follows: Taylor Malone, J. D. Bowen, Wal ter Cook, Jim Williams, Wheeler Mar tin, Reginald Simpsop, Jim Rhodes, George Peel, Hardy Rose, Oscar An derson, Pete Fowden, Jack Manning, Tom Rose, Ben Hopkins. CITIZENS URGED TO BUY POPPIES HERE TOMORROW Washington Auxiliary Will Sponsor Sale of Poppies In Williamston ■■ • Tomorrow will be "Poppy Day" in Williamston and in thousands of other cities and towns throughout the Unit ed States. America, going to work to morrow morning, will find women and girls on the streets wearing the badge of the American Legion Auxiliary and offering bright red poppies to be worn in honor of the men who lost their lives in the world war. By night the little flowers of remembrance will glow on millions of coats and the coin-boxes of poppy-sellers will clink with the country's annual offering for the dis abled veterans and their dependents. The poppies to be sqld here tomor row by the Legion Auxiliary of Wash ington have alt been made by disabled World War veterans, thousands of whom have been given employment making the flowers for sale. Under the direction of the auxiliary more than 10,000,000 poppies, paper replicas of the poppies of France and Flanders, have been made in 58 hospitals and poppy workrooms in 34 different states. The work has been given to disabled men in greatest need and the penny each paid for shapping the lit tle flowers has meant food, shelter, clothing and fuel for many veterans' families during the winter and spring. Every penny of the dimes, quarters, and dollars which the public will pay for its poppies tomorrow will go to the relief of the disabled veterans and their families through the relief activities of the Legion and Auxiliary. LITTLE GIRL DIES RESULT LOCKJAW Mary Frank Hitch, Seven Years Old, Dies After Short Illness Mary Frank Hitch, seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hitch, died in a Washington hospital about 9 o'clock Wednesday night of tetanus, generally known as lockjaw. She had been ill only a short while, the disease developing so rapidly that the little child failed to respond to treatment. Several days ago, while playing with little friends near her home on Church Street here she scratched herself, but she complained very little of the hurt at that time. She held up well under the onslaught of the disease and con tinued to play with her little friends up until a day or two before her death. Her illness took a serious turn Tues day night and while every effort was made to combat the disease it had gained so much headway that doctors were unable to check it. She was re moved to a Washington hospital Wednesday afternoon. * Funeral services were held at 12 o'- clock today in the Church of the Ad vent here by Rev. B. E. Brown, Epis copal minister of Tarboro. Interment was in the Baptist cemetery. Among the out-of-town people at tending the last rites were Mrs. Payne and Messrs. Arthur and Reeves Hitch, all of Norfolk. - # Baptist Announces Their Services for Next Sunday The pastor of the Baptist church will conduct a religious service at the , convict camp Sunday afternoon at 1:30 j o'clock. And any persons in the com- I munity who are interested are cordially invited to go out for the Service. J Following our regular custom, there I will be no preaching service in this church Sunday night, thus giving the membership an opportunity to partici pate in the closing aervice of the meet ing, terminating at that time at the Methodist church. The pastor will preach, following the Sunday school, Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock hour. All people are welcome. And at this service there will be special music, rendered by Mrs. Earl Wynne and Mrs. Titus Critcher, who have very kindly consented to sing. This church and Sunday school wish to say to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hitch how conatantly it has thought of them in these days, and how prayerfully I Announce Curb Market Prices for Tomorrow The women selling here on the curb market last Saturday sold $31.75 in spite of a bad rainy day. The sellers appreciated the patronage of the peo ple in Wi|liamston on this first bad rainy day. A partial list of prices for this week, follows: Eggs, dozen 11 cents; new potatoes, 5 cents a pound; asparagus, 12 cents a bunch; kale, 3 pounds 5 cents; sweet potatoes, 4 pounds 10 garden peas, 5 cents a pound; cabbage, pound 2 1-2 cents a pound; corn meal, 1 cent a pound; chicken (frying size) 20 cents, a pound; honey, 10 cents a jar. Preparing Precinct Meetings FREE HEADSTONES 1 J Although few requests have been made in thia county, it ia un derstood that the government will furniah free of charge headatonea for unmarked gravea of aoldiera and sailors who served in the World War. Headstones are al ao furnished free for ipunarked graves of Civil and Spanish War veterans. The stones, meaauring 42 inches long, 4 inches thick, and 13 inchea wide, are shipped freight prepaid to any part of the country upon request of relatives of the de ceased. HAMILTON MAN DIED TUESDAY • • • Wm. Thomas Edmondson Was Buried Near Spring Green Wednesday ♦ William Thomas Edmondson, high ly respected citizen of near Hamilton, died at the home of his son there last Tuesday, following a stroke of paraly sis suffered several months ago. He had been confined to his room much of the time just preceding his death, the enl coming gradually. The* son of the late Reuben and Mary Ann Edmondson, lie was born and reared on the farm. He was 74 years old and farmed all his life. Five children, H. T. Edmondson, W. J. Edmondson, of Hamilton; S. Af Ed i mondson, of Hopewell, Va.; Mrs. Wm. Lynch, of Hamilton; and Mrs. R. H. Edmondson, of Robejsonville, survive. Funeral services were conducted from his late home Wednesday after noon by Elder W. E. Grimes. Burial was in the family cemetery, near Spring Green. BUT FOUR FILE LIST EXPENSES — # — Expenditures Made by Four County Candidates Are Almost Negligible v Of the 32 candidates out for the various offices in this county, only 4 have filed a list of their expenses with the clerk of the superior court in ac cordance with the mandates of the law, it was learned here this morning. The depression is reflected in the ex|>enditifrcs made by the nomination seekers, the costs stopping after the filing fee was paid to.the chairman of the county board of elections. A. Corey, candidate for She State Senate nomination, is high in the list, but even his expenditures, $30.50, is very small. I.ucian J. Harditfon was next with an expenditure of sl3; J. Sam Getsinger third with $5 spent; and H. S. Everett, sl. All candidates, whether they have opposition or not, arc supposed to file the expenditures made by them, but the practice has not been very wide ly followed in this county," only two having filed their costs in 1930. —: * Series of Services in Bear Grass Presbyterian Church ♦ Sunday, May 29, 1932. The usual services will be held in the Williamston church Sunday. Church school at 9:45 a. in. Worship service and sermon at 11. We are in the midst of our series of revival services in the chapel at Bear Grass. Rev. F. M. Dick, of Ahoskie, is delivering each evening at 8 p. in., a forceful and .timely message. The building is filled each evening.- But there is always room for II-1 lustnrted hymns thrown on a screen by a steropticon machine arc being sung each evening, and short lectures explaining the work in China, -Japan, Africa, and other foreign mission fields are illustrated with pictures from the fields. The church school will meet at 9:45 a. m. and will be followed by the wor ship service and sermon at 11 a. m. The usual service will be held at 8 p. m. Don't miss the opportunity of see ing these pictures and hearing these hermons. The meeting will continue through next week. At Roberson's Chapel church school ..will meet at 4 p. jbu_ _ Cdme and make these services yours. ♦ 7floo Students Write v Essays For Contest Raleigh.—Approximately 7,000 stu dent* pf more than 100 .State high schools wrote essays in the fifth an nual essay contest of the North Caro lina Cotton Growers Cooperative As sociation, now being conducted. Advertiser* Will Fad Oar Cot am* a Latchkey to. Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Hones ESTABLISHED 1898 CHAIRMAN PEEL WILL ANNOUNCE DATES TUESDAY .» Twelve Precincts Entitled To 115 Votes In The County Convention ♦ 1 reparations are now being made for holding meetings in the twelve voting precincts within the next week or two when Martin County voters will reorganize their respective com mittees and get a chance to voice their preference for a presidential candidate, however little that preference might be. While many of the precinct meet- - ings are scheduled to he held in other counties on June 4, no date has been mentioned for Martin, but an an nouncement Of details will be made later, it was learned from Elbert S. Peel, chairman of the Democratic Ex ecutive Committee in this county, yes terday. The date for holing, the county convention will also be an nounced later or in ample time for the county body to organize and choose its delegates to the State convention which will be held in Raleigh ,on June 16. > 'Each precinct, after perfecting its organization, will name its delegates to the county convention, the number to be based on the votes cast for the governor in the last general election which was in November, 1928. With the 1928 vote serving as a basis, the respective precincts are entitled to send the following number of dele gates; * Jamesville, H;. Williams, 6; Grif fins, 11; He;ir (irass, 7; Willianistoti, 25; ( russ Roads, 12; Kobersonville, I*'; (ibid I Vint, J; (joose Nest, 7; Has sell *; Hamilton 7; l'oplar Point, 4. I'or each 25 votes or major fraction thereof, the individual precinct has the right to name one delegate to the county convention. A full represen tation is seldom reported. For every 150 votes or major fraction thereof the county is entitled to send one del egate to the State convention. •As there was no established pre cinct in Hassell in 1928, it is under stood that the voters there ,will have to organize themselves and accompany Hamilton delegates trr the convention where a division will likely be made. The respective organizations in the several precincts arc* as follows: Jamesville, R. O. Martin, chairman; C. Fleming, F. V. Stalling*, J. R. Knuwles, "11. H. Barber. Williams, Joshua. 1.. Coltrain,-chair- I man; John N. Hopkins, Stuart . Tet- W. W. Griffin,, : Lucian Hardi son. J Griffins, Plentiy Peel, chairman; W. I B. Harrington, T. C. Griffin, J. Eason l.illey, Louis Peel. Willfamstoft, Leslie Fowden, chair- Jman, A. K. Dunning, J. 1,. Hassell, C. A. Harrison, R. L. Coburn. Ilear Grass, A. B. Rogerson, chair man; H. C. Green, Calvin Ayers, J. D. Wynn, Kneezer Harrison. Cross Roads, J. S. Ayers, chairman; J. S. Peel, Andrew Clark, Van Taylor, J. B. Barnhjl),. Poplar Point,. W. S. White, chair-, man; Harrell F-'verett, Roy Taylor. Robersdnville, Ed -James, chairman; IJ. W. House, Mrs. Vernon Ward, H. B. Everett, G. H. Cox, Gold Point, J. L. Croom, chairman; W. A. Vanderford. Hamilton, J. A. chair man; Harry Waldo, Paul Salsbury, D. G. Matthews, F. L. Gladstone. Hassell, unorganised. Goose Nest, J. W. Hines, chairman; J. A. Everett, B. M.Worsley, Tom Johnson, Dr. E. F. Pittman. HAVE HOLIDAY HERE MONDAY # Bank and Postoffice Will Be Closed Here All Day That Day National Memorial Day will be ob served locally as a holiday by the Branch Banking and Trust Company and the postoffice, including its several departments, it was officially announc ed this week. As there is much ac tivity on the farms just at this time in this section, general business will be carried on as usual, it is understood. In the industrial centers of the nation the day is widely observed as a holi day. and as a result the main _high ways of the country are crowded with tourists taking advantage of the half day holiday on Saturday, all day Sun day and all day Monday. No rural deliveries will be made from the postoffice and there'll be no window service in Uw jpftoftc? fcr ing the day. A few local people are planning to visit Washington City over the week end to see the ball games.