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Watch the Label On Tow Paper Am It Carries the Data Whan Tow Subscription Kxpiraa VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 41 MASONS PREPARE FOR BIG PICNIC AT EDEN HOUSE Annual Event for Benefit of Orphanage Will Be Held July 28 Unusual interest and enthusiasm is being shown this year by the commit tee having in charge the work of plan ning the entertainment features of the annual Masonic Picnic that will be held at Eden House Beach Thursday, July 28th. Masons of Bertie Hertford and Northampton Counties and Ske warkee Lodge at Williamston spon sor the picnic annually, and proceeds from sale of concessions are turned over in gross to the Oxford Orphan- Eden House affords all th( pleasures common to the summer beach season, and for that day there is the extra in ducements of large crowds, open-air speaking, and food and drink a plenty. The entertainment committee ia~ com posed of Judge Francis D. Winston, and Claude L. Pierce, of the Windsor Lodge, and Norman K. Harrison, of the Williamston /lodge. It is under stood that the committee is endeav oring to secure tK#n. J. C. B. Ehring haus, Democratic nominee for gover nor, to make the principal speech. A. Lee Copeland, of Ahoskie, in Charge of publicity for the picnic, last week made the following appeal for a record crowd this year: "In the long, long ago, God created a flower and when he was drawing a plan for this universe, I can see Him as He makes a dot, and I can see Him dip his pen into "the nectar of honey and drop just a speck on this dot, and thus we have the fragrance of our beautiful flower gardens, and then I can see Him place a mother, a woman to tend and care for this garden, or this planet. And so you see where the sweetness of pur women came front'; But this flower sprouts and grows and then withers away. It's work seemingly over, yet it lives to express a sense of beauty in our imag ination. "Now the orphanage is not only planting flowers, but they are instill ing character in the boys and girls who are being trained that their lives may .cause this old world to be just a little better. "So when you plan to attend the Ma sonic Picnic at Eden House, July 28, forget the hotness of the weather, for get, possibly, some of the conveniences of home, and remember your contri bution goes to help to build a charac ter that will grow and continue to live on and on." MONEY ORDER FEES INCREASED Will Cost One Cent More for Orders Ranging from One Cent To $20.00 . An increase in money order fee* was announced this week by the post office, the one-cent increase in fees on «uch orders varying in size from one cent to S2O going into effect tomor- Where it costs five cents today for a money order varying amount from one cent to $2.50, tomorrow it will cost six cents, and so on up to S2O the price in effect today will be increased by one cent, Postmaster Jesse T. Price said. No increase in rates was announced for money orders above S2O and up to SIOO, the largest that can be purchased at a postoffice. This increase in money order fees along with the increased postage rates is expected to raise millions of dol lars annually. r Margolis Firm Announces Big Annual Selling Event The big merchandising event ar ranged annually by Margolis Brother*! here has been planned for Thur»day of this week, when the firm will offer quality merchandise in the latest styles at unusually low prices. For a number of years, Margolis Brothers' annual clearance sale has at tracted much attention among thrifty shoppers of this entire section, and this year the firm has gone a bit fur ther in favoring is patrons. Every buy in their store is abargain. A few of them are listed elsewhere in this paper for your convenience. Fail in Efforts To Maintain New Mail Service Schedules While the carriers have failed so far to maintain schedules over the star mail route from Norfolk to Wilson and return, they are closing the gaps and expect to make all connections within the next day or two, Postmaster Jesse T. Price said this morning. The Ply mouth connection was missed by 25 minutes here this morning, the bus reaching here at 6:25. New and faster equipment is being built for the two young carriers, and they expect to p«t it into use this week. THE. ENTERPRISE Says Crops Are Better In Martin Than In Others W. Z. Morton arid Church Perkins, of Greenville, weft here on business Monday. Mr. Morton reports the to bacco crop as extremely poor in most sections. He finds better crops in Martin County than in any other sec tion he has traveled so far. WILL WORLEY ARRESTED FOR STEALING MEAT Fifteen Hams Found In the A-men Corner of Sweet ' Home Church Will Worley, an alleged thief with a criminal record, was arrested in Bear Grass Township last Friday and placed in the county jail to face a meat-stealing charge. Worley, mid dle-aged colored man, entered the smokehouse of Mr. Jimmie Harris, in Bear Grass Township, last Thursday night and carried away 18 nice hams. He carried 15 of the hams to Sweet Home Church, near the Beaufort County line, and hid them in the "Amen Corner" of the house of wor ship. He hid three others in the woods and awaited developments. Mr. Harris and others tracked Wor ley to the home of Mag Woolard, a colored woman living four miles from the Harris home. The Woolard wo man would tell nothing until Sheriff C. B. Roebuck was called. Worley denied the charge at first, but when the officers carried him to the church and showed hint the meat he weakened and admitted his guilt. He refused to tell where the other three hams were until neighbors began to gather around, and he then carried officers to a woods where the remaining lost hams were found. In jail yesterday morning Worley denied he was accompanied by any one else, but officers are still investi gating the case in an effort to connect another party with the crime. Worley has only recently returned Ironi the roads, where he served a sen tence for stealing. $2,100 BLAZE ON FARM NEAR HERE Joe Cherry Loses Barn and Farm Products In Fire Last Saturday A large packhouse, 12 bales of cot ton, 40 bags of peanuts, and a hay press belonging to Mr. Joe Cherry Sere destroyed by fire last Saturday ternoon at his home on the Hamil ton road near here. The fire is be lieved to have been started by light ning, and when discovered it was burn ing rapidly. The local fire company was called, but those passing the scene stated that the building was almost burned down before the alarm was re ceived, and it was useless to carry the apparatus there. Mr. Cherry lives a bout two miles out of town. The value of the building and con tents was placed at $2,100, with about SSOO insurance in force on the prop erty, it was learned from Mr. Cherry yesterday morning. Congress Ends Its Longest Session last Saturday Night Congress completed one of its long est sessions last Saturday night when it put the final touch to a huge relief bill and turned it over to the President for his signature. Mr. Hoover is ex pected to sign the bill today. Since last December, the Congress has tackled some of the biggest prob lems ever to come up before the body during peace times. Taxation, unem ployment relief and the soldiers' bonus were some of the major problems de. manding the attention of the nation's law makers. It was the longest ses sion ever held during peace times. Former soldiers, carrying their pleas for bonus payments became discourag ed when the bill failed to pass, and many of them began leaving the capU tal over the week-end and yesterday. Jamesville and Greenville Play Sunday Ball in County Sunday baseball in this county is proving very popular, acocrding to re ports coming from Jamesville, where a few scheduled games have been played during the sacred hours recent ly. No protests have been directed against the play, and it goes on just as a matter of course, it is understood. Greenville and Jamesville played there last Sunday afternoon, but no admission was charged. Donations were asked, however, according to re ports received here. As far as it is known, this summer is the first time that Sunday baseball has been played in Martin County oth er than the impromptu games played on the back lots by the youngsters. The Sunday game ia proving popular in the Piedmont league, but games in certain towns there are not played Wnliqmstdn, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 19,1932 Negro Boys Use Original Method to Steal Chickens Feeding at Several stories of human inter est have been reported during the past few days at the town's trash dump, referred to in many parts of the country aa "Hooverville." The latest centered around James Pippen, 14 years old, and Jeff Slade, 12 years old, and their method of snatching Raymond Roberson's chickens from the trash pile as they fed there. Jeff would scratch around in the dump pile and drive the chickens unnoticed to the edge. Pippen, with an 8- foot pole with wire hook attached to the end, would reach up and MARTINS WIN IN TENTH, 2-1, FROM ELIZABETH CITY Win Yesterday Gives The Martins Claim To First Half of Season In one of the most spectacular and thrilling games played in the Albe marle League this season, William ston won over Elizabeth City, 2 to 1, at Elizabeth City yesterday afternoon to capture the title to the first half of the season's play. It was a 10-inning game with the pitching of Herring for the Martins and that of Griffith for the Jaybirds featuring the play. Her ring allowed only 8 scattered hits and Griffith 9. \ It was three up and three down un | til the fourth, when Elizabeth City j scored with the aid of Iwo errors. No more scoring was in order until the j ninth when the Martins went to bat. Herring led off with a single; Harps bunted, advancing Hearing to second and making first safely when the Jay birds attempted to catch Herring at second. With two on and none out, Gaylord attempted to bunt, but his pop-fly was taken by the catcher for the first out. Jimmie Brown, next up, hit to short, advancing Herring to third and Harps to second, but Brown was out at first. Latham was given a free pass to first. With tliree on and two out, the game reached the ultra thrilling point when Kugler was select ed to pinch-hit for Coffield. With the count at two and two, Kugler singled sharply to left field, scoring Herring !to tie the score. A perfect throw by Goodman from left field caught Harps at the plate. In the tenth, Whitehurst was the first out. Taylor singled and advanced to second on Howard Brown's single. Herring struck out for the second out of the inning, and Harps singled to score Taylor and the winning run. The Jaybirds threatened to score in their half of the tenth when Peacock, .first mail up, got his fourth hit of the game, a double. Peacock then went to third when .Cox, pinch-hitting for Ballard, knocked a long fly to center field. Taylor made a spectacular stch when he ran to the stands and look Eerebee's foul for the second out. The game was over when Richardson's long fly was taken in left field by Gaylord. The box score: Williamston AB R H PO A E Earps, ss 5 0 2 2 3 1 Gaylord, rf 4 0 0 1 0 1 J Brown, ss 5 0 1 2 2 0 Latham, c 3—ft .Jtt 6 1 0 Cherry, rf 2 0 0 1 0 0 Coffield, rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 Whitehurst, cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 Taylor, lb 4 1 1 13 0 0 Brown, H, 2b 4 0 1 3 3 1 Herring, p 4 12 15 0 xKugler 10 10 0 0 r Totals 37 2 930 14 3 xKugler batted for Coffield in 9th. Elisabeth City AB R H PO A E Peacock, cf 5 0 4 0 0 0 Ballard, rf 4 0 0 2 0 0 Eerebee, ss 5 0 115 0 Goodman, If 3 114 10 Richardson, c 4 0,0 9 0 1 Johnston, 3b 4 0 1 0 4.0 Cooper, lb 3 0 0 13 0 0 Sawyer, 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 Griffith, p —: 4 0 1 0 3 0 xCox 10 0 10 0 Totals 37 1 8 30 14 , 1 xCox batted for Ballard in 10th$* Score by innings: R H E Williamston 000 000 001 I—2 9 3 I Elizabeth City 000 100 000 o—l 8 1 • Mr. Peel Reports Dry Time In Parts of Griffins District • "We are having it drier right now than at any time since last fall a year ago," Mr. Sylvester Peel said this morning while on a business trip here. Mr. Peel, a resident of Griffins Town ship, said they had very little rain last Saturday, and that crop conditions were fast reaching the critical stage there. • Central Carolina Farmers Win Plant Hairy Vetch Hairy vetch as a winter hay crop and soif improver will be planted by many farmers in Central North Car. olina who have become converted to the easy and efficient way of improv ing land by using legumes. snatch a chicken to his bosom. The dump pile ends abruptly at the rear, and Pippen would hide at the bottom, where he could not be seen and where he could easily make the connecting link with the pole. The owner had been missing his chickens for some time, and yes terday morning he sat watch and picked up the two boys. When carried to jail, the Pippen boy in formed the officers that his broth er, Cecil Pippen, had been a party to a number of chicken thefts at the dump pile in the past, but he STANDING OF CLUBS j At End of First Half of Season's Play Club „ W. L. Pet. Williamston 13 7 .650 Elizabeth City .... 12 8 .600 Edenton 11 8 .579 Coierain 3 16 .158 HOPKINS FACES SERIOUS CHARGE IN COURT TODAY Charged With Aiding and Abetting An Abortion Last February Charged with aiding and abetting an abortion, Harry Hopkins, young white man, of Williams Township, iwas placetl under a SI,OOO bond over the week-end for his appearance in the county recorder's court here today. The warrant preferred against Hop kins charges him with aiding an/i abetting an illegal operation upon Ruth Daw, young Jamesville girl. The operation was alleged to have beeh performed some time during the early part of this year, and it is claimed that it was done in Lenoir County by a doctor there, No charges have been brought againsj the doctor as far a* it could be learned here yesterday, add his name has not been made public. According to reports heard here, the girl has said that she will refuse to testify against Hopkins when the case is called; however, the prosecution is continuing its work in the very seri ous affair. Hopkins is said to have been in the company of the young wo man here last Saturday night when the warrant was read to him. PORTABLE GRIST MILL IN LENOIR Mill On Truck Grinds More Than a Ton of Corn An Hour Kington, July 18.—A company head cd by Alvin Kornegay is operating the only traveling corn mill in this part •of the -country. It is mounted on a motor truck, and is moved from farm to farm during the harvesting season. The company grinds grain n f al ,y kind, but specializes in corn. The mill can turn out a ton and , a half of in an hour. •• Kornegay is a youth living in Duplin County near Seven Springs. He and his associates conceived the idea of starting the traveling mill some months ago. A company with a cap ital of $1,600 was formed. Business has been good, and the mill is being kept busy from sunrise to sunset at this season. Operations are limited to Duplin, Jones, Lenoir and Wayne Counties at present, but the territory may be extended. Says New York Is Heluva Place In Which To Live Returning from New York last Sat urday, Mr. Irving Margolis, a mem ber of the firm of Margolis Brothers here, said the city was a heluva place to live, that there is no place like Wil liamston where one could really enjoy life. Mr. Margolis, who had been there Jin the interest of his firm, described 1 New York City its being choked by Tammany grafters who force the pub lic to pay for every privilege granted them, whether the charge is required t>y law or not. WHERE THEY PLAY - TUESDAY, JULY 19th Colerain at Elizabeth City Williamson at Edenton WEDNESDAY, JULY 20th Elizabeth City at Colerain Edenton at Williamston THURSDAY, JULY 21«t Elizabeth City at Edenton Williamston at Windsor FRIDAY, JULY 22nd Edenton at Elizabeth City Colerain at Williamston - v was not present yesterday morning when the arrests were made. Several months ago, Jodie Pip pen, a brother to Cecil and James, was poisoned when he ate stale food dug from the pile. Whether he was driven by hunger or what to the filthy garbage is not known, but he continues ill in bed at the home of his father, Spencer Pip pen, on the M. D. Wilson farm in New Town. According to reports coming from the trash pile, small negroes visit there frequently for old bread and whatever food they can get. RAIN SATURDAY MAKES BREAK IN HOT DRY SPELL Was First To Fall Here In Several Weeks; Other Sections Still Dry 1 lie first real sweltering blast of summer weather was temporarily checked in this community last Satur day afternoon when a heavy rain fell for about an hour, the first to fall here in weeks. Hut the rain was lo cal, district eight and ten miles away reporting very little or no rain at all during the afternoon. \\ hile crops in this community showed signs of improvement'.as a re sult of the rain, serious crop failures were in prospect in other sections yes terday. And the crops and gardens here would be bettered by another shower, it is believed. 1 he latest reports indicate a marked shortage in. the corn crop, banners, questioned over the week-end, stated that they feared they would not har vest enough corn to run their farms for six months next year. Small shoots have run out from the stalks, but no sign of any corn is found, one larmer said,-in reporting the conditions on His farm. As a whole, conditions are still 'discouraging on the farms of this section and reports state'that con ditions are far worse in other counties. Weather reports y are not at all en couraging, one coming from Chicago only a day or two ago indicating more intense heat during the next few days than was experienced last week when the mercury holered around the 100- mark in the shade here. In the mid \ve»t, temperature readings were report cd at 107 degrees. Nearly 100 people died throughout the country as a re sult of the sweltering weather last week. None was reported in this state, but over in\Tennessee four died from the heat. Chicago reported I> deaths. » MAKE DECISION TO SPLIT SEASOf Action Taken Yesterday at Elizabeth Said To Be Unofficial After voting last week for a straight season, three teams, Elizabeth City, Colerain, and Williamston, jsut before the game in Elizabeth. City yesterday vuted to divide the season and have two halves of. play in the Albemarle League. As a,result, Williamston was declared winner of the first half when it defeated' Elizabeth City. The sec ond half of play is scheduled to start today, with Colerain at Elizabeth City and Williamston at Edenton. The unofficial action yesterday is subject to causj>an upset in the league, according to information received here. Tt was said that Edenton would with draw, as it strongly favored a straight season. Official attention will be giv en the actiort taken yesterday within the next few days, it is understood. p- S. C. Ray Opens Grocery Business - Here Today Mr. S. C. Ray is opening a grocery store in the building formerly occu pied by Mr. F. K. Hodges and ad joining the Roanoke Hotel on Main Street here. A stock of groceries is being placed in the store today ready for the opening. Mr. Ray is a mer chant of experience, resigning a posi tion with the W. J. Hodges grocery cently to go into business for him self. Breeding Hens Should Be Blood Tested This Fall Question.—.L shall have about 200 breeding hens this fall, Should I have them blood-tested, and how do I go about having this done? Answer. —-Have the hens tested if you possibly can. The pulloruin dis ease is transmitted from parent ti> off spring through an infected egg, and usually the carrier bird shows no symp toms of the disease. Only a test will reveal the presence of the trouble. Ap ply to Dr. William Moore, State Vet erinarian, for help with the testing. Held ior Court ior Running Truck Without Rear Light "* Charged • with truck without r rear kins was bound oyer to the court under a ss) bondvin of the I'cace J,. L. Ha&s&Uts court Jiere Sunday. Hopkins was arrested by Patrolman E. G. McMullan. CONTRACTS LET FOR TWO MORE BUILDINGS HERE Work Started on E. S. Peel Residence and Gasoline Distributin Plant , Construction work on two more building projects was started here yesterday morning when the louiul.i . tions Wire located for an oil distribut ing plant on Highway No. 30, near the Roanoke River, and for a residence on Academy Street. I'he two projects will cost approximately SIS,(KM), it is understood. Mr. and Mrs. Elbert S. Peel are building a seven-room, two-story home on Academy Street. The con tract, let tu -YV. K. Martha 11. caiU fur the completion of the home within four months. Ihe contract for the I'urol gasolinej distributing plant was let to Builder j Hugh Wyatt la.t week. The contract calls for the. completion of the plant ' within thirty working days. Six large tanks, holding 25,(MX) gallons of gaso line each, will be placed on the lot, a short distance from the Jiiglnyay, and much concrete will be poured for driveways ami walks. While the Colonial Oil Company, builders of the distributing plant, has only a fewWetail stations in this im mediate territory, it is understood that distribution will be made from the storage plaint here to retailers in sev eral eastern North Carolina counties, .including the towns of Greenville, Washington, and Tarboro. Large trucks and trailers will be used, it was said. Contracts for one or two more resi dences here are pending, it is under stood, and .construction work on those projects will be started as soon as a 'lew minor details can be handled. HOLD SERVICE TO PRAY FOR RAIN More Than Two Hundred Attend Service at Farm Life Last Wednesday Experiencing one of the most pro longed droughts in many months, more than 200 people o( Griffins, Jamesvilte and Williams Townships assembled in the . Farm Life school auditorium last Wednesday afternoon and prayed for ruin. ■For nearly two'houra the -con gregation prayed and sang, Rev. W. H. Harrington HIHI Daniel Hardison offering separate prayers for the body. '"We pray id for rain, and Williamston got it and we didn't," W. I) Daniel, farmer in the Farm Life community, I said this morning. Mr. Daniel was of the firm opinion that unless rain fell I there within the next few days, all crops would he lost to them. He stat- Icd that his tomato crop was a failure and that he was going to plow up the vine*, this week-. Another prayer meeting has been arranged for tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon at 4 o'clock, and every one is cordially invited to attend and take part in the service. | Farmers left their fields last Wed nesday, and attended the prayer service in their working clothes, but that was declared all right, and they are asked to attend again tomorrow. The "Serv ices last about two hours, Mr. Daniel said.* ROAD FUNETFOR I FREE LABORERS 1 INo Convicts Can Be Used On Relief Projects In North Carolina • 1 Raleigh, July 18.—--North Carolina's share of the federal aid emergency road building appropriation in the two billion dnllar relief bill, which Presi -1 dent Hoover is expected to sign to* 1 morrow, will be spent on free labor. 1 This state is expected to receive $2,- J 890,203 for emergency highway con -1 struction to be matched with regular | federal aid funds for road building, which is ie|uired to lit expended by July I, 1933. E. B. Jcffress, chairman of the state highway commission estimated today that 5,000 North Carolinians will be given employment within the next 11 months. Contracting will begin as soon as the President signs the bill, he said. A clause iri the bill states "no con vict shall be directly employed on any such project and so far as practicable no individual-(except in executive, di rective, or supervisory postions shall work tnore than 30 hours weekly). Advertisers Will Pnd Oar Col umt a Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Homes ESTABLISHED 1898 TO FOLLOW OLD PLAN IN SALE OF 1932 PEANUT CROP No Further Attempts To Be Made To Perfect Peanut Exchange In County Martin County peanut farmers will not bother to sell their 1932 peanut crop through a cooperative exchange, it was learned following a scheduled meeting of growers in the county courthouse last Saturday. While Mar tin farmers, after expressing their in terest in the proposed exchange, are planning to follow the old marketing system, farmers in other counties in the peanut-growing sections of this : and other States are pledging the ex change t|ieir support, llic disappointing result in the county j last Saturday came after several meet | nigs hail been held in various parts of . the county where the farmers, accord- I ing to Count/ Ag;nt T. 11. Brandon, | showed a willingness to join the ex change but hesitated when final action | was necessary. Peanuts are selling for around one cent a pound at the present time, and while- it—wa*—agnHMl—tUey -cuuld -sell i ior no lower price in an exchange, the I growers .besitaled to sign the optional il»>r seasonal contracts. I he soundness of the marketing ex j change had been explained to the larm iers, and in nearly every case the farm ers approved the method, expressing more interest in the movement than in any Other plait advanced in their he halt in a long time. Hut the finishing 'ttiUfh measured up short, and Martin peanut farmers will again accept their fate in the open market. Prospects for favorable prices next fall are not very-bright, as nearly every important factor is against the lowly goober. Consumption has fallen off, ami, production has increased! The cleaners are buying 1-ceut peanuts and storing them by the thousands bags in their warehouses, narrowing, down chances for a market when the crop starts moving next tall and winter. MRS. HASKETT DIED FRIDAY %. Native of This County, Dies at Home of Daughter in Portsmouth, Va. Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Haskett, a native of this county, died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. .Mattie J. Tew, in "Portsmouth, Va'., last Friday follow ing a long illness. Mrs. Haskett, 83 years "Id, suffered a stroke of paraly sis several months ago and another one last week, the two attacks with the infirmities of old age resulting in her death. The daughter of the late C. C, and Mathcn.i .Mines, Mis ll.iskett was born and reared in' Oak City. About 20 years ago she moved to Parniele and after a stay of 1(1 years there she moved to, Portsmouth.» She was the widow of Aarnit Merrill Haskett. Funeral servic.es were conducted •from the home there last Sunday aft ernfion a-nd interjuent foMowed in the Portsmouth cemetery. She was a member of the Baptist church at Oak ■ t ity. t and a minister of that faith con ducted the last rites. | Besides her daughter, Mrs. Tew, she is survived By nine gramftluldren and I nine great-grandchildren, . many of whom live in this county. Mr. J. W. Hines, a nephew, and his | family attended the services from this county. ]. W. Andrews Undergoes i Operation in Rocky Mount 1 , i — * .... Mr. J. W. Andrews, Atlantic Coast , Line emplyee, underwent an appendix operation in a Rocky Mount hospital i yesterday morning. His condition at one time was said to be serious, but last reports stated he was getting a (long as well as expected. Richard Smith Marries Washington Girl Saturday Washington, July 18. —Miss Verna , Whjtford icott, daughter_ of Mrs. L. ' M. Scott, became the bride of Richard Hall Smith, of Willianiston, at 6:30 o'clock Saturday evening in a simple ' and impressive ceremony at the home of the bride's mother. ! The Rev. Richard Bagby perform ed the hiarriage ceremony before an i improvised altar of ferns and cut flow ers arranged in the living room of the I home on the corner of Bonner and : Fourth Streets. The bride was married in an at -1 tractive blue ensemble with accessor ies to match and immediately follow -1 ing the ceremony the couple left for a bridal tour at Virginia Beach. Only intimate friends of the bride and bridegroom attended the wedding. Mr. Smith is the son of Mrs. Irene Smith, of Williamston where he i» prominently connected with the Har rison Wholesale Company as accovnt 'ant.