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Watch the Label On Toor Paper Ac It- Carries tba Date Wbaa Your Snbecriptioa Expiree VOLUME XXXV—NUMBER 91 [OST OF COUNTY FARMERS HAVE PAID SEED LOANS + Only About 30 Loans Left in County; Over 300 Have Paid Martin County farmers, nearly 300 of them, have paid their loans ad vanced bvjthe government under the seed and (red loan act for last season, leaving about 30 unpaid accounts in this county, it was learned this week from Mr. J. Haywood Jones, field a gent for the government. According to Mr. Jones, this county will make the honor roll by the first of Febru ary, when it is hoped all accounts will have been settled. Mr. Jones stated that the govern ment is not demanding the sale of peanuts at present prices, but it is anxious for those who have not made arrangements to square their accounts to store their peanuts and cotton in ) bonded warehouses. Receipts will be offered the borrowers and the accounts will be recognized as paid, leaving the farmer the right to hold and sell his crops later. The government contin ues to allow 9 1-2 cents a pounds for cotton, but so far it has made no al lowance for peanuts and probably will not. However, the department re leases the farmer's peanuts above 120 bags for each SIOO indebtedness. While no definite announcement has been made concerning the advance ment of loans and how by the govern ment this season, it is generally be lieved that it will. Mr. Jones is of the opinion that those farmers who square their accounts for 1932 prompt ly will be in line for loans this season if they want them, and if the govern ment makes arrangements to advance money again. Many farmers are said to have ask ed that their accounts be credited as they were holding their peanuts at home. Mr. Jones points out that the government finds its impracticable to credit the loans on crops scattered throughout the country. The depart ment asks that they be stored in ware houses where they can be insure a gainst fire, theft, weather and othe/ hazards that might result in a loss if left scattered about on farms. MANY NEW BILLS IN LEGISLATURE ♦ County Representative and District Senators Are Introducers The old legislative hopper has be gun to hop up Raleigh way, and from now on until the 1933 session of the General Assembly ends many, clerks will be required to keep up with the numerous bills that will be introduced. Representative J. Calvin Smith, of this county, entered a bill in the house this week 'To amend the act on the competency of testimony of a wife a gainst her husband is cases involving abandonment of children." Senator Carl L. Bailey, of Roper, representing this district, introduced a bill to make three years' separation sufficient for divorce. The present law requires that husband and wife be separated for a period of five years be fore a divorce can be granted on the grounds of separation. A. D. Mac Lean, also from this dis trict, introduced a resolution dealing with the salaries of constitutional and other State officers. As the resolution is understood, the lawmakers would have the constitutional officers, includ judges of the state supreme court and judges of the superior court, volun . tarily accept a reduction in salaries. So far, about 30 bills have been in troduced in the senate and more than three times that number have been introduced in the house. • Arrest Drivers of Cars With Old License Tags Several car owners operating their cars in Bertie County with . old li censes were arrested and carried into court over there yesterday, it was , learned here today. Fines in the a mount of $lO each were imposed in ad dition to the costs, it is understood. No arrests had been made m this county up until this morning, as far as it could be learned here. Old license tags disappeared here almost overnight, officers stating to day that they had seen less than a doz en out-of-date plates since last Tues day. Motorists, operating with old tags, are subject to arrest and fines in addition to court costs. 9 • • Jamesville Teams Win Over Bear Grass Tuesday - Jamesville's high school basketball teams defeated those of Bear Grass on the Jamesville court last Tuesday aft ernoon, the boys winning, 16 to 12, and the girls registering a victory by the close score of 18 to 17. THE ENTERPRISE Big Decrease Made In Taxes Since 1930 [ BETTER GET LIGHTT) Several ownera of carts and oth er horse-drawnj vehicles in this county have been carried into the courts for failure to display lights on them at night while on the highways. Five owners were fined 15 and taxed with the costs for violating the law requiring lights on horse-drawn vehicles when on the highways after nightfall. And the drive against the prac tice is not over, Patrolman Bras well said yesterday. Owners car ryiny their vehicles on the roads at night without lights are warned against the prsctice. TWO ARE HURT IN WRECK TUESDAY New Bern Firemen Slightly Injured When Two Cars' Collide Near Here George W. Register was badly hurt about the back and a man named Mc- • Claskey suffered an injury to his shoul der in an automobile wreck near here j on the Washington road last Tuesday night. Jack Norris, a third passenger in the Register Chevrolet' coupe, es caped uninjured. AH three men are \ from New Bern and were returning home after attending a meeting of the East Carolina Firemen's Association here. The New Bern car collided with a , Ford driVeri by John ITadley as Tie; started to turn into a side road. Had- I ley was not hurt, but a colore man named Hassell riding with him was slightly injured. Both cars were bad ly damaged, especially the Chevrolet coupe, which turned over and landed on its top. Hadley is understood to have said that he saw the Chevrolet coming and was sure he could make the turn be fore it reached him, but that he was apparently mistaken in judging the speed of the approaching car. Reg ister, driver of the Chevrolet, is said to have pulled his car to 'the right and off the pavement, the Ford striking the rear part of the Chevrolet coupe. A hearing was scheduled in the re corders court here for next Tuesday, but was postponed until the following Tuesday, as Hadley is scheduled to appear in a safe-robbery case over in Beaufort County next week. 81 PER CENT TAX LEVY COLLECTED Audit of Sheriff's Books Is Made Recently; Report Is Excellent A recent audit of the sheriff's tax books for the year 1931 shows that| he collected $191,129.36 in cold cash, | or 81.91 per cent of the total levy. Discounts, totaling $1*55.74, accounted for .08 per cent and tax sales account ed for another 15.60 per cent. The tax sales represented $36,435.34 in un paid taxes, while the declared insol vents amount to 2.41 per cent of the total levy. It was a hard year for both the col lector and the payer. Many tales of woe were heard by the sheriff, and every one was listened to attentively, the collector showing every courtesy and consideration it was possible for a human being to show. And, considering conditions, the col lections were unusually good. Early indications are that the collections for the year 1932 are going to be equally as good as those for 1931. Friday, the 13th Is ijnlucky iot Many in This Section - Even in this age of enlightenment, ole superstition gained a foothold in spite of everything this morning—Fri- day the 13th, when the section turned back the covers to find a snow on the ground and little or no wood handy. And there might be something to this Friday the 13th propaganda. Cer tainly are they convinced that there is who were seen tramping here and there in the snow searching scraps of wood to keep the home fires burning. • First of Season's Guano Shipments Being Made • The first fertilizer shipments of any 1 size were handled here this week, when more than 100 ton* of the material 1 were distributed to farmers in this i section. Most of the fertilizer will be ■ used in tobacco plant beds. The fer , tilizer season will be under way on a • large scale shortly or when the farm- I ers get ready to start their main crops. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, January 13, 1933 1931 REDUCTION IN STATE MORE - THAN $12,000,000 ♦ Property in State Has Low est Ratio of Tax in Whole Nation While there has been much agita-1 tion for tax reduction throughout the State, there have been some material decreases in many of the counties. From 1930 to 1931, Martin County lopped off 66,938 tax dollars from its levy*- and that amount was lifted in the face of a sizeable property valua tion decrease. In the State $12,167,849 was lifted from the tax books, and while this decrease from the actual levy in 1930 is the biggest total reduction in prop erty taxes ever effectuated at one time in the history of North Carolina—a reduction of more than 20 per cent of the total taxes levied on property, county, municipal, and district, for all purposes—the reduction itself would be $600,000 bigger if every county had levied, in 1930, as much as it actually spent for road maintenance that year, acccording to the State Tax Commis-, sion. In 1931, before the new school and road laws were enacted there was only i one state in the Union where property j paid a smaller percentage of the total cost of state and local government than in North Carolina. The 1931 school and road laws gave property 1 taxpayers in North Carolina the larg- ■ est relief ever given such taxpayers in j any state. Today less than half the i cost of state and local government in North Carolina is borne by prperty, the lowest ratio of all the states of the union. The reductions have been enjoyed equally by all property—farm and other rural and urban. Probably at least four-fifths of the benefits from reduced property taxes have gone to , non-farm property, much of which is' not 'located in towns and cities, but out in the open country. The total reduction in the tax bill of property taxpayers amounts to twelve and a quarter million dollars. Less than three million of this reduction has [ gone to farmers, and more than nine, million has gone to others than farm ers. In Buncombe County, to illus trate, the reduction in the property tax amounts to $750,000, only a small part of which is received by farmers, since the property listed by farmers is only, a small fraction of the total in Buncombe. In the eastern part of the state much of the benefit goes to farmers; in the western part it goes largely to non-fann property owners, 1 since farm property constitutes only a small part of all property in the west of the state. It is only fair to point out that what many non-' j farm property taxpayers saved on * property taxes, they paid back in high-1 er income, franchise, and other taxes. Sellers on Curb Market Greater Than Year Ago By Miss Lora B. Sleeper With 1933 every effort will be made to make the curb market help more folks, cooperation of sellers and buy -1 ers are necessary at all times. All sellers have been asked to sell only! produce they would be willing to buy. j Egg cartons for the sellers are being considered and this will assist the pa trons. Even though the produce at this season is scarce we have more sellers on the market than a year ago. We are having a special this week on cream. Cream 20 cents a pint; cakes, 20 to 23 cents a pound; meal, 1 cent a pound; chickens, 10 cents a pound, salad, 4 cents a pound and eggs, 19 cents a dozen. • Home Management Leader Visits County Wednesday By Miss Lora E. Sleeper Miss Helen N. Estabrook, home management specialist from the ex tension deportment of State College, was in the county Wednesday. She conducted the second leader's school in the county giving the twelve wo* men in attendance helps in wise plan ning, buying and spending. The sub ject centered around "Depression Val ues." It was pointed out that the depression with all its had been of value in teaching thrift, bring ing families and communities closer together to eliminate all possible waste and the housewife through it all was becoming more keenly interested in the family pocketbook and the Vise expenditure of money. It is hoped as a result of the meeting that more women will keep accounts, no matter how imall the expenditure. EAST CAROLINA FIREMEN IN MEET HERE TUESDAY —• Over 100 Firemen From 16 Towns At Quarterly Sessions Here I 1 The regular quarterly meeting of the East Carolina Firemen's Association was held here last Tuesday night when more than 100 firemen from the 16 towns in the group attending. An impromptu program featured the meeting, a goodly number of brief j talks having been made in connection i with the work of the association and the individual fire-fighting volunteers. Following the supper, consisting of barbecue, slaw, chicken chowder, and hot coffee, Mayor R. L. Coburn wel- j| corned the visitors; Henry Staton, of , Bethel, responding. Messrs. R. J. Peel, R. L. Coburn, of Williamston; j and Fire Chiefs Guthrie, of Beaufort; Davis, of Morehead City; Summerlin, of Mount Olive; Misty, of New Bern; Cowen, of Goldsboro; Gardner/' of Greenville; Staton, of Bethel; and sev-1' cral others made short talks, ranging from one to five minutes, on the im portance of organized fire-fighting to the safety of life and property in any community. Many valuable points were gained from these talks. Ex- j pressing appreciation and admiration for the men who put their services and \ 1 often their lives at stake for the lives and property of others, Revs.-C. T. ' j Rogers, E. F. Moseley, and J. M. Per-1 ry made talks that were greatly en- j joyed by the firemen. I j Entering upon the regular business session, the meeting heard Treasurer Joyner's report. The expense of the association during the past year was 'only S4B, he said, leaving a balance jof $67: I A. A. Caper, of the New Bern de partment, was made president of the association; and H. D. Harrison, of the local department, was chosen vice president. R. A. Joyner constinucs as secretary-treasurer of the organization. Retiring President Jones, of Ayden,! graciously thanks the membership for the courtesies extended him during his term and adjourned the meeting. The organization will hold its next meeting in April with the department at Morehead City. ANNUAL MEET OF EXCHANGE HELD • Roanoke Mutual Exchange Had Hard Time in Its First Year Meeting in the school auditorium last Tuesday night, members of the ' Roanoke Mutual Exchange discussed several propositions in the anticipaiton of buying soda, fertilizers, tobacco | cloth, and other farm needs cooper atively this year. Committees were j named to procure prices and terms i offered by dealers and report their find ing to the exchange. No date was mentioned when the reports should be received by the members. The meeting was the regular annual one held by the exchange since its I formation a year ago. Messrs. Joshua I L. Coltrain, R. O. Martin, B. F. Lilley, P. M. Holliday, Wendell Hamilton, and R. L. Stallings were named direc tors, and they will elect the officers for the coming year, it was stated. Starting operations last year, the Roanoke Mutual Exchange experienc ed many setbacks. However, it ef fected savings for its members in the purchase of 155,000 tomato plant's, a quantity of seed and shipping equip ment. A crop failure resulted and the one-tenth of the tomato crop pro duced was of poor quality. Approxi mately 175 acres were planted to to matoes in the Jamesville section of the county last season, but it has not been definitely determined whether or not another crop will be attempted ' this year. Program of Services At Baptist Church lit the second of the Sunday eve ning special services now being fea tured at the Baptist church, the pas tor will review the happens of the re . ligious world Sunday nigfyt at 7:30 o'- , clock under the following head*; A : new way with youthful offenders; l! Duke's religious emphasis week; what . the excavators say about the walls of . Jericho; a possible lynchless year in . '33;, prodigal Baptists; shall movies . open on Sunday; why are there more ; Catholics in Sing Sing prison than I any other religious group; and Mrs. - /Franklin D. Roosevelt's advice about - drinking to younger women. The pastor will preach Sunday morn I ing on the subject, "It's What's on the I Inside That Counts." Sunday School : and young people's organization* meet las per schedule. The pastor and i church membership /are mindful (of : those whose illness makes it impos sible for them to attend the services. Majority of Farmers in County Hold Peanuts for Higher Price GAIN RECORDED IN POST OFFICE RECEIPTS HERE —• — Local Office One of Few to Show Increase; Reflects Upturn in Business ♦ Showing a gain in postal receipts of $377.41 last year over those of 1931, the local post office points to an up ward trend in business here. At least, the local office is holding its own, de spite starvation prices offered for pea nuts, cotton, and other farm products. In releasing the receipts report, . Postmaster Jesse T.. Price stated as his opinion that the gain was the re sult of increased business activity, that the increased postage rate going into effect last July 6 is believed to have had little effect toward increas ing the receipts. Since the new rate went into effect, the post offices throughout the country have lost con siderable business. Large firms that ' once used thousands of stamps week ily instituted a delivery service of 1 their own, turning much business from ] the postal system. The increased | postage rates just about offset this | loss in business, making it reasonable Ito assume that the increased receipts | were the result of greater business activity. The local post office has shown but irregular gains since 1930, when re ceipts dropped more than SBOO. Re ceipts that year amounted to - sll,- 147.88. In 1931 a gain of about 1 per cent was made, the receipts that year | | amounting to $11,250.51. In 1932 the | receipts amounted to $11,627.92, or a gain of $377.41, Mr. Price said. Mail order business suffered tn- I other marked decrease, Postmaster J. T. Price agreeing that the people had little money to patronize the- mail or der houses. Postal receipts by quarters for the past two years are as follows: .Quarter 1931 1932 Gain-Losi Ist $ 2,741.76 $ 2,625.95 $115.81*! '2nd ... 2,631.64 2,360.47 271.17* 3rd 2,370.36 2,692.30. 321.94 4th 3,506.75 3,949.20 442.45 $11,250.51 $11,627.92 $377.41 * Denotes loss. LEGION TO GIVE INDOOR CIRCUS Event Will Be Held In the Roanoke-Dixie House-' On January 31 I Ihe local American I.egioti Post is making preliminary plans Tor what they hope to be one of the; largest j events ever hehMn community. On January 31, February 1, 2, and they will sponsor an indoor circus in the Roanoke-Dixie Warehouse here. On the above nights the warehouse will be beautifully decorated and light ed, and the ex-service boys will be | hosts to the crowds expected to attend the event. Sensational circus acts, vaudeville numbers, free prizes, style show, and other novelties will constitute the pro gram and a well-known orchestra will be secured for the entertainment as well as the nightly dances that will be featured during the circus. Committees will shortly be appoint ed by Commander Peel to function a long various lines, and legion officials are optimistic as to the outcome of the circus. Jamesville Teams Win Over Those of Plymouth Jamesville's basketball teams, girls and boys, defeated the Plymouth High School teams in a double-header play ' ed in the high school auditorium at Roper Wednesday night-j winning by a 22 to 14 score and the boys by a 22 to 15 score. The Plymouth girls showed excel • lent team work and passing, but they were excelled by the swift Jamesville ' team which seldom missed the basket on each attempt to shoot a goal. Le ! Fever, for Plymouth's team, was out-" ' standing forward, while Bowen and 1 Davis did excellent guarding Gaylord 1 and Martin played «tellar ball for ' Jamesville, backed by the able guards 1 E. and H. Brown. The boys' game was unusually fast, ' but the nimble Jamesvillites played circles around the Plymouthsonians, > and in almost every formation made • their plays complete. The Plymouth I boys put up a hard fight to break t down the Jamesville defense. Gets- I inger' was outstanding- for Plymouth f while Waters,. Martin and Roberson - aided by the swift guards, led James . f- ville.—Reported. « SNOW JI v / The first sizeable snow to really cover the ground here in about two years started falling about 6 o'clock this morning. At 10 o'- clock today a blanket 5 inches deep covered the ground, and the prospects at that time were good for a few more inches before the day was spent. The flakes found a receptive ground and piled up rapidly. By 7:15 the snow had gained a small depth. Highway forces started their plows, and no traffic delays were expected as a result of the snow on the main highways. The mercury dropped about 30 degress overnight and hovered around 32 at noon today. LOCAL SCHOOL CLOSES TODAY Weather and Sickness Are Cause for Big Drop In Attendance Local school children received a" unexpected but ever-welcome holiday today when a greatly decreased attend-1 ance caused by sickness and unfavor-' able weather made the suspension of I activities necessary,, it was learned! from Principal Watson. The schools are completing the first term, and ex aminations were on the schedule for today. The tests will be scheduled for next Monday, Principal Watson stat- I ing that English and science exami j nations %ould be the menu that day and that history and mathematics ex amihations would be in order the fol lowing day. Six of the seven trucks serving the ( local school reached here safely this morning, but each was short from ten to twenty pupils. A seventh truck was ditched on a side road off the Washington highway, near the home J of Mr. Will Taylor. No check on the J I town children was made, but many ; i were believed to have been absent. Another reason for closing the schools here today, Mr. Watson said, was thai the snow might block the roads and make travel dangerous for ; the children later in the day. Everetts suspended operations when j onl>" three of its trucks reached there, j Jamesville and Robersonville were J operating with decreased attendance j reported at both places, barm Life was continuing its activities today, 'but a report on its attendance could not be had. Hamilton closed earlier this week when influenza' resulted in a decreas ed attendance there. Oak City was said to have closed also on account of the flu, but this could not be establish ed as a fact today. According to present plans, all schools in the county will reopen Mon day as usual, weather and other fac tors permitting. ♦ Program of Services At Church of Advent # There will be services at the local Episcopal church Sunday. Morning sermon, 11 a. m., subject: i "Christianity and Our Economic Mud | die." Evening service, 7:30, sermon sub iject: 4 ""The Disturbing Features of Christianity." Regular Services At Methodist Church Here —• C. T. Rogers, pastor. You are cordially invited to wor ship with us at our services on Sun day. • Sunday school at 9:45. Preaching at 11a. m. and 7:30 p. m. I Just plain "old-time" gospel sermons at both services. Soul food. Non sectarian. Special prayer will be made for the absent mothers. • Jamesville Girls Defeat Bear Grass Sextet, 24-8 In the opening game of the season, the girls' basketball team of the James ville High School defeated trie Bear Grass team by a score of 24-8. The high scorers for Jamesville were Daisy Gaylord and Louise Martin. The team as a whole shows promise of a success ful season. Tyrrell Farmers Curing Pork At Home This Yeat Low prices for hogs in Tyrrell i County is causing many growers to i kill and cure pork at home with the idea of selling cured hams and bacon next summer and winter. Adverttoera Wffl Fad Oar Col ana a Latchkey to Ow Sixteen Hundred Harni Coanty Homes ESTABLISHED 1898 AROUND 50,000 BAGS NOW IN STORAGE HERE Price Continues To Hover Around One-Cent Mark; Few Selling That Martin County farmers are de termined to await higher or fair pea nut prices is made certain in reports reaching here ifrom several of the townships. Up in the Hassell section hardly 10 per cent of the crop has been offered for sale, Mr. J. W. Eubanks, member of the Martin County Board of Education, said this week. Practi cally all the crop-has been picked and stored by the farmers there, he said. Approximately 50,000 bags have been stored here so far, more than 15,000 bags of that number having been placed in the bonded warehouse op erated here this season by Messrs. Cunningham, Skinners, and Carstar phen. Mr. Cunningham said this week that they expected to handle around 25,000 bags this season, that the pea- | nuts would be help off the market un- • til a more favorable price is offered, itarnjers without proper and adequate storage space of their own are finding it to their great advantage to store i their crops here, and the cost cover ing handling and insurance in unusu ally reasonable. Private storing concerns have filled several available storage houses here, and it is believed things are getting in shapc-to-force a .price.-rise. A number of farmers scattered throughout the county have held up picking operations on account of the low price, declaring they will leave them in the fields before they would pkk and sack them and Offer them at the prevailing low prices. Picking op erations are still under way in certain sections, and it is understood that the work, or all that will be done, will be completed within the next week or ftWO. r » ■' ■ ~• J Prices still range around the cent-a pound mark, a few farmers having re i ceived as high as one and one-eighth and one and one-quarter cents a pound for their crop. Many farmers questioned here this week stated that they would materially I reduced their peanut acreage this j coming .season, but they would rather 'have their land remain idle than to ! raise peanuts at a price below the j cost of production. A few admitted I they planned to increase their tobacco I acreage, but nearly all of them were agreed on a decreased peanut acreage 4or 1933. DR. D. T." TAYLOE TAKEN -BY DEATH Widely Known and Beloved Physician Passes Away At Washington ——• Jan. 10.—Dr. David T. Tayloe, sr., 68, died at 10:30 o'clock I tonight in the Tayloe hospital here. He was taken to the hospital on Sat urday and a blood transfusion given him in an effort to prolong his life. | He had been in r» coma since Monday night. He was a widely known and greatly beloved physician.. Dr. David Thomas Tayloe, second son of the late Mary Grist and Dr. | David Thomas Tayloe, of Washington, ! was born while his parents were liv j ing near Townesville, Granville Coun- I ty, during the War Between the states on February 22, 1864. After the war they returned to their former home and since then the Tayloe fam ily has remained in Washington as a unit. Noah Roberson Home Burns Near Jamesville The old Noah Roberson home and several out-buildings were burned near Jamesville last night or early this morning. According to information received here, fire had all but burned i the buildings when it was discovered. The origin of the blaze could not be , determined. W. A. Stubbs and family moved from the house yesterday and ,Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hardison were planning to occupy the building today, it waa said. ,■ 1 ■ Postpone Teachers' Meet; Will Be Held January 21 »• A meeting of the southern group of Martin County teachers scheduled here for tomorrow morning has been i postponed, it was announced by the ► office of the county superintendent i here today. The meeting will be held i tomorrow week, Saturday, January 21, according to present plans.
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