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VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 14
BIG CROWDS AT
CHURCHES HERE
EASTER SUNDAY
Weather Disappointing To
Some and Satisfactory
To Many Others
Unfavorable weather conditions
proved very disappointing to gome and
very satisfactory to others in these
parts last Sunday. Those who were
prepared to take part in the fashion
parade were turned back by an unre
lenting rain, their finieries and latest
in this and that mode of dress being
unnoticed for the most part. And
then there were those who had not
added to their wardrobe, and for them
it was a lucky day. In short, Easter
will not be until next Sunday, as far
as dress and styles are concerned.
The several churches reported large
attendance records, although the un
favorable weather held many at home
who had planned and would have at
tended but for the rain that fell dur
ing much of the day. The day of
resurrection was appropriately ob.
served in the several houses of wor
ship with special programs. Even
though dampened by drizzling rains
and dark skies, the spirit of the day
was noticed in m&ny places through
out this little community.
A goodly number attended the sun
rise prayer service in the Christian
church at 5:30 that morning for the
first service of the day. The Sunday
school ( thete reported, an unusually
large attendance.
No preaching services were held in
the Presbyterian church here, but a
timely Sunday school service was held
with much success.
A pageant, "Youth's Quest for the
Holy Grail," was successfully given in
the Episcopal church Sunday evening
before an unusually large congrega
tion. No services were held in sever
al of the churches, and the several
memberships centered there for the
special service. _
More than 300 visitors from several
adjoining counties attended the quar
terly conference of the Pentecostal
Holiness church here Saturday and
Sunday, when appropriate Easter serv
ices were held.
The cantata, "King of Glory," given
in the Methodist church at the morn
ing hour, was enjoyed by one of the
largest congregations of the day.
Members of two choirs, Christian and
Methodist, cooperated in the rendition
of the program there.
A full week of seasonal services ter
minated in the Baptist church Sunday
morning when a large congregation of
people was assembled in the beauti
fully decorated church auditorium to
witness a baptismal service, hear the
Elaster music and follow the pastor
through the impressive scenes, as he
recounted them, of that memorable
day in Jerusalem, when, on Easter
morning the tomb was found empty
and the Son of God began a series of
, appearances before His ascension.
It is being said by many of the
parishoners that this series of religious
services were the best held in this
church for years. The spirit of the
services was unusually fine and will
carry over, it is felt, into the year s
work. Four members were received
into the fellowship of this church, and
already there is a feeling that next
year at this time much emphasis
should be placed on the Easter events.
DRIVES TRUCK
OFF RIVER FILL
R. H. Cox Being Held In
Jail Here for Hearing
In County Court
R. H. Cox, recently employed by
the State in its bridge maintenance
department, was jailed here last Satur
day afternoon for the alleged driving
of a highway truck while intoxicated.
He continues in jail awaiting trial in
the recorder's court week after next.
Cox, "airing out" with one Verna
Gardner Wells, drove the truck thru
the guard fence on the river fill just
this side of the bridge keeper's house.
He'tore down several posts and cut
down a small sycamore tree near the
foot of the fill. Neither of the two
parties was hurt, and no great dam
age resulted to the truck.
Cox attempted to drive the truck
back to the temporary camp of the
highway force, but soon abandoned
the machine and started walking. He
was arrested by Chief W. B. Daniel
and Sheriff Roebuck.
Potato Crop Prospects
Better Than Last Year
Early irfsh potatoes are reported
by the crop reporting servwe at 77
per cent of a full crop rospect in com
parison with 73 last year, and 84 for
the five-year agerage. Florida reports
unusually good prospects, while South
Carolina and Georgia are below their
usual averages. The crop for the
Southern States shows 72.5 per cent,
or 11 per cent better than last year
and 7 leas than the five-year average.
THE ENTERPRISE
Town Convention Will Be
Held Here
A town convention for the nom
ination of a mayor and five com
missioners was called for next Fri
day evening at 8 o'clock by the
town commissioners in special ses
■idn here lsst night. The con
vention will be held in the City
Hall, and all in
the town government during the
next two years are invited to at
tend.
It is understood that the pres
ent mayor, Robert L. Coburn, and
all five commissioners, Messrs.
L. P. Lindsley, V. D. Godwin, G.
H. Harrison, Luther Peel, and N.
SEED LOANS )
v /
Approximately 545 seed Mid feed
loan checks have been delivered
to borrower! in thia county up un
til today, and approximately 150
more will be placed in the mails
within the next few days, it was
learned from the register of deeds
office here today.
The total amount of the checks
could not be determined yesterday,
but it is estimated that approxi
mately 1100,000 will have been bor
rowed by farmers in thia county
from the Crop Production Loan
office this spring.
Thia is the last week that ap
plications will be received.
CIVIL TERM OF
COURT BEGAN
HERE MONDAY
Court Takes Recess When
Work on Calendar Is
Finished Today
Convening a two-weeks term yes
terday for the trial of civil cases only,
the Martin County Superior Court
heard a few cases, entered judgments
agreed upon by the litigants in others,
and took a recess at 4 o'clock. The
several cases heard in 'Court yesterday
were of little importance, one ihvolv
ing no more than a $2 rental bill.
Judge Clayton Moore is presiding.
The case of Farmers and Mer
chants Bank against Mrs. Ada Sex
ton, administratrix, was settled by a
greement, the plaintiff taking nothing
and the defendant paying the cost.
A similar settlement was recorded
in the case of Slade, Rhodes & Com
pany against Ed Roberson.
In the case of S. J. Tetterton against
Belmar Hardison, the jury found that
the plaintiff did not rent certain lands
to the defendant and that the defend
ant had not broken any conract in
connection therewith.
An agreement was also reported in
the case of the Atlantic Joint Stock
Land Bank of Raleigh against C. S.
Johnson. The defendant it to {re
main on the property until December
"31, 1933, and pay rent in the sum of
S2OO.
The feature case of the session yes
terday was that of Jack Biggs against
I Hattie Brown, .both colored. The
plaintiff wanted to eject the defend
ant from his house, the suit being
based, it is understood, on unpaid rent
in the sum of $1.50. The case had
been heard in a justice of the peace
court and later in the recorder's court,
the superior tribunal's verdict in favor
of the plaintiff reversing the two de
cisions of the lower courts. A jury
heard the issues.
A recess was ordered this morning
by Judge Moore, the court having
caught up with the calendar. The
judge stated this morning that he was
well pleased with the progress of the
court in that some difficult cases had
been settled that ordinarily would have
squired several days to try.
Bailey To Ask Inclusion
Of Peanuts in Far mßill
Senator J. W. liaiky will seek to
have peanuts restored to the Federal
Farm Relief bill that is still under
consideration by Congress. It was
first written into the hill by an amend
ment when the Senate committee took
over the bill after house passage; but
was later excluded by the committee.
Senator Bailey has now given notice
that he will seek to include peanuts in
the bill when it comes to the floor of
the Senate. He says in a statement
issued this week that the provisions
of the bill would do more good for
peanuts than for other products in the
bill and calls attention to the fact that
peanuts are now grown in 14 States
and deserves consideration at the
hands of Congress.
Misses Virginia and Vivian Taylor,
of Greensboro, spent Hie week-end
here with their mother, Mrs. H. D.
Taylor.
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, 'Tuesday, April 18,1933
C. Green, are candidate* for re
nomination and election. Only
one contest, that (or the mayor
ship, has been officially announced
Mr. W. T. Meadows will run for
the office. It has bean rumored
that another candidate for mayor
would ask for the nomination at
the convention Friday night and
that five candidates would ask the
nomination over the five now in
office.
Names and definite information
on the rumored contest could not
be learned, causing many to think
that the convention will be of lit
tle interest.
EXPECT BETTER
SEINE FISHING
IN RIVER SOON
Size of Herrings Believed
To Be Smallest Ever
Seen In Roanoke
Approximately 6,000 herring and a
few shad were caught in the first
"haul" at the Fleming fishery in
Janiesville early yesterday morning.
Second and third catches averaged a
bout 1,200, it was said. While fair
sized catches were made all during
yesterday, the fish have not as yet
started to run in great numbers. On
ly once this season has an unusually
large run of fish appeared in the river,
and as many as 10,000 and 12,000 were
taken at one time. But the fishery
operators are looking for larger catches
within the next day or two, or some
time between now and about May 10,
the usual time for taking the seines
from the waters.
Comparatively few shad are being
taken at the fishery at Janiesville this
year. It is believed that most of the
shad are being trapped by nets in the
sound. Buck shad are said to squeeze
through the nets, but the roe are
trapped, and as a result breeding is
limited.
The size of the herring this year is
the smallest ever seen by fishermen of
long experience. The fish are so small,
as a whole, that the plant attendants
refer to them as "Hoover" herring.
Hock were being taken there today
in fairly large numbers, and some of
them were of unusual size. One
weighed a few ounces over 25 pounds
and another was almost as large.
Visitors were at the fishery yester
day by the hundreds, some stating that
the crowds there yesterday were the
largest to visit and view the opera
tions in several years.
LUMBER PLANT
TO REMAIN IDLE
Negotiations for' Purchase
of McCabe Plant Here
Meet with Failure
The lumber plant of the Murray &
McCabe Company here will continue
to remain idle, according to informa
tion learned here this week. Thomp
son and Company, mill operators of
llertie County, had an option on the
site upon which the mill is located,
but they dropped the right to buy
when it was learned the plant could
not be bought on account of legal en
tanglements surrounding the mill prop
erly.
Negotiations for the purchase of the
site and the mill have been under way
for some time, but the proposed sale
fell through last week on account of
the legal entanglements, it was said.
What disposition will be made of the
mill property is not known. It is be
lieved a purchaser could be had and
its operation returned were it not for
certain legal entanglements.
Employment Lower This
Year Than Last in State
Reports from 200 of the 2,800 manu
facturing establishments throughout
this state, which are regularly con
tacted by the Department of Labor's
representatives, indicate a decline in
'employment of 2.2 per cent under
the same month last year. The re
port on production March, 1933,
is 84.6 per cent of that of a year ago.
There is a note of optimism, however,
in the outlook for employment for the
next three months, as expressed in
the statement that 12 per cent of the
firms reporting expert to increase their
personnel during this period while on
ly 1 1-2 per cent are expecting to op
erate with fewer employees.
Durham Farmers Go
In Strong for Gardens
Nearly every Durham County farm
er will plant a garden this year with
most of them making plans to keep
the garden going the year around.
2 NEGRO MEN DIE
IN ATUO WRECK
NEAR EVERETTS
A Third Man Is Seriously
Hurt In Early Sunday
Morning Accident
Charles Garfield, colored, was in
stantly killed, Ned Colston, colored,
was fatally injured, and Buck Brown,
also colored, was badly hurt in an au
tomobile wreck .on Highway No. 90
near Everetts early Sunday morning.
Garfield is said to have suffered a
broken neck and died before aid could
reach him. Colston, a middle aged
man of large build, died a few min
utes after he was removed to Rober
sonville. Brown was injured about the
neck and back, but he is expected to
recover.
Traveling toward Robersonville, the
three men had just passed the first
curve beyond Collie Swamp when
their car gradually left the highway
and turned over about 100 yards a
way. The top and windshield of the
Ford sport roadster were smarted,
and it is believed the necks of Garfield
and Colton were broken when the
top of the machine was leveled down
to the body. Colston was caught un
der the car, and the other two were
thrown out. A small amount of li
quor was in the car, but it could not
be determined whether Colston, driver
of the car, was drinking. Apparently
the car was being driven rapidly and
gradually left the road just about the
time the curve was passed.
Colston's body was removed to
Williamston and held here until that
evening when it was transferred to his
'late home in Portsmouth. The man
was said to have operated a bakery in
the Virginia city and going after his
wife, formerly of Robersonville, when
he met his death.
Garfield, it is understood, was a
fugitive from justice, and was said to
have accompanied I.ovingood Mor
detai when he was shot in an attempt
to enter the ronic of Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmie Harrison here about two years
ago. He and Brown have been scout
ing here and there during the past few
months, Brown having left this sec
tion when he was accused of mistreat
ing his wife.
The three left Portsmouth early that
morning and were planning to spend
Easter in or near Kobersonville.
RIVER LOWLANDS
URGED FOR PART
OF FOREST FUNDS
Overflow Lands of Roanoke
Swamps May Come in
Roosevelt Scheme
Windsor.—The Roanoke River low-
'grounds in Bertie County would be
the location for the expenditure of
a part of the huge appropriation for
forestry and flood control work which
was made recently by Congress when
it approved President Roosevelt's re
forestation program, if the suggestion
of Judge Francis D. Winston to Con
gressman John H. Kerr is followed.
Judge Winston *61)1 a letter last
week to the congressman calling at
tention to the need for this work in
the Roanoke lowlands and urging that
it be undertaken. Speaking on this
subject, he said:
"During the second Cleveland ad
ministration meetings were held in
all the counties bordering on the Ro
anoke to urge Congress to reclaim
those lands and protect them from
freshet overflows. During slavery the
low grounds of the Roanoke were
largely protected by dykes and dams.
"They are the richest farming lands
in the world and are on each side of
the river, reaching up into Virginia.
Bertie County is deeply interest in
these lands, which in many instances
are now idle. No skilled labor is need
ed. The remains of old dams point
out in many instances where the work
can be done. A dollar a day and
board will give the government all
the labor it needs for that work, and
not disturb our famring or other labor
problems."
Jamesville Seniors Present
Play There Next Friday
The members of the senior class of
Jamesville High School will present
their annual play, "A Romantic Jump,"
Friday evening, April 21, at 8 o'clock.
The play, a comedy-drama, is wholly
original, Combining good clean com
edy with strong situations and inter
esting climaxes, A strong cast has
been chosen. Additional features of
chorus girls and boys will be given
between acts. The play is being
coached by Miss Annie V. Horner,
English teacher in the high school,
and the chorus is directed by Miss
.Louise Roebuck.
A small admission fee will be charg
ed to help defray commencement ex
penses.
SAYS ASSEMBLY
TO SOON FINISH *
AND GO HOME
Thinks Body Will Agree on
Some Form of a Con-
sumption Tax
T. W. Bost, Raleigh correspondent
for the Greensboro Daily News, in
his dispatch to the News Monday
says "Many legislators have written
home for money and summer clothes,
but the general judgment is that the
general assembly will be away from
Raleigh almost a full month earlier
than it adjourned two years ago.
"Despite the temper "of the'times,
the mood of the assembly is far bet
ter than it was two years ago. And
the further it goes the better that body
gets. It is going to agree tniKh more
easily on some form of consumptjfri
tax than any vote thus far has shown.
It voted down the general sales tax
in the .house because there appeared
to be a special commodity that would
be better economics and better poli
tics. But the selected commodity em
braced the worst form of genera! 'sks
tax, and the general sales tax faile..l
to incorporate the best features oi
the 'luxury tax.'
"Nobody is speaking for the sub.
committee now at work on the reve
nue bill, but it isn't an organization
to tie itself up everlastingly. The men
on it have tremendous convictions,
but if there is any member on it who
can not change his mind there is no
past record in legislation to identify
such a perfectly put person.
"In all of these efforts at early agree
lite iit and adjournment, there are cal
culations without Mr. JButvie, and it
never is entirely safe to leave Mr.
Bowie out.
"The Bowie historic positions all
fail. He was tremendous in his op
position to the taxing of foreign stocks
in 1923, but he was for it in 1933. He
was a wild spender in 1921, 1923, and
1925, but a very tame spender in 1933.
He was vociferous in 1931 against the
Bowie allies of today. - They would
not enact a sales tax or a selected com
modity measure in 1931. He assailed
them. But he will not allow them to
propose such a plan in 1933. The
shifty Mr. Bowie isn't discredited in
tellectually, but his leadership lacks
cohesion. The bloc can't follow him
and the bloc has been splitting up all
session.
"The house has had no pleasure in
his absence. It likes to see hint fight.
He gives all that he has and break:)
himself down. Hut nobody has sat
isfactorily explained why there was
any more reason for tapping special
taxes in 1931 than in 1933. Indeed,
the need appears much greater this
year than it was then.
"The point is simple enough: There
really isn't any reason for a protract
ed stay in Raleigh. There will be a
quick agreement on some form of rcv
euue that will balance the budget.
And there should be no assembly here
April 30."
DEATH TODAY OF
MRS. W. L. STALLS
Funeral Services Will Be
Held at Home Tomorrow
Afternoon at 3 O'clock
Mrs. W. Lawrence Stalls died at
her home 011 Main Street here this
morning at 5 o'clock following an ill
ness of several years' duration. Dur
ing the past year she was confined to
her bed most all the time. She was
about 67 years of age.
The daughter of the late William
Bullock and wife, Mrs. Stalls was
born in Cross Roads Township not
far from Bear Grass. She was mar
ried to Mr. Stalls about 35 years ago,
and lived in Gold Point for a while,
later locating in Williamston. One
child, Leon Stalls, of Portsmouth,
was born to the union. She was a
member of the Primitive Baptist
church for a number of years, holding
her membership with the church at
Bear Grass. Several brothers and sis
ters were in the family but they pre
ceded her to the grave.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the home tomorrow afternoon
at 3 o'clock by Elder B. S. Cowin.
Interment will follow in the cemetery
here.
m
Confidence Is Being
Restored To Nation
Greensboro.—Reports from different
parts of the country as conveyed by
executives of most o( the leading in
surance companies are encouraging, ac
cording to Julian Price, president of
the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
Company, who returned this week
from a trip to Chicago. He and other
insurance executives attended a na
tional meeting of insurance commis
sioners from the various states.
Those with whom he talked in Chi
cago had not observed any particular
upturn in business, Mr. Price said,
but they had noticed that the people
ar'e regaining confidence. This is con
sidered a very encouraging factor.
County Tax Listers
Start on Huge Task
HIGH HONOR I
William Clyde Griffin, son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. Claude Griffin, of
gained one of the
highest scholastic honors offered
by any college or university in the
country recently. Young Griffin
was one of 27 students in the Uni
versity of North Carolina receiv
ing the Phi Beta Kappa key, earn
ed by his scholastic achievements
in the university during the past
three years. During that time the
young man averaged 90 or more
on all his subjects.
FUTURE FARMER
SPEAKING TEST
HERETOMORROW
District Elimination at 3
O'Clock in High School
Auditorium
l'hc Young Tar Heel Fanners As
sociation, an organization of students
of vocational agriculture in North Car
olina, and a unit of the Future Farm
ers of America organization, is spon
soring this year a public-speaking con
test. This contest is national in scope
and finality. It has its beginning in
the local schools, where there are lo
cated departments of vocational agri
culture Here each local chapter of
the Future Farmers conducts a con
test within the school to select the
school winner. The Young Tar Heel
Farmers who wins each school is then
permitted to participate in the district
elimination contests. For North Car
olina there will be seven of these dis
trict elimination .contests in 1933.
The contest for the Northeastern
district of North Carolina will be held
in the high school auditorium here
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. To
date, R. C. Jordan, vocational agri
culture teacher of Jamesville, and
chairman of the contest, has received
notice front five students of their in
tention to participate. It is thought
that more will enter before tomorrow.
The speakers have been allowed to
select their own subject, except that
the subject must be of agricultural na
ture. The student having the best
presentation here at Williamston wins
the privilege of participating in the
State contest to be held in Raleigh
in the summer. The winner at Ra
leigh will represent North Carolina in
the national contest at Kansas C ity.
To those people who are interested,
an invitation is extended to attend.
The speakers, especially, will appre
ciate your presence.
The judges for the contest will be
the county superintendent, James C.
Manning, and two others whom he
will select.
WHALE EXHIBIT
HERE ON MAY 3
Big Fish Weighs 68 Tons
and Is Carried On Rail
Car 100 Feet Long
This probably is the biggest fish
story of the year—and, what's more,
it's a true story.
A whale, 55 feet long, and weighing
68 tons, will be on exhibition at the
Atlantic Coast I.ine depot here Wed
nesday, May 3.
It is to be shown in VVilliamston
for the first time since it was captured
near the San Clemente Islands off the
California coast by the Pacific Whal
ing Company, Inc.
'The company, realizing that whales
are rapidly disappearing from the seas,
has caught and embalmed seven of the
denizens of the deep for educational
purposes. The other six now , afe
touring the country, allowing thous
ands of "inlanders" to inspect speci
mens of the mighty monsters that
have colored the pages of literature
for ages.
The cost of capturing the whales
runs into imposing figures. The ship
chartered for the whale hunt costs
around SI,OOO daily, and 11 days were
required to bring in the huge visitor,
who now reposes in bis private rail
road car.
After Mr. Whale was beached, the
problem of embalming and loading
him on his car provided the company
officials plenty to think about for sev
eral days. After pumping 3,000 gal
lons of embalming fluid into the huge
mammal, he was again floated and
towed to a rail pier. There a large
90-ton crane lifted the special steel
car over the side of the pi?r and un
der ila passenger. Snugly settled in
the car, the whale was hoisted up and
placed upon the railroad track for his
journey about the continent.
Advertisers Will Fad Our Col
ons a Latchkey to Owr Sixteen
Hundred lfartin Comity Homes
i
ESTABLISHED 1898
EARLY LISTING IS
BEING URGED TO
AVOID BIG RUSH
List-takers Hope To Finish
Work In This County
By First of May
l he listing of property for taxation
for the year 1V33 is now under way
in several of the 10 townships, it was
learned here yesterday. However, the
work is progressing very slowly, giv
ing rise to the same old story having
to do with a big rush at tile last min
ute. Realizing that farm activities
will be under way iii full swing next
month, the authorities are appealing
to all property owners to visit the re
spective listing place* and get
work behind them.
A delay has already beeti experi
enced on account of indefinite action
on the part of the General Assembly,
but arrangements are complete now
and listing is in progress with a hori
zintal reduction of 33 1-3 per cent in
effect on real property. Listing is
ordinarily completed' by the first of
May, and all listing after that time is
subject to heavy penalty. ' The work
will necessarily have to advance very
rapidly, if all properties are properly
listed by that time this year.
Sitting here yesterday for the first
time, list-takers in this ownslyp re
ceived comparaively few lists, but the
work is expected increase rapidly
within the next day or two. Here, as
elsewhere in the county, property
owners will find they will not have to
wait as long when they visit the list-
ing places early. ■
Approximately 8,000 lists wilt have
to be entered by the list takers this
year, and considerable time is required
in the handling of many ui that num
ber. It costs no-more and the taxes
will be no higher when property is
listed early, and as an early listing
proves advantageous to all concerned,
the list takers are anxious to get the
work completed.
The list takers will sit at the Farm
ers Supply Company here each day
except Saturday and Sunday until the
first of next month.
Mr. George Griffin, list taker for
Griffins Township, in an effort to ac
commodate the property owners of
that district, has arranged to carry the
books to four places between now and
the end of th- month Tuesday of
next week he will sit at W. T. and
H. G. Roberson's .store; on the fol
lowing Thursday, April 27, .he will
be at l.illey's Hall; Griffins schoot
hyiise on the 28th; anil at S. K.'Man
ning's store on the 29th. At the first
three places lie will, sit from 7 a. m.
to 6 p. in.; at the latter place he will
sit trom 1 to > p. MI.
Other schedules will be atiuuunced
by the several remaining list-takers,
and property owners in those districts
are urged to make arrangements to
list their properties as sopn as pos
sible.
USE LOANS TO
BEST ADVANTAGE
No Obligation Buy Any
Particular Brand or
Materials
Some North Carolina farmers who
are using governmental seed and fer
tilizer loans to finance their crops
this season have been given the im
pression that they must buy certain
brands or materials in expending the
money loaned to them.
This is an error. According to ad
vices received by Dean I. O. Schaub
at State College from the director of
crop production loans in Washington,
the regulations governing these loans
do not contain any requirements or
suggestions to borrowers as to the
purchase of any particular brand or
Director C. W. War
burtoii says borrowers are free to use
the proceeds of their loans for any
needed supplies within the regulations
using their best efforts to obtain the
best possible value for the money ex
pended. It is not a part of the duty
of the supervisors to suggest or di
rect crop loan borrowers to buy goods
of any particular brand or manufacture
or to purchase supplies from any par
ticular source.
Mr. Schaub says this information
should clear up this confusion at once.
Tar Heel farmers borrowing from the
Government seed loan fund should
use the money to the best possible ad
vantage, buying where best prices can
be secured and obtaining the beat ma
terials possible with the money avail
able. The regulations do not aay that
a borrower has to buy a certain kind
of nitrogen fertilizer, for instance, if
he believe* sofe other kind would give
better results, or would be a bettar
buy for hit particular conditions.