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Advertiser* WBI Fad Oar Cot ami ■ Latchkey to Onr flUteM HondrW Mutta Comity Hamas VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 35 FULL DAYS WORK PUT IN BY JUDGE PEEL TUESDAY No Session of Court Next Tuesday On Account National Holiday After a holiday last week made pos sible by the session of the superior court, the county recorder's court call ed its do:ket of IS cases last Tuesday. The officers worked into the after noon and found it necessary to con tinue several cases until Tuesday, July 11. No session of the court will be held next Tuesday as tHe day will be observed as a holiday. The court more than paid its way and provided s small sum for the school fund. M. H. Deety was fined SSO and taxed with the costs (or operating a car while intoxicated. Charles Simpson was fined $5 and taxed with the costs in the case charg ing him with violating the liquor laws. He pleaded guilty in the ca:>e. The case charging Enoch Peel with bastardy was continued two weeks. ' In the case charging him with an assault with a deadly weapon, J. R. Bunting was iound not -guilty. Hi pleaded guilty in a second case charg ing him with carrying a concealed weapon and was fined SSO, costs add ed. Oliver Gilliam was found not guilty in the case charging him with reck less driving. Shepherd Rice pleaded not guilty in the case charging him with trespass. The action was continued two weeks. The cases charging Jack Hux and William Rogers with violating the li quor laws were also continued. Jonah Clemmons, charged with abandonment anfl non-support, was found not guilty. A nol (Jros resulted in the case charging J. T. James with disorderly conduct. Arthur Hines was sentenced to the roada for a period of six months in the case charging him with an assault with a deadly weapon. The sentence was suspended upon the payment of the costs and $43 to Dr.. Garrington, of Bethel. The case was nol prossed as to James Arthur Roberson. The two negroes, playing on the same base ball team near Robersonville several weeks ago, are said to have started a free-for-all fight. Roberson was bad ly cut, the doctor taking around 85 stitches to close the wound. The ball diamond looked like a battlefield when the two men and their followers ceas ed hostilities, it was said. Willie Williams was sentenced to the roads for a period of six months for the alleged assault on a woman. The case charging Douglas Ed wards with practicing medicine with out license was continued two weeks under prayer for judgment. Adjudged guilty of an affray, Lewis Jones, Buss Hines, and Sandy Staton were each given a four-months sus pended sentence on th eroads. VanDyke Furniture Co. Opens Store Tonight, 7:30 Final arrangements for the big open ing of the new VanDyke Furniture Store on Main Street here are now complete, and the management ia ex tending a cordial welcome to the peo ple of the town and community to at-] tend the formal opening event this I evening at 7:30 o'clock. Free gifts will be delivered to visitors attending the openings, it was announced. Manager G. G. Woolard and other employees of the firm have been busy all the week arranging the complete line of new furniture, and many visi tors are expected at the recently re modeled store this evening. To Close Applications for Agricultural Positions The United States Civil Service Commission ha* that it has received a sufficient number of applications for emergency agricultur al assistant positions to meet present needs, and that the re:eipt of applica tions will close on July 7. Applica tions must be on file in the Commis sion's office at Washington, D. C., on or before that date. The examination ' was announced to fill vacancies under the newly created Agricultural Adjust ment Administration of the United | States Department of Agriculture. Editor To Be at Baptist Church Sunday Morning » W. C. Manning, sr., just home from the Chicago fair, has consented to the request of the pastor of the Bap tist church to give a brief address to the congregation Sunday morning on World Religion, as glimpsed in the Religious Building, Chicago. This should be an impressive and timely address on the respective merits of comparative religion. The union services will be held at the Episcopal church Sunday evening, to which all people are invited. THE ENTERPRISE Three Cases Typ Reported to Health Officer Three cases of typhoid fever were reported in the county this week with the possibility that ad ditional cases had not been called to the attention of the county health officer. One of the cases is in Williamston, a second in Jameeville Township, and a third near Williamston. One of the pa tients was reported in a critical condition early in the week. Two of the three victims had not been vaccinated, and the third had been given only one dose. The germ was apparently in the child's body when the first dose of vaccine was given it. All three MARTINS RETAIN LEAGUE LEAD BY 1 - GAME MARGIN Win Two From Colerain; Lose One To Elizabeth City This Week Winning two straight games from Colerain last Tuesday and Wednesday, the Williamston Martins dropped a close game to Elizabeth City at Eliz abeth City yesterday afternoon by a 4 to 3 score. The loss yesterday places Edenton within one game of the top. Last Tuesday, Doc Kugler held Colerain to two hits, the Martins win ning by a 2to 0 count. Rain stopped the game after the eighth inning, the contest being featured by the scarcity of hits. Marshall, for Colerain, al lowed only six safeties and fanned nine; Kugler fanned six. On the local diamond last Wednes day,, the Martin, behind fine pitching by Cherry, won at the last minute by putting over the winning run in the eighth to register a 5 to 4 victory over Colerain. The Martins, after exper iencing several costly errors, came to the bat in the next to the last frame and knocked put two doubles and a single to score four runs. Kugler walked, Brake singled, and Earp and Herring figured with a duable apiece. Herring lost a hard game yester day when Elizabeth City made four hits to win the game 4to 3. Herring's wildness in the opening inning proved to be his downfall, two walks, a hit batsman and two hits netting three runs. Nee counted the other run for the Jaybirds with a homer in the thiitl inning. Gaylord, Bytake, and Uzzle got two hits each, accounting for 6 of the 8 allowed by Lee. Taylor and Uzzle each got two-baggers. With Williamston maintaining only a one-game margin as leaders in thr league, and with two weeks to go in the first half, interest in the pay is increasing. Large crowds are expect ed here next Tuesday morning when the locals play Windsor. Box score and summary 'bf yester day's game; WILLIAMSTON ABRHPOAE Earp, ss 4 1 0 3 4 0 Gaylord, If 4 12 10 0 Latham, c 4 1 011 1 0 Brake, 2b ... 3 0 2 1 2 0 U*zle, 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 Taylor, lb 4 0 17 1 0 James, rf ...... 3 0 1 0 0 0 Newiome, rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 Frank, cf ... 2 0 0 0 0 1 Kugler, cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 xCherry . 1 0 0 0 0 0 Herring, p 3 0 0 1 2 0 Totals 33 3 824 10 2 xßatted for Kugler in ninth. ELIZ. CITY ABRHPOAB Johnson, 2b 3 1 0 0 3 0 Nee, ss 4 2 2 0 1 1 Welch, 3b 4 0 0 3 2 0 Goodman, If 2 10 10 0 Richards, lb 3 0 0* 12 0 0 Lee, p 3 0 2 0 1 0 Richardson, c 3 0 0 6 0 0 Lambert, rf 2 0 0 3 0 0 Fearing, cf 4 0 0 2 0 0 Totals 28 4427 71! Score by innings: R Williamson 201 000 000—3 Elizibeth City 30 1 000 OOx—4 Summary: Two-base hits: Uzzle, Taylor, Lee; home run: Nee; double plays: Nee to Welch; Earp to Latham, Brake to, Taylor; hit by pitcher, Rich ards by Herring; Latham and Herring by Lee; wild pitches: Lee, Herring 2; base on balls: off Lee 3, off Herring l J5; struck out, by Lee 6, by Herring 11.1 Special Services at Bear Grass Mission Chapel This being the first Sunday of the month there will be the regular 4 o'- clock preaching service at Holy Trin ity Mission chapel near Bear Grass. Also, beginning Monday evening, the pastor, Rev. E. F. Moseley, will con duct a week's preaching mission there. These services will be held at 8 p. m. All the friends of the community are urged to come and make these serv ices really worth-while. Singing will be a feature of these services and an effort, will be made to have some • special music (hiring the week. . , m Jr Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, June 30,1933 cases are among colored people. With the fever making its ap pearance, it is believed the anti typhoid campaign will gain mo mentum during the next few days, A big increase in the number of applicants was reported this week The increase was noted even though the vaccine is said to be painful than was expected. How ever, no serious or even near ser ious results have been reported as a result of the vaccinations so far. The Columbian Peanut Com closed its plant early at noon to day that its more than 100 em- . ployees might take the vaccine. [ TAIL STILL EMPTY 1 V J Cleared of all its inmates Tues day of last week for the first time in more than four years, the Mar tin County jail continues empty, and it now looks as if Shrriff C. B. Roebuck is out to establish an all-time record as far as operat ing the county's criminal boarding and lodging house is concerned. The empty jail indicates peace and good order within the borders of old Martin County. Pew crime reports have been received in the office of the sheriff during the past 10 days, and apparently detectible crime is now at low ebb. REDUCTION IN POSTAL RATES Effective Tomorrow, Rate Will Be Two Cents on Local Letters A reduced postage rate on first class mail for local delivery will go into effegt tomorrow. At the present time a three-cent postage fee is charged for handling all first class mail re gardless of destination. Beginning tomorrow, one can mail a first class letter for delivery in town or on the rural routes out of the local office for two cents. The new rate does not ap ply to first class mail addressed to someone served by another postoffice. In other words, the three cents rate will still apply on first class letters mailed here for delivery in Everetts or any other post office in the coun try. The new rate going into effect to morrow does not apply to second class matter mailed for local distri bution. Many Seek Job as Collector Cotton Statistics in County According to reports received here, many Martin County people are ap plying for the job of collecting cotton statistics in the county. The time for filing applications has been extended from June x 27 to July 5, it was learned this week, and examinations will be held in the school building here with in the two weeks following, it is un derstood. Definite dates will be an nounced in ample, F. E. Wynne, of the Civil Service, said yesterday. The job provides an annual salary of $142, the duties of the office re quiring visits at certain intervals to all the ginning plants in the county. Difference in Top Dressing For Cotton Is Explained Sulphate of ammonia and nitrate of soda are equa ly good as a side dressing for cotton but under different soil conditions. Where the land hai been limed the sulphate of ammonia will give good results. If the land has not been limed, however, nitrate of soda should be used. Use from 75 to 100 pounds of ammonia or soda to the acre and mike the application as early as possible. 1 CLUB STANDINGS 1 Team W L Pet. Williamston 11 4 .733 Edenton 10 5 .667 Colerain 7 8 .467 Windsor —6 9~ .4^) Ahoskie 6 9 .400 Elisabeth City 5 10 ,3& RESULTS n v / Tuesday Williamston 2, Colerain 0. Elizabeth City 5, Ahoskie 2. Windsor IS, Edenton 1. Wednesday Williamston 5, Colerain 4. Edenton 6, Windsor 3. Ahoskie 10, Elizabeth City 0. I Thursday Elizabeth City 4, Williamston 3. Windsor 6, Colerain 5. Edenton 15, Ahoskie 2. FINAL PAYMENT OF STATE FUNDS MADE THIS WEEK County Receives $2,434.98 As Its Final Part In Reduction Fund Martin County receives this week $2,434.98 from the State as its share in the tax reduction fund, the payment being the last due from the State .The amount will be distributed among the several districts in the county, and in one or two cases will represent all that has been paid the teachers on their eight-month salary. The State supported the six-months term in its entirety, and the tax reduc tion fund was established to help the counties in the support of the extra two months where they were enjoyed. In two or three districts tax collec tions have been insufficient for the county to pay the teachers, and only the amount furnished by the state has , been received by them. It is under stood the county has paid all teach ers for the seventh month and many for the last month of the term, the percentages varying with the tax col lections in the several districts. "All of the obligations incurred against the six-months school fund for the last two years have now been liquidated in cash. This is a record of which the state may well be proud," observed Dr A. T. Allen, State Sup erintendent of Public Instruction, in announcing the distribution. "The tax reduction fund, or the state's contribution to the extended term for the last four years, has meant the preservation of the rural school system in North Carolina. Without this fund the rural schools would have suffered an utter collapse," said Dr. Allen. The fund no longer is necessary, the state through action of the last legislature having assumed lesponsi bility for the support of a uniform eight-months term. For the State wide eight-months term, there is an appropriation of $16,000,000, or halt a million less than the state actually expended on the six-months term and extended term aid this year. Local tax collections for this year are behind on the school fund, but the 1933 legislature authorized the distri bution of state funds in full. No Important Work Is Slated for Commissioners The hearing of complaints in con nection whh the values placed on property for the year 1933 will be continued at the regular meeting of the Martin commissioners here next Monday. In addition to that work, usual routine duties will be handled. As far as it could be learned this week the board has no other special business scheduled for consideration. Tax complaints were heard by the commissioners sitting as a board of equalization and review Monday of last week. A few complaints were postponed and they will be heard here Monday, it is planned. No un fair complaints can be expected to re ceive much consideration. Two Martin Men Left for Forestry Camp Today Robt. Biggs and Henry Mizelle, world war veterans, left today for Raleigh where they will be examined for admittance into the U. S. Forestry Civilian corps. If they are successful, they will probably be transferred to some point in Georgia or Alabama. They are the first two Martin Coun ty men to leave for the forestry serv ice as ex-service men. Reports from the Smoky Mountain camp, where many Martin County boys are now stationed, indicate that they are getting along very well. Schedule of Services at Episcopal Church Sunday There will be morning prayer and sermon at the Church of the Advent this Sunday. The subject of the sermon will be "The Greatest of These Is Love." It is the pleasure of this congrega tion to have the union service at this church Sunday evening. There will be special music and the sermon will be preached by a minister of one of the other churches of the town. The public is cordially invited to attend. Schedule of Presbyterian Services in The County Sunday school will convene at the local Presbyterian church Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock hour. The pastor will preach at 11 a. m. Robcraon's Chapel Sunday school at 4 p. m. Bear Grass Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Sermon at 8 p. m. by Rev. Mr. Mauze. Ballard's Firm Sunday school at 4 p. m. Cotton Reduction Favored by Martin Farmers Tuesday, July Fourth, To Be General Holiday Here The Grand and Glorious Fourth next Tuesday will be observed as a big holiday here. All business houses with the exception of drug stores, soda shops, restaurants, and filling stations, will close for the day. The post office will be closed, and no deliveries will be made either in the town or in the rural districts. The Enterprise, following a cus tom of long standing, and one that is welcomed by all members of the force, will not issue a Tues day edition next week. No celebration marking the an- BETTER TIMES ARE HERE FOR PEANUT TRADE (Two Causes Given for Re cent Upturn in Peanut Industry Happy days are here again in the peanut industry. Not the boom days of a few years ago when peanuts were riding the crest of the prosperity wave but solid, substantial days in which the peanut grower can at least rest reasonably assured of a reasonable profit for his labors. Two Causes Given Two things are responsible, say lo cal peanut men, for the dawn of this new dty in the industry: (1) The crop in North Carolina and Virginia ha-* been cut frort* 20 to 25 hand and m > hiner> is now well un per cent. (2) The government has taken a der way lo toward the establish, ment of a riiriimum price for the prod uct. J. Rives WorsJjam, of the Old Do minion Peanut Corporation, Norfolk, estimate-* the acreage in the Virginia and Carolina belts as approximately 20 per cent less than last year. J. B. While, of the Columbian Pea nut Company, places the reduction as high as 25 per cent, i Since early spring, when peanuts | were dragging along at a cent a pound I prk'es have advanced now to 2 cents a pound and both Mr. Worshatn and • Mr. White predict that the prices for ttt new crup that hai just been plant ed will be substantially higher. Mr. Worshani predicts the price for the new crop will lie from 2 12 to 3 cents a pound. Peanut growers, Mr. Worshatn states, are organizing now as they have never done before to take advantage of the government's offer to aid the industry under the agricultural Ad justment act Sellers and cleaners, too, are putting their shoulders to the wheel to boost the prices of the product. At a confeencer in Washington sev eral days ago, Mr. Worshani stated, the government very definitely indi cated to cleaners and .shelters that it favored increased wages and shorter working hours for labor in peanut plants. Along eveiy front, men in the pea nut industry appear convinced that u new and better deal is at hand. Local 4-H Club Holds Meeting in Courthouse The Williamston 4-H Club met in Miss Sleeper's office last Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock. The secre tary read the minutes of the April meeting and called the roll. Record books were checked at this meeting and and additions were made. All members were given in dividual canning budgets and the work for the morning was formulat ing a canning budget of fruits and vegetables for the entire family. The girls were urged to assist their mothers in canning during the sum mer and were reminded that all club girls between 10 and 13 years of age are required this summer to can six quarts by themselves. Stores Will Not Close Here Next Wednesday Afternoon No half-holiday will be observed by Williamston merchant* and business Ttauses next Wednesday, as Tuesday, July 4, will be an all-day holiday here, it was agreed this week. However, , the merchants and other business men will close their business placet the following Wednesday afternoon, it was stated. niversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, has been planned here. A ball game is scheduled here that morning at 10:30 o'clock between Williamston and Windsor. The local team goes to Windsor that afternoon. Other than the closing of the stores, the morning ball game and the flags on the strests the day will be just another one on the calendar. Big celebrations are being plan ned in the large centers, especially in the north, where more firecrack ers are used than at Christmas time. MANY FARMERS TO HARVEST TWO CROPS TOBACCO Harvesting of Old Crop Is Now Well Underway In This Section Kecent rains in this section have de veloped unusual conditions surround ing the tobacco crop. Harvest of the old, or early, crop continues, but it will be about the middle or latter part of July before the harvest of the young crop will be started to any appreciable extent in this section, according to information gained from a number of farmers in six of the county's ten townships this week. Mr. Joshua L. Coltrain, county commissioner from the Williams district, said yesteulay that it now looked as if the old crop would be harvested in its entirety al most before harvesting was started on the late .Top in some sections Prospects tor a heavy poundage are not at all bright now, many farmers believing that the weight will be no greater, if as great, as it was last sea son. Harrcll Everett, Poplar Point larimr, harvested seven barns of the old crop last week, and be states that the cured product will weigh from one third to one-half as much as the crop weighed last year. Other reports sub stantiating Mr. Everett'* claim have been numerous. Louis Heel, Griffins Township farm er, declares the crop will he no larg er, if as large, as it was last year. I la-it is an increased acreage, he stat ed, hut what conies off the acres is what counts, lit* said. The recent dry season did not damage the crop nearly as much as the cool spell did two or three weeks ago, he believes. Th« young crop, believed to consti tute about one-half of the acreage in this county, has shown marked im provement since the rains started fall ing ope week ago. Makes Report, Showing Value of Family Garden Mrs. Lee Hardison, one of the few club members in the county interest ed in learning the value of the family garden in the amount of food sup plied and money saved, reported her findings recently. During the month of May, the family consumed 141 pounds of kale, bollards, turnip salad and mustard. Valuing the vegetables at market prices, the family saved $.5 in the one month and at a time when there were few vegetables. Union Church Service at The Episcopal Church According to . the plan of the sev eral churches, the union service will he held in the Clfurch of the Advent this Sunday evening. Further" an nouncement regarding this service is found elsewhere in thin paper. WHERE THEY PLAY ) FRIDAY, JUNE SO Elizabeth City at Williamston. Colerain at Windsor. Edenton at Ahoskie. TUESDAY, JULY 4 (10:30 A. M.) Windsor at Williamston. ' Colerain at Ahoskie. Elizabeth City at Edenton. TUESDAY, JULY 4 (3:30 P. M.) Williamston at Windsor. Ahoskie at Colerain. Edenton at Elizabeth City. THURSDAY, JULY 6 Ahoskie at Williamston. Windsor at Elizabeth City. Colerain at Edenton. FRIDAY, JULY 7 Williamston at Ahoskie. Elisabeth City at Windsor. Edenton at Colerain. Watch the Label On Tow Papar Aa It CvriN tha Date Whan Your Snbacriptioa Espiraa ESTABLISHED 1898 ABOUT 1200 ACRES PLEDGED SO FAR IN COUNTY DRIVE Goose Nest Farmers First To Agree To Plow Up Cotton That the cotton reduction move ment will be favored and supported in this county was almost made certain this week when five district meetings were held and many farmers virtually agreed to conform with the regula tions governing the undertaking. As an outcome of the meetings approxi mately one-half, or around 1,200 acres of the reduction quota lias boen pledged. Several hundred contracts are now in the hands of community committees and farmers, and the defi nite outcome of the reduction plan will be known some time next week, probably by the latter part. While no will be brought to bear upon farmers to get tliem to sign the contracts, they are urged to study the contract and consider what the success of the undertaking means to them. It might be pointed out that they consider what the failure of the movement will mean. All contracts must be signed and be in the hands of the county agent not later than Satur day of next week. If sufficient con tracts are signed in this county, State and entire cotton-growing area, the plan will be declared successful and its actual operation will be immediately ordered by the United States gov ernment. Several farmers in this county, con fident that the movement will meet with success, have already planned to start planting corn between their cotton rows. If the plan is adopted, they will plow up their cotton in ac cordance with the contract, atid if the plan fails they will plow up their corn, losing only their seed and planting time. Few contracts have been signed in | this county as far *s it could be learn ed today, but the committees are work ing and the work is progressing, it was learned from County Agent T. B. Brandon, who will be closely con nected with the work until Saturday , of next week. While comparatively small numbers uf farmers attended the meeting here last Monday evening, it was evident that this township will agree to plow up at least one-third, or probably more, of its reduction quota. At Oak City Tuesday morning. 37 tanners heard the contract explained, and it is believed the quot will be •pledged there. Seventeen farmers at tended the meeting in Hamilton that afternoon, and the movement is fav j ored there, the agent said. At Rob ersonville Wednesday morning, nearly 100 farmers were present, nearly a third of them agreeing to reduce their acreages at that time Aiound 25 farmers were present at Everetts on Wednesday afternoon, and prospect* are bright there, it was said. Very little cotton is grown in other sec tions of the county, but farmers who do grow cotton in those areas are in vited to visit their nearest community committee for contracts. . Any farmer interested in the move* ent is directed to the members of the j following community committee for contracts: j Williainston: L. U. Harrison, A. T. ' l'erry, and Robert Everett. Goose Nest: John W Mines, J. T. i Daniel, H. M. Ainsley. | Hamilton: T. B. Slade, D. G. Mat j thews, and E. L. Haislipf. I Ruber sonville: Clyde Everett, Mayo I.ittle, A. K. Osborne Cross Roads:*J. T- Barnhill, J. S. Ayers and Henry Wynn. The county committee is composed of V. G. Taylor, H. H. Cowen, and E P. Cunningham. Thirteen contracts were signed in Goose Nest Township, representing approximately 200 acres, J. W. Hines, a member of the comittee stating he was sure the quota would be oversub scribed by a sizeable margin. The supply of contracts was exhausted yesterday and aditional --ones have been mailed. The names of the early signers ias reported by Mr. Hiines are: Macon Hoggard, Jos. B. Hyman, Henry Early, John C. Ross, Bennie Bryant, Thomas E. and Thomas H. Johnson, Alexander Dolberry, Gus Carraway, A. E. Turner, Mrs. Fannie U. Mizelle, Love Williams, Leamon James. All favored the optional plan. . Mr. J. E. King is attending the an nual meeting of the United States Tobacco association in Virginia Beach this week.