North Carolina Newspapers

Adrartiaara Wffl Pod Our Col uma a Latchkay to Orar Sixtaan Huadrad Martin County Homaa VOLUME XLIV—NUMBER 27 LOCALS NOW TIED FOR TOP PLACE IN LEAGUE RACE Appear in Best Form of the Season Against Ahoskie Here Yesterday Williamston's position in the Albe marle League was made slightly un- "Lefty" White, for the visitors, hold ing the locals to a few scattered hits. Herring pitched for Williamston, al lowing 12 hits, which coupled with er rors aided the progress of the visi tors. The locals made their three runs on 6 hits and 7 errors. Windsor won the afternoon game by a 6 to 5 count before one of the largest crowds to see a game in the league this season. Watkins held Williamston to eight hits, but he wai relieved in the ninth by White after two were out, "Lefty" getting credit for the win. Kugler, allowing 12 hits, was relieved in the eighth by Cherry, who yielded up one hit and was charged with the loss. A wild pitch in the ninth gave Windsor the decdi ing run. Williamston took on new form here yesterday afternoon when they con nected for 17 hits and played errorless ball for the first time this season, win ning over the Ahoskie Indians by a 12'.t0 0 count. With the shifting of Brake to centerfield and putting New some on second, the locals appeared in their best form of the ye»r. Two Ahoskie twirlers were driven from the mound, one in the first, when the lo cals made 5 runs, and a second in the third inning, when 6 more runs were counted. "Country" Oavis went on the mound at that stage of the game and held the Martins scoreless from then on. It was the first game the locals had played without a single er ror being chalked against them, and their hitting was the best of the sea son. Cherry was in fine form, allow ing only 4 hits and walking one pur posely. Next week marks the close of the first half of the season, and right now no one team has a claim on the top position. Box score for Thursday: WILLIAMSTON AB RHPO A B Earp, ss 4 2 2 1 2 0 Gaylord, If 5 2 2 0 0 0 Latham, c 5 2 2 0 0 0 Brake, cf 5 2 2 3 0 0 Uzzle, 3b 5 110 3 0 Taylor, lb 5 1 2 11 10 James, rf 5 1 2 2 0 0 Newsome, 2b ;... 4 0 1 2 4 0 Cherry, p 3 12 12 0 Totals 41 12 17 27 12 0 AHOSKIE AB R H PO A E Harrell, 2b ..... 4 0 1110 Gerrock, lb 4 0 0 7 0 0 Carr, p-cf „„ 4 0 2 4 0 0 W Davis, rf-p 4 0 1 10 1 Tomko, 3b . 4 0 0 2 3 0 Corbitt, ss 3 0 0 0 3 0 H. Davis, rf-p 3 0 0 3 0 0 Askew, If 3 0 0 1 0 0 Rogerson, c 3 0 0 5 0 0 Totals ..... 32 0 4 24 7 1 Score by innings: R Ahoskie 000 000 000— 0 Williamston 516 000 OOx—l2 Summary: Two-base hits: Uzsle, Cherry, Brake, Carr, Gaylord, Latham 2; home run: Brake; base on balls: off Cherry 1, off Carr 1, off H. Davis 0, off W. Davis 1; struck out: By Cher ry 6, by H. Davis 3, by W. Davis 2. Hits: off Carr, 4 in 0 (none out in first ); off H. Davis 9 in 2 1-3 in nings (1 out in 3rd); off W. Davis, 4 in 5 2-3 innings. Umpires: Joyner and Wyatt. » Local Fire Company Gets Call Yesterday Morning • - The local fire company was called out yesterday when fire threatened the hay barn of Mr. L. B. Harrison on Church Street. Very little damage was done, as the blaze was brought under control by water from a garden hose. A boy about the lot was burning some trash near the barn, and the fire caught the building when he stepped away for a few minutes. Tfae scene of the fire was said to km been Harrison's stable, and the truck was driven to the rear of the Harrison fetore before it was learned that tb« fire was threatening the barn on Church Street. THE ENTERPRISE Team, Batting Averages Drops From The Martins, both as a club and as individuals, suffered a slump in batting last week, the team as a whole getting only 31 hits out of 127 times at bat for an average of .244, and dragging the team average down to .291 from .303 the week before. Only a few individual players man aged to hold up as well or do better than they did the previous week. Brake, second baseman, kpnf hi-» eve on ilie hall ind »r> m»in. Earp, ss 17 74 20 26 2 4 0 36 2 .351 Gay lord, If ..... 17 72 20 23 4 1 1 32 4 .320 Taylor, lb 17 66 7 21 5 0 0 26 0 .318 rf 17 67 4 18 4 0 0 22 2 .269 La'hani, c _ 17 69 15 17 4 4 0 29 2 .246 Herring, p-cf 16 51 6 12 3 4 1 26 0 .235 Cherry, p-cf 10 22 2300030 .136 Fr an>. cf 10 25 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 120 Kugler, p-cf 11 24 3 2 1 0 0 3 1 .083 Newsomc, p _ 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Team Totals 17 616 102 179 36 17 4 261 16 .291 FOURTH PASSES QUIETLY HERE No Disorders or Accidents Reported In Section During the Day The. nation's birthday anniversary last Tuesday was very quietly observ ed in this community, no disorders or accidents being reported during the •lay. No arrests were made in the county as far as it could be learned. Hundreds from stores, other busi ness houses a»ul farms around at tended the baseball game here that morning between Windsor and Wil liamston, and the crowd followed the teams to Windsor that afternoon. Finding the weather unusually cool and pleasant, very few people froni this community visited any of the beaches or watering places that day. Those who did brave the cool wea ther and visited the beaches are said to have sat around the firesides most of the time. Approximately 200 accidental deaths were reported throughout the nation during the day, the automobile death toll leading the list of casualties. MUST PAY WATER BILLS AT OFFICE Reduced Department Force Makes Direct Collect tions Impossible Keducing its water department force to a minimum, the town find* it necessary to insist on water cus tomers paying their accounts at the office of the treasurer and discontinue the servk-es of a collector. All ac counts are due and payable at the of fice of the treasurer on or before the 15th of each month, and where ac counts are not paid, service will be discontinued between that time and the next reading without further no tice. There are about 300 water accounts to be handled each month, and ordi narily about 275 of that number are paid promptly. Lately, however, the | collector lias been confronted with an ever-growing delinquent list. At the meeteing last Mottday, 57 delin quent accounts were reported. Prac tically all of that number will have been collected before the 15th, but the collection work is fast reaching the problem stage and the authorities found it necessary to ask that accounts be paid at the office. Martin County Jail Now Has' Two Men Boarders The Martin County jail, after be ing empty for about 10 days for the first time in years, started receiving boarders again over the week-end when officers entered three prisoners. Two of the prisoners were arrested and placed in jail for alleged stealing of meat and" clothing, and the third was held in connection with driving an automobile while intoxicated. No arrestt were made on tht Fourth, and at the present time only two men are in jail, the third having I been released under bond. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July 7, 1933 ATTEMPT IS MADE TO BURN CHURCH HERE THIS WEEK Fire Discovered Under the Old Episcopal Church Here Last Monday An attempt was made to burn the old Episcopal church building here last Tuesday morning, neighbors dis covering and checking the blaze be fore any damage resulted. Mystery surrounds the act, officers investigat ing it stating that they were at a loss to even learn the motive behind the crime. I About 12:30 that mornitg, members |of the P. 11. Brown household, ad joining the church property, heard a noise in the yard and upon investi gation saw a man run from the church, but his identity could not be established. Later they saw a small fire burning under the front part of the wooden structure, used now for the Church of the Advent Sunday school. Mr. Brown hurried out of his home and with a bucket of water extinguished the small blaze. It was later learned that the party attempt ing to burn the building had saturat ed two newspapers, one of which was printed in New York, with kerosene carried to the scene in an old coffee pot. It is believed by some that the party or parties attempted to fire the building to attract the attention of the town to the spot and make it pos sible for them to rob in other parts of town unnoticed. Vital Statistics for First Six Months Reported Sixty-eight births and 27 deaths were reported in Williamston Town ship during the first six moriths of this year, it was learned yesterday from Mrs. Mary Andrews, registrar. Forty of the births and 16 of the deaths were reported in Williamston. WITH THE EDITOR AT THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSITION IN CHICAGO Returning a few days ago from the , world fair in Chicago, Messrs. C. A. j Harrison, Edwin Peele, Chas. Man i ning and W. C. Manning had many things to tell, but each of them ad mitted that a complete word descrip tion of the amassed sights there is humanly impossible. Traveling in a I special train chartered in Asheville I by members of the South and North Carolina Press associations, William- J ston's four representatives reported a wonderful trip upon their return. The editor gives a brief sketch here, . and explains that months would be I required to tell aboirt the spectacular sight* of the exposition. He say*: Upon approaching the vicinity of the Century of Progress Exposition I in Chicago, one!f eyes glimpse > new •type of architecture made even more striking with its bright colors. Bril liant by dajr and made equally bril JULE BUNTING, HAMILTON MAwp KILLS HIMSELF Former Large-Scale Farmer Shoots Self at Noon Wednesday Jule R. Bunting, at one time a prominent and large-scale farmer of tt 'i A ...J.J « *. ft. .I L:. L can ior iß'ip, una ne says me man nau been dead for quite awhile when he reached the scene of the tragedy. It is believed Bunting placed one end of the gun on the floor and the other to his side, near the heart. He then apparently took the yard stick and pushed the gun trigger, causing the entire load to enter the side and heart. The man fell over backward on the bed with his feed resting on the floor. Bunting, 53 years of age, is said to have met with adverse financial con ditions during the past, and within the past year or two he is said to have talked about ending his life. How ever, as far as it could be learned here, there was nothing about his re cent actions to indicate the tragic ac tion. Only the day before he was here talking and joking with many lo cal people, and is reported to have said that he was finding it difficult to make a living, but that he thought everything would turn out all right. A sealed note, addressed to one of his sons, was found in the room with the body, but its contents were not disclosed. Coroner S. R. Biggs was called, but no investigation of the case was considered necessary. The scene of the suicide is only a few steps from the spot where Ernest Pippen, young Hamilton mechanic, fatally shot himself on April 26. Bunting is survived by his widow, two sons, Messrs. Kay Bunting and Jule K. Bunting, jr., and one daughter, Mrs. J. B. Everett. Funeral services were conducted from the home yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. J. M. Perry. Burial was in the Baptist cemetery at Scotland Neck. Negro Found Dead In the Lower Part of This County Claude Davis, colored man believed to have wandered to this section front some where in West Virginia, was found dead in the lower part of this county, near the Washington County line, a few days ago. An in vestigation was made by authorities of that couqty, the evidence indicat ing that the man died of natural causes. Coroner S. R. Biggs was called, but he considered an inquest unnecessary following tihe investiga tion made by the authorities of Wash ington County. Coming to this section only a short while back, Davis was caretaker at the Towe fishery on Welch's Creek, exchanging hit services for room and board there. He was said to have complained of some stomach trouble and a weak heart. The body was buried near the Washington County home, accord i ing to information received here. liant by an elaborate lighting system at night, the buildings stand out in their varied colors. The fountains of water, sparkling in the brilliant flood lights, mark a lasting impression on the visitor's mind. Inside the fair one does not find the howling mobs common with gala gatherings of thousands of strangers. Instead of a semi-mob spirit, there prevails a noticeable gentleness and a marked friendship. At every turn in the vast maze of sidewalks extending to and fr for a distance of about 85 miles, one finds accommodating guids and information booths where valuable service is freely offered. And re ceiving correct information, one is made to feel that he did the informer a favor by questio/iing him. We from our little country town and strangers to the people of that great city, traveled in an air of refinement Williamston and Other Leaf Markets in Belt Open Aug. 29 Sales Tax Proves Nuisance L s w? EK earlier Tjr**l jr • »• • >-,1 THAN DATE SET With. Vnriafinn in Chnrnw T DRIVE AGAINST REGULAR MEET TYPHOID ENDS OF TOWN BOARD NEXT WEEK MONDAY NIGHT Marked Decrease Reported In Number Visiting Dispensaries Marked decreases in the numbers taking the last "shot" of the anti-ty phoid vaccine have been reported at several of the dispensaries in the coun ty this week, doctors stating that the preventive measure is causing mang.sore arms and that numbers of subjects hulked when time rolled a round for the third and last dose. busy season on the farms is also said to have held many away from the dis pensaries this week. Yesterday' Dr. J. 11 Saunders said the number taking the va-rcinc was less by 150 vister.luy !lt one point than on tie simp day lust week. Ap proximatel) 400 failed to return here today for the last treatment, the number dr >pping fn ni 1,10(1 lust Fri day to around 700 today, the health oiiicer said. The vaccine this yeajf is said to be more effective than in years, anil re ports from ull over the State indicate that the preventive measure is -caus ing more sore arms than is ordinarily the case. I he campaign comes to a close in this count) next week, aiul all are urged to make complete the pre ventative measure. The last dose is said to be less painful. The total number taking the vac cine will not be known before the latter part of next week or the early part of the following week, it was .said. County Man Back from Long Preaching Tour Completing a tour extending into several Stale-, of the Union and into Canada, Elders Hutchinson and E. C Stone last Tuesday offered very fav orable reports on I heir visits with " "'er .moves. many of the country's Primitive Bap- Making his report, the treasurer tisl churches and congregations. The slit 'ed 'hal about one-halt, or $20,851 two men traveled 3,386 miles r.n their ,ax levy had been collect trip, started' list May. They spent I '' Approximately $7,0(10 of the 1931 It vy remains unpaid. Including the uncollected amount on the 1932 levy, the town has a tax delinquent ac count of approximately $35,000, more than enough to sestore the town's ciedit and ulfset all current obliga- $37.50 for gasoline anil oil, the gas price ranging frum 11 to 29 1-2 cents a gallon. The elder pr» ached 20 times during the trip, once in New York City, three times in Toronto, and once in Ekfird, Canada, and at other pmnts in both Canada and the United States. They attended two associations and one yearly meeting. marked by it N friendliness and help fulness. There was absent all smart ness, pertness and rough stuff. The incorrect mental picture of the pick pocket and gangsters in Chicago faded and our estimate of humanity was raised high by the friendly atmosphere. Not a single uncloth remark or a word of discord was heard in the spa cious fair grounds, the very cross roads of the earth during this period when men and women from almost every land and clime are thrown en masse. There were no beggars, no lords; there was only a great mass of humanity reviewing the achieve ment! of man and grasping whatever opportunities startled mind% could grasp. The general exhibits building, cov ering more than 4 acres of ground, is a marval, and is too extenkivf in (Continued on page two) Pledge Cooperation in Civic Undertakings Planned By Woman's Club In a two-houf meeting held last Monday night, the local town commis sioners handled routine duties and discussed several other important is sues, taking no definite action in any of them, however. In full charge of tli? meeting, May or J. 1.. Hassell-.reviewed the current bills, and announced that they were the smallest in many months. Appealing before a recent meeting of the.local Woman's Club, the mayor reail to the board a number of sug gestions ottered by that body, and the cunuim:.ioncra went im record as. pledging their cooperation in the car rying out of the suggestions in every way possible. The club urged action in cotmccetion with improving s.ini tarv conditions in those districts w here water and sewerage 'connec tions are not available at the, pres ent time. And then the club mem bers asked that the hoard arrange a fire alarm system whereby it would be possible to determine the direction of a fire without following the apparatus to the scene \n alarm code has been discussed' a number uf times, but with the present alarm system it is next to impossible to signal lire loca lions. The board plans to take the matter up with the members of (lie fire company in an effort to arrange a better alarm system. The sprink- IniK of the streets was also suggeset i'd for hot days. I aced with the la t thai.,many ten : nti were leaving sizeable water bill.s t'tipaid, tin lidaid u piled the water de l>i>'it from $1.50 to s.l for residences and $5 for filling stations and stores. \'o deposit i-, required of property owners. All deposits are refunded less the amount of water bill when the I'p until the first of July, the town had defaulted $19,205 in its bond and interest obligations. There is around SO,OOO in the bank. I lie need of a Pied Piper for han dling the thousands of wharf rats that arc ravaging the town was discussed, and -.tcjij, were taken to start an anti rat campaign, within the near future. I he large rodents are doing a great damage in many sections of the town, entering thicken houses and killing biddies in large numbers. As many as JO or 40 of the large rats have been killed at one time, it was said. Services at Piney Grove Baptist Church Sunday Rev. W. B. Harrington will con duct the regular preaching services at the Piney Grove Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 2:JO o'clock. The public is invited to attend. Sermon Theme at Baptist Church Is Announced ♦ "The l.aynien in the Church," is to be the theme of the sermon at the Baptist church Sunday morning. At tl\j evening hour the union serv ice will be held with the Christian church at 8 o'clock. I Watch the Label On Yoar j Paper Aa It.. Carrie* the Date When Your Subscription Expire* ESTABLISHED 1898 not excessive. tobacconists attending the associ ations JJrd annual convention woulil make no prediction as to what will he the effect of the farm relief bill on tobacco prices this year. I In order to stabilize tobacco pri nces," said President Carrington in his I annual ad'dress, "they have got to inaugurate a tremendous amount of governmental machinery, and that | will be the outcome neither the sec retary of agriculture nor anyone else is able to predict at this time." i 'As 1 undedstand it, the object of I the farm relief hill is to avoid over production and establish a moder ately safe prices at which tobacco can be raised and marketed. If they can do this they will have accom plished something of great benefit to the trade. ■ Considerable opposition was ex pressed on the floor of the conven tion to the new federal tax of six cents a pound on all cigar tobaccos— kbe first of the government's moves jiii an. attempt to'aid the tobacco far mer. It was the consensus that it would be better if the tax were placed on a percentage basis of the value of the to ha: co rather* than a straight tax of six cents on both poor and good grades. Dr. Julius Klein, former assistant secretary of commerce, principal speaker at the convention's closing banquet session stated governmental pi ice lifting in no instance should be allowed to run beyond the corres ponding increase in wages. Any price change," he said, "that I impairs 'consumption defeats its own purpose." MRS. MARY WEBB DIED MONDAY Funeral Held at Home Near Here at 2:30 O'clock Last Wednesday Mrs. Mary Ann Webb, widow of the late John Webb, died at the home of her son, Slyvester Webb, on the Washington Road in Hear Grass I ownship last Monday morning about 5 o dock. About 89 years of age, Mrs Webb had been in feeble health fur some tune, but she was nut taken seriously ill until shortly after mid night Monday. The day before she had been active in the home, prepar ing the noon-day meal .and caring for her several grandchildren whose mother died only a few months ago. She was born in Hear Grass Town ship and lived there all her life. She was a member of the C hristian church at Macedonia (or years. I'Uiieral services were conducted by I.ewis T. Holliday assisted by Jos. L. Ilolliday Tuesday afternoon. Burial was in the Macedonia cemetery be side the grave of her husband. l our daughters, Mrs. Mozella Gard ner and Mrs. Arnianda Biggs, of Bear Crass, Mrs. Eva Rogers, of Stokes, and Mrs. Ida Roberson, of (iriHins, and two sons, Jack Webb, of Texas, and Sylvester Webb, of Bear Grass, survive. * Williamston Players Lose Tennis Match \To Raleigh I.ocal tenuis players lost a series of matches, to Raleigh's champions there last Sunday. However, the William ston players offered interesting com petition, despite the fact that the Ra leigh netters made a clean sweep of the matches. Messrs. N. C. Green, P. B. Cone, Joe Godard, Rush Bondurant, Jack Book er, Fred Taylor, and Asa Crawford, making the trip, were cordially enter tained during their stay in the Capi tal City.