AtortiMn Win Fad Oar Col in a Latchkey toOver gbrtw Hnadrwt Martin CNBQF HOUM VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 37 TYPHOID DRIVE IN COUNTY WILL END THIS WEEK Number of People Making Individual Visits For Free Protection This week marks the close of one of the most extensive anti-typhoid fever campaigns ever conducted by Martin County. That the drive against the fever has been very successful is evi denced by the thousands who took advantage of the free protection. No definite report is available just at this time as to the number taking the vac cine, but accurate numbers will be available probably next week or the week following. Indirect reports received here indi cate that many who failed for one cause or another to visit the dispen saries are asking for individual vac cinations at the offices of the several doctors. Some of these individual vis its are said to be necessary, but many could have been made unnecessary by the subjects visiting the appointed dis pensaries. The practice works a hardship on the several doctors, and those calling for the protection should bear the expense, it is generally agreed However, it must be said that the several doctors have been very consid erate, and have cooperated willingly to make the drive against typhoid fev er in the county successful. STATE MUST AID IN RELIEF WORK Federal Aid Might Be Stop ped If the States Fail To Share Part of Burden • Washington, July 10.—Promise of "a rude shock" to some states in the near future if they do not help to fi nance their relief work was made to day by Harry L. Hopkins, federal emergency relief administrator at a _ closed meeting here of state relief ex ecutives. The relief executives came to Wash ington yesterday to confer with fed eral employment service workers, and today Hopkins gathered them togeth er for a discussion of the situation in lieu of personal interviews. "Apparently a few states did not be lieve the President recently when he pointed out that it is essential for states and local units of government to finance a reasonable share of their emergency relief work," Hopkins told the state administrators. "Some states are due for a rude shock in the very near future if they jd° not come through with action. There have got to be some special sessions of 4tate legislatures. The federal emergency relief administration mans business, and we are not going to string along with these situations. "I am beginning to doubt very much is there is a state in the country which do something in the way of funds for unemployment relief. We see numerous instances in which state* have been providing funds for roads and other purposes and continu ing to do so. Yet they plead that they have no funds for their hungry people. I TENNIS PROVES POPULAR HERE Non-Club Members Taking Undue Advantage in the Use of Court, it is Said Since the opening of the two new courts at the municipal water plant,! the game of tennis has become exceed ingly popular here With both old and young. As a general rule, the weather permitting, the courts are in use dur ing most of every day, and the con tinued play is developing some real player champions. ; The courts were built by private subscription, and recently non-mem bers of the club have been playing at the expense of the members. The public is welcomed to use the courts when members are unable to play, but the outsiders are asked to be consid erate and surrender the courts to members when they get ready to play. If thil ts done the courts will be left open to the public, but if children and other non-members fail to play at such times when the members are busy else-, where, then the courts will be closed to the public during certain hours, it is understood. ♦ '" To Represent Local Church At Meeting In Plymouth The Plymouth zone meeting of the woman's work of the Methodist church will be held. in Plymouth on Wednesday, July 12. Mesdames W. K. Parker, L. B. Harrison, John Wier, Tom Brandon, Roger Critcher, C. T. Rogers, and Miss Anna Pope will rep resent the local unit. J THE ENTERPRISE Valuation Reductio Town Tax Rate While no definite action ha* been taken in connection with the valuation of town properties thia year, a decrease of approximately 1310,621 can be expected if the one-third decreased provided by the county is allowed by the mu nicipal authorities. This de crease, if it is unaltered, will ef fect an increase of about Si in the tax rate, it is believed. It is understood that the author ities are planning to hold the val ues at the same level they were last year excepting those cases where alterations have been made to increase or decrease the val ue of the properties in question. MARTINS LOSE LEAGUE LEAD LAST FRIDAY ♦ Locals Have Chance to Win First Half Coming To a Close This Week Edenton took a commanding posi tion in the Albemarle Baseball League [last Friday by a victory over Colerain and when Williamston lost to Ahoskie 12 to 5. Losing to Williamston 12 to 0 the day before, Ahoskie almost reversed the score in the Friday game. With renewed vigor, the locals enter the last week of play in the first half with a good chance to win back its lead in the league. Last Friday, the Ahoskie Indians pounded all of Williamston's pitchers except one, and he did not go into the box. Ahoskie made 16 hits to score its 12 runs, Sweeney turning Wil liamston back with 10 hits. The game was slow and marred by errors, Ahos kie making five and Williamston four. Large crowds are expected to see the locals and Edenton play here to morrow and Colerain and William, ston here Thursday. Box score and summary: WILLIAMSTON AB R HPO A E Harp, ss 5 2 1112 Gaylord, If 5 2 2 2 0 1 Latham, c S 0 0 3 0 0 Brake, cf 5 10 10 0 Uzzle, 3b 5 0 2 0 3 0 Taylor, lb 3 0 0 11 0 0 xCherry ... 1 0 0 0 0 0 James, rf-2b 5 0 3 4 1 0 Newsome, 2b-p 4 0 1 2 2 0 Herring, p 1 0 .0 0 2 0 Kugler, p-rf 3 0 1 0 2 1 Totals ' 42 5 10 24 11 4 xßatted for Taylor in 9th. AHOSKIE ABRHPOA f? Carr, cf * ■« 3 0 6 Gerrock, lb 5 2 2 12 0 0 Corbet t, ss 5 2 2 0 4 0 W. Davis, rf 4 2 3 4 0 0 Tomko, 3b / 5 2 2 1 2 2 H. Davis, If 5 1 2 2 0 0 Harrell, 2b 5 0 1 2 2 1 Rogerson, c 3 1 2 3 0 0 Sweeney, p 3 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 40 12 16 27 8 5 Score by inning*: R Williamston 011 020 001— 5 Ahoskie 330 015 OOx—l2 Summary: Two-base hits: Tomko, Gaylord, Uzzle, 2; Corbett, Earp; three-base hit: Corbitt; home run: W. Davis; wild pitch, Sweeney; base on balls: off Sweeney 1, off Herring 2; stru.'k out: by Sweeney 3, by Kugler 1, by Newsome 1. Umpires: Lambert I, by Newsome 1. Hits: off Herring 0 in 1 2-3 innings (2 out in 2nd); off Kugler, 8 in 3 2'3 iunings (1 out in 6th); off Newsome, 2 in 2-3 innings. Umpires: Lambert and Newsome. COTTON AT NEW HIGH FOR 2 YEARS m Price Advanced To $2,50 a Bale on the New York Market Yesterday » New York, July 10.—Cotton today soared $2.50 a bale to the highest lev els for about two years. • Disappointment over Saturday's' acreage report, which traders regard ed as bearish, was tempered by a later j official declaration that more than 5,-j 500,000 cres had been thus far offered for retirement under the terms of the industrial agricultural act. This, together with forecasts of a substantial fulfillment of the govern ment acreage control aims, brought, heavy buying orders into the market at the opening, resulting in initial gains of $1 to $1.50 a bale. "A further drop in the dollar with corresponding gains in sterling and the gold currencies helped to widen the bullish interest, although prices receded about 75 cents a bale before the market started on the most vig orous phase of its climb in the later trading. October contracts jumped $2.65 a bale to a basis of 10.93 cents a pound, while December from a low of 10.70 cents rose to 11.10 cents. The bulk of the buying was said to have come from commission houses and foreign and domestic trade | sources. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 11, 1933 By holding the values at that level, the town hopes to reduce its ex penses sufficiently to offset the loss in personal property and continue the old rate of 12.10 in effect. The question now under con sideration is a* broad as it is long, and either case the taxpayer will realize no difference. However, it ia admitted that a 12.10 rate sounds much better than a 13.10 one sounds to the owner of prop erty. A preliminary review of the books shows that values will drop from t1,567,231 in 1932 to approx imately $1,057,226 this year if the authorities fail to retain the old values with necessary changes. SMALL SUMS FOR SCHOOL TRUCKS Task of Redistricting Units In This County Yet To Be Handled According to unofficial information received here the tentative state school budget will allow Martin County $l2O monthly for mechanical services in maintaining its-40 school busses next term. Scattered over the county as they are, and operating five days each week in all kinds of weather and on all types of roads, the trucks have re quired the services of-two and three mechanics in the past. The State, it is also understood, is allowing only $2,600 for fuel during the coming term, If the winter is a severe one, it is believed the amount will be insufficient. The allowances have been considerably reduced below previous figures. Small allowances experienced throughout the entire state system and made imperative by the limited funds made available by the lawmakers will, jit is believed, greatly interfere with the successful operation of schools this year. Very few details are known at this time in connection with the planned changes in the school districts in this county. The district member of the school commission has not visited the county as yet to effect any changes. Statements of Two County Banks Are Encouraging L Statements issued as of June 30 by the Branch Barking and Trust Com pany here and the Bank of Koberson ville, at Robersonville, are both rec ognized as the most encouraging of any in years. They reflect a marked increase in business, and firmly estab lish the confidence held for the two institutions by the people of this sec tion. Deposits are materially increased, and banking activities, as a whole, are on the upgrade. Immediately following the hank holiday, the two institutions returned to normal hanking activities, extend ing every service consistent with safe and sound hanking. The policies of the institutions and tlitir sound con dition were given approval by both state and federal banking departments,- and today the people of this section are enjoying hanking facilities equal to any in the nation. Chas. E. Mizzelle Died In Rocky Mount Today Charles E. Mizelle, a native of this county, died in a Rocky Mount hos pital at nine o'clock this moraing of some kidney trouble. He had suffered with rheumatism at times and went to the hospital a few days ago for treat ment. Mr, Mizelle was born near here 59 years ago. In early manhood he joined the army, and was retired as a captain from active service about .10 years ago. Since that time he had .made his home if» Roper. He repre sented that county in the last session of the North Carolina General As sembly, and was widely known throughout this part of the State. Funeral se/vices will be conducted ' f om his late home ill Roper tomor row afternoon at 3 o'clock. RECEIPTS INCREASE^] Using postal receipts aa a ba rometer, local business enjoyed ita gseataat increase during the month of June than in any like period during the past few yeara, it was learned from Postmaster L. T. Fowden yesterday. During the second quarter receipts were in creased by approximately $366. More than S3OO increase was re ported daring the month of June, a period that ordinarily reflects a decrease in the office here. 18 NEGROES ARE ARRESTED IN RAID SUNDAY Group Was Enjoying a Hot Card Game at Home of Jennings Jones Raiding an alleged liquor and gam bling joint operated by Thelma Biggs and Jennings Jones on the edge of town here early last Sunday morn ing, officers arrested about 18 colored men and women. Unable to handle the mob, the officers place in jail only one or two of the number and recog nized the others for a preliminary hearing yesterday afternoon before Justice of the Peace J. L. Hassell. Officers Alls brooks and Roebuck, as sisted by two special deputies, V. J. Spivey and Jim Uzzle, made the raid after a number of complaints had been received in connection with the aW Used disreputable use of the house. Twelve of the number were found playing cards in one room, and three other couples were found cooing and loving in other parts of the house, the officers said. Spivey, stationed at the back door, was ready for action when several of the mob attempted to escape via that route, but he was disappointed along with the others when they found the door was locked and could not be opened by them. One or two pulled the old stunt so long associated with the ostrich and hid their heads under beds, leaving their feet in full view of the raiders. Two or three escaped through the front door when the watchman was called in for a minute or two. The names of the others were written down by the officers and a date to visit the county recorder's court was fixed. A gallon or more of liquor, one pis tol, and 17 cents in change, found on the card table, were confiscated in the raid. u CORN STILL IN • NEED OF RAIN One and A Quarter Inches Rain Fell Here Yester day and Last Night "Our farmers are in a |uantlary," Mr. Charles T. Roberson, big mer chant of the Farm Life section, said yesterday. He explained that the farm ers wanted rain for their corn and did not want it for the tobacco. Mr. Rob erson said lie had rather see a good corn crop than a good tobacco crop. Anyway, both crops and all ofhers got a little rain yesterday afternoon and last night. The rain hardly laid the dust there, it was learned this morn ing. "We had enough rain to lay the dust down lure," Mr. Charles Davenport, Janiesville merchant, said this morn ing in reporting weather conditions in the lower part of the county. One and a quarter inches of rain fell here yesterday afternoon and last night, Bridge-Keeper Hugh Spruill said this morning. Up in Cross Roads, Mr. A. P. Harnhill reported a "good" rain during the afternoon and night, one that more than laid the dust. Baseball Pep Meeting Held In Club Hall Last Evening New life was breathed into William ston's baseball team last night when the players and about 50 local citizens attended a pep meeting in the Wo man s Club Hall. Dinner was served the group, and a very enjoyable meet ing was reported. Mayor J. L. Hassell was the toast master, and Messrs. L. T. Fowden, H. G. Horton, V. J. Spivey, R. H. Good tnon, and A. T. Crawford made in spiring talks. «■ "V New Strength Is Added To Local Baseball Team New strength was added to the lo cal baseball team this week when Messrs. Klliott, pitcher, and Fvans, mfielder, were signed up by Manager Spivey. The new material comes here from Richmond. In accordant witli the ruling requiring five days notice be given the league president when new players are hired, the players will not enter active play before Thurs day of this week. Children Damage Property In Main Street Store Here Children, prowling around in the More building now being remodeled on Main Street here next to the bank, last Sunday did considerable damage to the property, the contractor, W. R. Marshall, said yesterday. A large plate glass was broken and a quan tity of nail* was carried from the build ing and yther damage was done, it was reported. Uncertainty Prevails in County As To Cotton Reduction Drive TWO NEW HOMES ARE BEING BUILT Homes Will Be Ready For Occupancy in Newtown About September 1 ♦ Construction work on two new houses on William Street in New Town was started today as a result of the pressing demand for living quar ters here. The two houses are being built by Mr. VV. O Griffin and will cost approximately $3,750, it was un officially learned yesterday. The homes will be of the frame bungalow type, it was said. Contractor S. C. Griffin started the foundations for the hew homes today and plans to have them ready for occupancy early in September. The demand for houses here is be lieved to have reached the highest peak in the history of the town, num bers of families desiring to locate here having found it impossible to do so on account of the limited number of homes. As far as it can be learned, there, is not a single available resi dence in the town, and very few, if any, apartments are for rent. Ihe two homes now under con struction are located next to the prop erty of Mr. C. O. Moore. DR. J. A. EASON LOCATES HERE Opens Offices In the Staton Building, Next To Post Office This Morning Dr. J. A, Kasoti, of Hickory, Va., has located here lor the general prac tice of medicine, and will be associat ed with Dr. Jas. S. Rhodes in the Staton build ,ig on Baltimore Street, next to the po't office, it was learned today. Graduating fr n» the Medical Col lege of Vi gini i in I>32, Dr. I'.ason served as interne in a Richmond hos pital. He enters upon his new duties here highly levotnmended by those with whom lie was associated during the past several years. With only two doctors heretofore actively en gaged in tin general practice of medici |, it f beliift d the new doctor will find a ready opening in this community. I)r and Mrs. I'.ason, arriving here ISTTT evening are now at home with Mrs. A. |{, Dunning on Main Street. Local Juniors To Hold Regular Meet Thursday ♦ The local •council of the Junior Or der will hold its regular meeting at 8 o'clock Thursday night, it was an nounced today by Julian 11ariell, one of the officers A large attendance is requested at the meeting, as it will be the only one held this month, and there are some business matters of importance to be laken up. Martins Dropped Out of Four The past week was the most disastrous one the 'Martins have had so far this season, not only in batting but in number of games lost. Starting off the week by dropping two games to Windsor on the Fourth, the Martins came back strong to defeat Ahoskie here Thursday, and then wound up the week Friday by taking a 12-5 shellacking from the Indians at Ahoskie. The team as a whole went to bat 155 times during the" week, slapping out 41 hits, including 13 doubles, for a total of 59 bases and scored 25 runs. The only trouble was most of the hits anil runs came in the Ahoskie game here Thursday, when one run would have been enough to "win. a Individually tjie team members fared pretty badly, with a few ex ceptions. There arc still five of the regulars batting .300 or more and Hallie James is not far behind with 294, but most of them are slipping fast, according to last week's play, Brake is still in the lead with a per centage of .361, while Farp displaced lizzie for second pla • Jim con tinues to hold the lead in total bases with 4k, while Farp and Brake are tied for the largest number of hits with 32 each, and Farp also leads the list in runs scored with 27. Ilallie James is knocking at the door of the select ".300 club," with a percentage of .294, and with a little luck should he up among theni this week. Following is the table for all league games up to and including Friday, July 7; Player ft Position G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB SH Pet. Page, cf 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .500 Brake, 2b-cf 21 88 18 32 9 1 I 40 3 .361' Farp, ss 21 92 27 32 5 5 0 47 2 .348 Uzzle, 3b 21 87 13 29 7 3 2 48 2 .333 Gaylord, If 21 91 24 28 7 1 1 40 4 .308 Taylor, lb 21 82 8 25 5 0 0 30 0 .305 Janies, rf-2b 21 85 5 24 4 0 0 28 2 .294 Latham, c 21 88 18 22 7 4 0 37 2 , .250 Herring, p-cf 19 59 7 14 3 4 I 28 0 .237 Cherry, p-cf 113 27 3 5 I 0 0 6 0 .185 Newsome, 2b-p 6 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 .143 Frank, cf 12 27 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 .111 Kugler, p-cf 13 29 3 3 1 0 0 4 1 .104 Team totals 21 771 127 220 49 19 5 320 17 .285 LAST CHANCE | v. / (An Editorial) Southern patriotism, as well as the dictates of good business sense demands that cotton farmers save themselves -and the Southland by plowing up a portionof the cotton i crop. j The government is trying to | help. Every man in the Cotton | Belt should lay aside his other j work and strive to get the full j sign-up by Wednesday night, i July 12. j It will mean more money and j better business. Farmers and busi j ness men, remember you have a I chance now to help your own con j dition. 17 LICENSES TO MARRY ISSUED LAST MONTH ♦ Largest Number Issued in Single Month This Year, Except April .— j June proved to be a month of mar iages in this county, the number apply ing for licenses at Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsjnger'S office being the lar gest for any one month iti the year with the exception of April, when 21 licenses were issued by the office. len of the seventeen issued in June went ! to colored couples. | The register issued a license to pro bably one of the most far-away parties ever to marry in this county, Mr. Giles I Norwood Martin, of Cristobal, I anal j Zone, Panama, having been granted j license to marry Miss Edith Frances ; Ayers, of Everett*. I.incests were issued to the follow ing: White I 11. K. Hellflower and Juanita Rober | son, both of this county. j Norman Bailey and Magnolia Rogers, ■ of Martin County (files Norwood Mart in;* of Cristobal, I anal Zone, Panama, and Edith Fran ces Ayers, of Fveretts Harrell Aubrey Pierce and Ruth Bri ] ley, of Martin. | Cornelius F. Cawthorue, of Newark, IN. J. and Kathleen Manning, of Mar | tin County. A. Lloyd Harrison and Thclma Miz elle, of this county. [ Edgar Ayers and Louise Wynn, of ! Martin ( ounty. Colored Sylvester Blount and Nancy Hop kins; Wm, Henry Bailey, jr., and Ban ana Staton; Fred Hudson, sr., and , Julia Anne Horner; Jaiues Arthur Slade and Sarah Latham Jethro Brown and Mattie l.ee Green; Jesse Mayo 'and Myrtle Latham; Willie Wiggins and Elizabeth Mayo; Richard Morris and Letliia Jones, all of Martin Coun jty, and Spencer SpruiM and Rebecca ' Hassell, both of Washington County. Watch the Label On Tour Paper Aa It Carriaa the Date When Your Subscription Expiree ESTABLISHED 1898 AWAIT REPORTS ON CONTRACTS YET UNSIGNED Reduction Drive Comes To a Close in Cotton States Tomorrow Night l'he campaign for a reduced cotton acreage in this county continues until tomorrow niftht at 12 o'clock with un certainly surrounding the outcome. Since the'reduction activities were re ported last Friday night, no definite information lias been released, the success of the movement depending upon the work of those in charge of the campaign from now until tomor row midnight. I p to Saturday morning 1(10 con tracts had been completed in this county pledging the destruction of 672 acres, leaving 1,774 acres to he signed lip before the quota would be com plete However, it was unofficially learned that around 2(10 other con tracts had hee.n turned' in since the I riduy report and that at least 100 additional ones were in the hands of the community committees. The acre age these 300 contracts represent could not be learned. It is believed, ■however, that the acrt age r.cdiKtion (proposed in all the contracts combined in the county will hardly represent jlne't|uota of 2.44(i Dial many of the contracts will not he completed was made certain yesterday when tenants jsityud to plow up a third of the crop* anil the landlords, in several instances, | refused to sign. I lie opposite is also j reported. Holders of crop liens have jbeen willing to m most cases | where the farmers wanted to assi,t ! the movement, but a few would not, it was said. In SOIUP communities a selfish atti tude lias bleu taken, the canvassers having been all but insulted. Hut in spite of this, the campaign continues at lull speed, and if the undertaking proves unsuccessful, its failure will be traceable to the greedy farmers or whatever you might wish to call them. Nobody knows what the price *"f cot ton will he if the movement fails, hut forecasts place it as low as 5 and 6 cents a pound. A farmer wanted to know the other day why the government did not start the movement earlier, saving that he thought the reduction plan was a good j-44m»KT-*4nrt did; m+t believe- be- -could plow up any of his cotton. Another farmer listening to the informal con vcrsation is said to have remarked, j "And if you had known such a plan was going to he proposed and pushed, j you would have greatly increased your acreage." Over in Halifax County an indig nation meeting is being held "as a | complete protest to the action of some |"f the leading cotton farmers of the j county who refused to participate in the acreage reduction campaign." Ac j cord to reports carried in the Cotn utonwealth, a newspaper published in | Scotland Neck, only a few of the large-scale farmers lad refused to par ticipate except in Enfield, that five or six farmers controlling 6,000 or 8,000 acrei in (hat district flatly refused to sign. In connection with the in dignation meeting the paper, carried a News and.Observer editorial declar ing tliat nobody ever sympathized with Ihe dog that got the ducking. (Continued on page four) Local Tennis Players Lose Match To Rocky Mount I lie local tennis club lost to Rocky Mount here last Sunday four of the six matches. '1 lie locals will return the play at Kocky Mount next Sun day. ■ J"e Godard and Fred Taylor, of \V illiamston, lost to Booker and Simp si.n, 6-4, 8-6. I'. 1!. ( one and N. C. Green won over Hornbeck and Johnson, of Rocky Mount, 6-3, 6-1. lit- the singles,—Hornbeck, Rocky Mount, defeated Taylor, 6-4, 4-6, 8-6. Simpson, Rocky Mount, won over Green, "6-1, 2-6, 6-3. Bondurant, Williamston, won over Johnson, 6-4, 6-4. Jack Booker, Williamston, lost to Grover Booker, 6-2, 6-4. • Skewarkee Mason Will Hold Meeting Tonight The regular meeting of Skewarkee lodge of Masons will be held at the lodge hall tonight «t 8 o'clock. The matter of the local lodge participat ing in the Masonic picnic at Eden House on the last Thursday in this month will be decided upon, u well «l a number of other matters. .... | .... 3 v|

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