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Advertisers Wffl Pud Oar Col am ■ Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Mtrtlu Cooaty Hmmi VOLUME XXXV|—NUMBER 46 LOCALS WON TWO AND LOST ONE SO FAR THIS WEEK Tied for Second Place with Ahoskie; E. City Leads by One-Half a Game A hot race has been under way so far this week, with Elizabzeth City, Ahoskie and Williamston striving for the top position in the Albemarle base ball league. Elizabeth City, riding the crest of the wave the first of the week, has had the edge in the race and con tinues on top today after pushing Ahoskie and Williamston from first to second place with only one-half game separating her and the other two teams from top position. Cherry accounted for the first win of the week when he turned back Cole rain there by a score of 6 to 3, allow ing but six hits. Four of the six hits counted for extra bases. The Martins gathered 11 hits off Forehand and Traylor, Goodmon making two two baggers. Gaylord and Uzzlze each got • two-base hit and a single. Earp and Herring also accounted for two safeties each. The Martins made history of their own last Wednesday when they exe cuted a trip) play on a ground ball in the ninth inning. With Magee on third and White on first, Baker knock ed a fast grounder to Uzzle. After faking a throw home to draw the run ner back to third, Uzzle whipped the ball to Goodmon on second, forcing out White; Goodman then threw to Taylor at first to catch Baker for the second out. Taylor then made a beau tiful peg to home and Latham had Ma gee out by a close play. The score was tied at 7-all at the time, and the triple play had- much to do with the outcome of the game. Cherry, bat ting for Uzzle in tl'.e ninth, got a sin gle and went to third on Taylor's double. Proctor attempted a bunt, and when he failed to produce, Cher ry was almost caught out at home. Catcher Pratt made a long throw back to third base and Cherry was safe at home for the winning run. Proctor allowed 10 hits, while his teammates touched Sweeney, Traylor, and Mar shall for a dozen. After establishing half ownership with Ahoskie for top plaae the day before, the Martins yesterday went back into a toe fo rsecond position when they lost to Elizabeth City 3 to 2. Herring pitched a good game, al lowing seven hits and striking out 9, two of the hits being home runs. With the score tied at 2-all, Proctor relieved Hering in the seventh and was credited with the loss in the eighth when Elizabeth City scored its third run on a single, stolen base, and two infield outs. This was the only Jiit garnered off Proctor. Winston turned the Martins back with only 4 hits, one each by Earp, Goodmon, Brake, and Latham. Farm Association Ready To Make Loans in County The Williamston National Farm Loan Association has received ample blanks and is now prepared to advance new loans or convert old ones, it was learned today from W. H. Coburn, the association's secretary and treasurer. Farmers who are about to lose their iarms will, it is believed, find it to their advantage to refinance their leant through the association. Stolen Car Is Recovered Near Bel haven This Week The Chevrolet coach, stolen from .W. C. Manning, jr., here July 24, was recovered near Belhaven this week. The thief ditched it near that town on July 25, but ownership was not established until this week by the highway patrol. No parts were miss ing from the car when found. RECORDER HAD BUT ONE CASE Two Colored Women Are Sentenced To Jail for Period of 30 Days • ' • % Only one case was called in the county recorder's court here last Tues day. Judge H. O. Peel sentencing two women to 30 days in jail. It was his first jail sentence imposed upon the weaker sex, and he showed leniency when he suspended the last 25 days upon the good behavior of the de fendants. Mozella and Priscitla Roberson, both colored, were adjudged guilty in the case charging them with assault ing another woman with deadly weap ons. "* One of the women, living near Has sell, was released yesterday when it was learned that there was no one at home to look after her six children, the oldest of the number being only 14 years old, and he ia not at home at the present time. THE ENTERPRISE General Satisfaction R Of Border Markets; Average 11 To 14 Cents -°- -o- -0- -0- -0-> -o- -0- With prices ranging substan tially higher than those on open ing day last year, general satisfac tion waa reported on the border and South Carolina tobacco mar kets opening the season yesterday. Average prices in the 16 mar kets of the two belts ranged from 11 1-2 cents to 16 cents per pound, unofficial reports showed. For the past two years opening prices averaged from 7 to 9 cents per pound. The opening "break" was not large, as had been foreseen, but SAYS TOBACCO FARMERS MUST UNITE FOR AID Farm Administration Can Not Deal with Farmers Individually, Said Raleigh.—While the Agricultural Adjustment Administration is willing and anxious to aid tobacco farmers as much as any other class of farmers to get a fair price for their tobacco this year, it can not and will not deal with the farmers individually, according to Dr. G. W. Forster, agricultural econ omist at State College here, who has recently been to Washington to dis cuss the tobacco situation with author ities there. As a result, the only way for the tobacco farmers to get any help this year, or even next year, is for tliem to organize and to get a ma jority of the tobacco growers into j these organizations, Dr. Forster says. "Protest mass meetings and the sending of telegrams to Washington will not get the tobacco farmers to first base," Dr. Forster said today. "The tobacco alministration can not' sign contracts with telegrams nor with a petition of protest, despite the fact that it is in sympathy with he grow- ] ers in their efforts to get higher prices. "So the first thing for the tobacco farmers to do is to organize and asso ciate themselves into an organized body in order to obtain the benefits of the agricultural adjustment act. That is the only way they can get ef fective and definite action. Nor it the problem of organizing difficult, since they already have a skeleton organi zation available in the 58 mutual ex changes already in existence in the state. These exchanges can be used in this emergency to deal with the problem of bringing a fair price to the tobacco grower for his product." While present indications are that the agricultural adjustment adminis tration will not levy a processing tax to aid the tobacco growers this year, this does not mean that nothing can be done to guarantee parity prices to the farmers this year, Dr. Forster said. It only means that no direct payments to tobacco farmers are likely to be made this year and probably not the next year. To Hold Examination for Postqffice at Jamesville Fourth-class postmaster examina tions will be held here for the office at Jamesvill#tmade vacant by the death of Mr. James Davenport a few weeks ago, it was announced today. Appli cations for the job must be filed and in the hands of postal authorities by the 25th of this month. No date for the examination has been set. The office at Jamesville last year paid $873. Two Services at the Piney Grove Church This Week Rev. W. B. Harrington will fill his regular appointments at the Piney Grove Baptist church tomorrow morn ing at 11 o'clock and Sunday after noon at 2:30 o'clock, it was announced by the minister yesterday. Following the Saturday morning service, a bus iness meeting of the church group will be held, and all are urged to attend. . INSTALL SHOWERS I*- J Unable to provide a swimming pool for the kiddie, here, the Wo man's Club determined to cool the tote in another way. Several , ahowera, installed on the club lot near the old jail, are ready for use this afternoon, a committee aii i' nounced yesterday. Children are invited to uae the showers each afternoon from 4 to A o'clock, and, on Saturday—the ol* bath day— from 9 to 11 in die morning and t from 4to 6 o'clock in the after t noon. Entrance to the playground is r gained from Biggs .Street, the : thoroughfare intersecting llaln I Street just below the courthouse. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, - Friday, August 11, 1933 the volume of sales was expected to increase sharply next week. Blocked sales were reported in but one or two instances. Most of Thursday's offerings were of the poor to medium grades and it was in these classes that the sharp price improvement was noted. One estimate was that for the belts as a whole the poorer grades received from 3 to 6 cents more per pound than in 1932. Gen erally, the good grades brought only slightly higher prices. With the opening of the ware- RUNNER-UP DRAW JURY LIST ' FOR SEPTEMBER TERM OF COURT * i i Miss Irene Whitehurat, of Co netoe High School in Edgecombe County, representing the Eastern district, who won fourth place In the sixth annual sUte-wide essay contest of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative As sociation. HAMILTON FIRMS SUPPORT N. R. A. Value of Act In This Sec tion Can Hardly Be Determined Now According to information received here, merchants and other business establishments in Hamilton are pledg ing their support of President Roose velt's National Recovery Administra tion. Particulars could hot be had here today, but it is understood the business men there will adhere strict ly to an adopted code. So far the act has resulted in lit tle jufditional employment in this sec tion. Business is experiencing its dullest season of the year, hardly keep ing minimum working forces busy. However, increased activities are ex pected to follow the market opening the latter part of this month, and then the advantages of the act, if any, can be determined in this section. It Ts not known just how the terms of the agreement will be operated, but it i» believed that merchants will hire additional clerks and keep their stores open longer hours. As far as it can be learned, Ham ilton and Williamston business firms are the only ones in this county pledg ing their cooperation in the national recovery movement. Pastor Announces Sunday Service at Baptist Church Rev. Charles H. Dickey will be in the pulpit at the Baptist church for the 11 o'clock service Sunday morn ing, the minister announced yester day. The Sunday school will convene at the usual hour and other programs will be held in accordance with the regular schedules. The union church service will be held in the Christian church Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Dickey and his family are expected home today or tomorrow from Murphy, where they have been visiting relatives. June Sales of Fords Show Increase Over Last Year Detroit, cylinder cars and trucks in the United i States ior the month, of June, recent ly ended, exceeded those of June year ago by 19.4 per cent. It was the big gest month in 8-cylinder car sales since the Ford Motor Company began pro ducing them over a year ago. Another evidence of the growing popularity of the 8-cylinder car it re flected in the sales of Ford cars for the month of June in Wayne County, Michigan. County registrations show that 2,555 Ford V-B's were delivered to customers during the month. This is an increase of 25 per cent over the May sales, It is more than the com bined month's sales in the county of the two nearest other makes. houses, thousands of dollars were paid for the lection's biggest mon ey crop, and business generally was expected to spurt. Business and professional men at Clarkton said tbey took in more money to day than on any opening date in five years. But few tags were turned thru out the two belts. An estimated average of from 13 to 15 cents per pound was paid the Timmonsville, S. C., mar ket, where 375,000 pounds were sold. ». Fifty-Three Names Drawn At Meeting of Board Last Monday Fifty-three county citizens were se lected last Monday by the Martin County Hoard of Commissioners to serve as jurors at the September term of the superior court, convening the third month in that month, The Honorable M. V. Barnhill, resident judge of Rocky Mount, is scheduled to preside over the term running for two weeks and handling both criminal ' and civil cases. The names of the jurors, by dis tricts, follow: Fir»t Week Jamesville Township: C. F. Modlin, IJ. H. Bailey, Flmer Modlin, T. W. Ange, W. C. Ellis, W. H Ciaylord. Williams Township: Arthur Simp j son. Griffins Township: Wm. Marion Lilley, Kader Lilley, Asa J. Hardison. Bear Grass Township: J. S. Holli j day, Zack Cowin. Williamston Township: C, B. Sice- I loff, J. A. Barnhill, Clyde D. Ander j son, J. K. Rogerson, Eli Nicholson, Hprry A. Biggs, Elmer Hardison, Jack D. Frank. Cross Roads Township: F. A. Barn hill, J. G. Forbes, Jno. H. Wynn, Chas. T. Peel, George Mobley. Robersonville Township: E. R. j Roberson, Harvey Roberson, G. W. Keel, G. C. Taylor, Jesse Keel, R. S. Everett, A. E. Simpson. Hamilton Township: E. C. Edmond son, H. S. Johnson. Goose Nest Township: R. H. Long, J. A. Powell. Second Week Jamesville Township: "J. R. Know les. Griffins Township: H. L. Hardison, Geo. C. Griffin, Ben Lilley, P. E Get- singer. Williamston Township: J. D. Cher ry, C. A. James, W. H. Edwards. Cross Roads Township: Raymond Stalls, Harry Hardy. Robersonville Township: L. R. Andrews, T.»A. Bunting, D. A. Rob erson, R. L. Smith, Johnie James. Poplar Point Township: J. A. Roe buck, jr., J. R. Harrison. Seven Colored Men Fined for Disorderly Conduct Seven colored men, W. H. Stokes, jr., Willie Wallace, Ned Stokes, Ed Smith, Leon Purvis, Charles Gray, and Charles Harris, were adjudged guilty of disorderly conduct and fined $2.50 each in mayor's court here this week. Costs were added, making the total bill $6 for e»ch of the defend ants. Judgment was suspended in the case charging Wheeler Rice with disorder ly conduct. Rice was said to have had some trouble with his neighbor, Em ma Everett, and the differences reach ed the court of Justice J. L. Hassell Wednesday evening. Rice was taxed with the costs in the case. Four Generations At Family Reunion Friday Dardens.—Four generations were represented at the family reunion held here last Friday when Mr. and Mr*. J. F. Jackson entertained their chil dren and grandchildren at a family dinner. There were 12 present. The four generations present were a« follow*: J- F. Jackson, lib daugh ter, Mrs. F.. S. Mizelle, and her »on, James Mizelle, and his daughter, Jac quelyn Mizelle. Mr. Jackson ii 76 year* of age and has been living at his farm near here for about 35 years or mora. Sunday Morning Service at the Episcopal Church There will be morning prayer and sermon at the Church of the Advent this Sunday at 11 a. m. The subject of the sermon will be: "Jesus and the Woman of Samaria." At the evening hour we are invit ed to attend the union service at the Christian church. of Ford 8- CONSIDER PLANS FOR INCREASING TOBACCO PRICES Will Determine Program at Meeting To Be Held In Washington Monday Washington, August 10. —The ad- 1 visory committee representing flue- I cured tobacco growers in North Caro- j lina, Soutli Carolina, Virginia and Georgia is to meet with farm adjust ment administration oflicials next Mon day to determine a program directed j at raising flue cured prices during the 1933 season. A series of protests over the price of flue cured tobacco have come to j the farm administration from Georgia. The market opened today in South i Carolina and on the border in North l Carolina, but no serious complaints j | on prices were reported. A processing tax to be paid by the manufacturers and'passed on to the' j growers in return fur agreements to reduce acreage next year has been suggested. This, however, is difficult of application because about 40 per- ! cent of the flue cured crop ordinarily | goes into export channels. , I A combination of a processing tax ' and an agreement with buyers to raise their prices has been proposed by ; farm administration officials. Details remained to be worked out, and it is i a question whether a workable agree- ment can be arrived at that will lift prices substantially. G. C. Adams, Georgia commissioner j of agriculture conterred today on the | tobacco situation in the state with J.| B. Hutson, acting chief of the farm administration's tobacco division. ' Adams plans to remain- in Washing- i' ton to participate in the conference 'on Monday. NEW STORE WILL OPEN SATURDAY Darden's Department Store Located Next To The Branch Bank VVilliamston's newest mercantile es tablishment, Darden's Department 1 j Store, will be formally opened here tomorrow with a big opening sale The store, located next to the Branch | Hanking and Trust Company, has been completely remodeled and is now j nne of the section's most attractive business houses. Mr. Dred Darden, owner of the 1 new store, is well experienced in the mercantile business, having been con j necteil with Young's here for a num ber of year.-, and for a while connect ed with the J t Penny Company. He has established connections with a number ot the largest distributors of | style and quality merchandise in the ; country, and he is in position to offer real bargains in quality merchandise A large stiii k of all new merchandise is fast being arranged fur the open ing tomorrow morning at ') o'clock, and hundreds of thrifty shoppers are expected to share in the attractive of fers. Mr. Darden, in active charge of the store, wil be assisted by several ex I perienced clerks who are well known i to hundreds of people throughout this| t territory. Sunday Services at the Local Christian Church Sunday morning, Bible school at 9:45 and preaching service at 11 o'- clock. All members are urged to be presest. The pastor will preach on the theme; "The Forsaken Water Pots." You will enjoy the hour and will be helped as well as help and encourage others by your presence. Mrs. J. M. Perry and Miss Louise Roebuck will sing a vocal duct. The union service will be held in the Chris- tian church at 8 o'clock. One of the pastors of the city will prrai li. All the singers of the town are ipvited to' be in the choir and help make it a| service of great singing as well as fine fellowship and great preaching. The public is cordially invited to all services. », Young Girl Dies At Home Of Parents in Hassell Lorraine, the 10-year-ohl daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Ayers, died at the home of her parents in Hassell about noon Tuesday from ery sipelas, with which she had suffered since the Friday before. She had a small fester on her head, but it was considered of small consequence un til it started to rapidly inflame and her condition became worse. Besides her parents, she is survived by four sisters and one brother. Funeral services were conducted in the Hassell Christian church Wednes day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. J. M. Perry, of Roberaonvilte. Burial was in the Oak City cemetery. Half Population of County Vaccinated POTENT INITIALS I Paste this in your hat, for you are going to need it in keeping up with the government's various projects. The initials, or abbrevi ations, are often used for the sake of brevity: NRA—National Recovery Ad ministration. RFC—Reconstruction Finance Corporation. CCC Civilian Conservation Corps. NlßA—National Industrial Re covery Act. AAA—Agricultural Adjustment Administration. TVA—Tennessee Valley Au i thority. HOLC—Home Owners' Loan Corporation. FERA—Federal Emergency Re lief Administration. SALES TAX DOES NOT APPLY TO FARMERS'CROPS Widespread Lack of Infor mation About Subject; Beer Is Taxed According to Harry McMullan, di rector of the sales tax division of the Department of Revenue, the sale of bier is subject to the 3 per cent levy on purchases but the sale of tobacco bj producers on warehouse floors is exempted from provisions of the gen eral sales tax The ruling was band ed down this week. There bail been a widespread lark of information about the subject. A group of beer dealers called at Mc- Mullans (iltic recently lo .talk it over und were informed that the special beer tax is a licence tax and does not prevent the sales tax from applying to 1 In er There also had been many inquiries | from tobarco centers where it was Icarcd the law did not exempt the weed. A movement bad been launch ed at Reidsville t• • call upon Gover hn>r Fhringhaus to i'vde a statement > n ibc question. "the 'ale. lax exempts entirely j from taxation products of farms, for ests and mines when sold by the per s lis r members of their immediate families or by employees forming a part of the organization of persons who produce such products in the original slate or condition of prepar ation for sale," MiMullan ruled. "I'nder Ibis provision the sale of tobacco by farmers mi tlie warehouse floors llirougboiil North urolma is totally exempt from the sales tax, In >lb wholesale and retail Sale of coltou anil tobacc by other llian the producers will lie onsidei'ed a wholesale sale, McMullan said, and the wholesale rale of $1 on each $2,50(1 sale will lie levied, with the minimum being $12.5(1 for each six months period. Ji 11• i A. Manning is confined to his home with a back injury, suffered while unloading peanuts recently. WHERE THEY PLAY - FRIDAY, AUGUST U Elizabeth City at Williamston. Colerain at Windsor. Edenton at Ahoskie. TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 Windsor at Williamtton. Colerain at Ahoakie. Elizabeth City at Edenton. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16 Williamston at Windsor. Ahoakie at Colerain. Edenton at Elizabeth City. [ CLUB STANDINGS j Team W L Pet. Elizazheth City 9 6 .»00 Williamston 8 6 .571 Altoskie 8 6 .571 Jideiiluii 6 7 .462 Colerain '» 9 .400 Windsor 5 8 .385 f RESULTS 1 V / j■ . . Tuesday, August 8 Williamston 6, Colerain 3; Ahoskie 5, Elizabzeth City 2. Edenton 5,' Windsor 4. Wednesday, Auguat9 Williamston 8, Colerain 7. Ahoskie 12, Elizabeth City, 9. Edenton 12, Windsor 7. Thursday, Auguat 10 Elizabzeth City 3, Williamston 2. Edenton 6, Ahoskie 2. Colerain 7, Windsor 3. Watch th« Lab«l Oa Tow Paper A« It CarrlM th« Data Whan Your Subscription Espiras ESTABLISHED 1898 TOTAL OF 37,203 DOSES VACCINE GIVEN IN DRIVE Cost of Campaign To This County Estimated To Be $4,000.00 Nearly twelve thousand five hundred people received free immunization in the recent campaign conducted in this county against typhoid fever and diphtheria, it was learned this week. The drive against the fever reached every nook and corner in tha couaty atul rich, poor, white, and colored took advantage of the free immuniza tion in the greatest numbers ever re corded in a similar undertaking in this county. More than one-half the en tire county population reported for tieatment. k The campaign against typhoid and diptlieria cost the county in the neigh borhood of S4,(KX), including services of the several doctors in the county and the diphtheria vaccine. The State paid for the typhoid vaccine and prior to this year it paid for diphtheria -v»--' | cine. No accurate records are available, but it is understood that approximate ly 5,000 people were Kiveu free im munization against typhoid in this county during tlie campaign conduct ed three years ago. Few cases of the fever have been reported in the county since the health authorities started campaigns against it, and still fewer cases are expected during the next three years as a re- Milt of the extensive drive recently ended in the county. According to reports received from the several doctors 37,203 doses of the anti-typhoid and diphtheria vaccine were given. Ihe following is a rough estimate of the division of subjects as race and districts: White Col. Total Robersonville and Gold Point 1,303 741 2,044 J I'arniele 125 131 256 HasseJl 217 217 434 Hamilton 287 176 463 Jamesville 786 531 1,317 Oak City 800 500 1,300 Williamston 1,230 1,095 2,325 j Smith wicks Creek 124 55 17V I.illey's Hall 175 48 22J Sandy Kidge and Farm Life 8(H) 300 1,100 Bear Grass 750 350 1,100 I Kveretts and Cross Koads >oo 530 1,430 Macedonia 170 70 230 Totals 7,666 4,734 12,410 I he campaign had its stories, includ j ing some ftinny and some pathetic. Over a! Sand.x Kidge, several colored i persons took four shots before they learned that three were sufficient. V\ bile those few "stuck it out" to the bitter end, .there were several hun dred who took the hrM dose and quit. I here was complaining about sore arms and the effects of the vaccine, but no one came near dying. A col ored boy, already a typhoid victim, took one dose and that aggravated his case. He recovered. Parents vis ited the dispensaries with from one to a dozen children and waited their turn, while many were too high-strung to wait and wanted individual atten tion free, • \ . j And while the campaign had its un j desirable features, health authorities ! declare it was the most constructive health drive ever undertaken in this section of the state. CLEANER CITY IS ASKED BY MAYOR I (Owners Are Urged To Cut Down Weeds On AH Vacant Lots Mayor John L. Hassell is address ing an urgent appeal to property own ers liere asking for their cooperation lin a drive for a cleaner town. He cites i' the ordinance requiring owners to keep : weeds cut down on vacant lots and in a sanitary condition. No mention of the SSO fine and imprisonment pro vided for violators was made by the town's head. Numerous rains have aided the growth of weeds and grass here re cently and gnats and mosquitoes are breeding in many places by the mil lions. While the mosquitoes are not very bad or no worse than usual, the gnats have proved to be a great nuis ance this season. The town is keeping weeda cut down on the streets, but it is up to the prop erty owners to care for their vacant lota as well as their residential prem ises. It it hoped the owners will co operate in the movement.