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Advartben Will Fnd Our Col am a Latchkey to Over fllmt—i Hundred Martin County Hoaaaa VOLUME XX3JVI —NUMBER 52 MARKET HOLIDAY ASKED BY GOVERNOR i /t/etttmeu * **★ *********** ****** By Fire Wednesday Farmers Will Sup DESTROYS STORE AND POST OFFICE BEFORE PUT OUT Williamston Fire Company Rushed Equipment To Scene Wednesday Fire of undetermined origin de stroyed a store, the post office, and * wrecked a barber shop and threatened several other buildings in the business district of Jamesville shortly before noon Wednesday. The loss is said to be more than $6,000. When discovered the fire was burn i . ing rapidly in the store building owned by Mrs. Lewis Micelle and oc cupied by a Mr. Hawks, a dealer in apiary products. Equipment and ma terial, valued at between S3,(KM) and $4,000, were a complete loss to the honey man. He had just installed some expensive machinery in the building the night before, and had no ifrorance on any of the equipment. Contents in the post office building were removed to safety, but the fire had gained too much headway when discovered for any one to move tlie contents front the Mizelle building. The Williamston fire company was called about 11:45 and reached there in time to be of help in stopping the 1 fire in the barber shop. Griffin's store' was next in line, and it is believed the' fire would have destroyed that and spread to other buildings had it not; b«en for tfje fire equipment that was put in use. Approximately 1,000 feet of hose was laid and water wai pump ed from the Roanoke. The pumper was in use for about three-quarters of' an hour, the firemen finding it diffi-j cult to reach the burning timbers in! the barber shop as it was of wood and tin construction. EDENTON ONE UP IN SERIES ■«» Play Here This Afternoon and Again Next Mon day Afternoon ■ # The Martins won their,-*first start in the Albemarle League "little world series" here last Tuesday, and then turned around and dropped the next two contests at F.denton Wednesday and Thursday. The two teams meet 1 here today, when the locals will make a desperate effort to square accounts. " Doc" Kugler, on the mound for Williamston last Tuesday, yielded hits, but kept them fairly well scat tered, while his matei bunched 8 hits off O'Brien—who once beat William ston two games in the same day—and ' 5 errors for a7to 3 win. Latham hit a homer with one on. Wednesday's game at Fdenton was a free scoring affair, which was taken by the Colonials, 12 to 7. Cher ry started for the Martins, but was relieved by Herring in the sixth. Pearce, although he yielded 14 hits, went the route for Edenton. Cherry and Herring yielded 16 hits between them, one a homer by Joyner. "Red" Proctor lost a hard-luck de cision to the Colonials yesterday, 2 to 1. The Martins scored their first run early in the game, while Eden ton's two tallies were made as the rc-| suit of an infield error followed by a home run by Leary. Proctor gave up but 5 hits, while Marsden, on the mound for Edenton, gave 6. It is understood that Kugler is slat ed to start here today. The series will again be resumed Monday here, the sixth game going to Edenton on Tuesday, while the seventh game, if necessary, wil be played here Wednes day. Williamston will play the Plymouth team at Plymouth Sunday afternoon, it was announced yesterday. • Banks To Observe New Working Hour Schedule Under rules adopted by the North Carolina Bankers Association nearly | every bank in this section of the State will change its hours, effective! at once, Mr. C. D. Carstarphen, cash ier of the Branch Banking and Trust 1 Company here, announced this week. The bank will open at 9 a .m. each week day and close at 2 p. m. with the exception of Saturdays when the bank will colse at 12 o'c'lock, noon. The bank, however, will remain open later than 2 o'clock in the afternoon for payment of tobacco checks, but no general business will be handled after the 2 o'clock hour. THE ENTERPRISE '( FIRST MONDAY 1I |v ' ' Meeting in regular session here l next Monday, the Martin Coun ! ty commissioners have nothing ' definite acheduled on their work ing calendar at thia time other than the usual routine mattera or dinarily considered of minor im portance. The board might con- I aider ordering land advertised for I delinquent taxes. At leaat the au thorities are expected to discuss _ | such an order. Whether they or- II der the sheriff next Monday or | wait until the first Monday in Oc tober, it is very likely that the de linquent list will be ordered under I] court order for the first week in j next month. IIBEN WARD DIED I YESTERDAY; WAS LEADING FARMER -—• — Holding Last Rites At the Late Home Near Here This Afternoon Ben Ward, successful farmer of Bear Grass Township, died suddenly in a Washington hospital yesterday • morning about 1:30 o'clock, his death I coming as a shock to his family and many friends throughout this section. ,Mr Ward had suffered with some j stomach trouble for some time, but his condition was not considered seri ous until a few hours before he died. Wednesday afternoon lit- was working around his home un the Washington j road about ten miles from here, and J | was taken suddenly worse. He was { rushed to the hospital late that night ■ I and died about two hours later. | In early manhood, Mr. Ward was, married to Miss Lyda Revels, who with fiv* children, Mrs. \V. C, Brown ing, of Washington; ami Mrs II G. i Roberson, Mrs. H F. Whitehurst,' Miss Hazel Ward, and Roy Ward, all of Williamston, survives. Mr. Ward, 55 years of age, was horn and reared in this county. was a successful farmer and lumber-j man, and was favorably known' .throughout this section for his jovial | character. He was a member of the I Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist j I Church for a number of years and wasi j active therein. Hi- was always in-) 4erestcd in his fellowman and his j community, being recognized as a ! friend to all. Funeral services are being conduct, l-d from the lale home this afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. W. B. Harring -1 ton. 1 nlerineiit will follow in the •family burial plot on the home farm. iTELLS OF PLAN TO ROB BANKS Escaped Convicts Arrested By Beaufort County Officers Recently 1 According to a story appearing in the Washington Daily News yester | day, two bank robberies were planned ' | this week, one at Washington and .the other at Robersonville. The rob ' bery plans were frustrated when four 'escaped convicts were captured in | | Beaufort County recently. T. B. Tray-j ' lor, one of the four men arrested, told ; officers about the contemplated rob beries. The News said: i The "job" was to be "pulled," Tray ,l lor revealed, last Tuesday, the day i the local tobacco market opened, and f the bandits were to park their auto mobile in back of the bank. One man was to go inside and get , into an at-gument about a check. A little later it was planned to have two others come in the front door, lock it, and pull down the shades. The fourth.man was to be near the rear entrance and when they had gathered up all the available money, the four I were to make a quick exit through the 1 j back door into the car and speed out 'jof town. : j In addition to this plan, Traylor ' | also stated that they had planned to |rob the bank at Robersonville, but ; did not reveal the date nor how the ■ ( robbery was to be effected. Methodist Mission Group To Meet with Mrs. Brandon i The local department of the mit i sionary society of the Methodist t church will meet with Mrs. Tom I Brandon Monday at 4 o'clock. All members are asked to attend. | Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, September 1,1933 MEET HELD HERE THIS MORNING IS WELL ATTENDED Favor Warehouse Holiday and Appoint Delegates to State Convention With low prices for tobacco fresh in their minds, a large gathering of Martin County farmers ■ met in the courthouse here this morning and co operatively expressed themselves in connection with the tobacco situation as it exists today. While the meet j ing endorsed resolutions passed by a i mass meeting in Raleigh yesterday calling for a 20-cent average for to liac.'o, the group here today had very little to say about prices, but the farmers expressed themselves as fav oring a cooperative effort in handling the situation. Without a dissenting vote, the body agreed to abide by any reduction plan has not been determined, but the meeting pledged itself to support any movement advanced by the Federal government in effecting an acreage decrease and a resulting parity price. Messrs. V. G. Taylor, of Everetts, J. H. Etheridge, of Oak City, and J. G. Staton, of Williamston, were ap pointed to attend a state-wide con ference in Raleigh next Wednesday, the group here empowering them to do what they thought was best. The delegates will offer a resolution call ing for an acreage reduction and im mediate relief for the farmers right now. A resolution committee, com posed of Messrs. R. L. Coburn, V. G. I Taylor, ond S. H. Pritchard, super visor of sales on the local market, will draft the resolutions outlined at the | meeting for presentation at the con . ference in Raleigh next Wednesday. At no time has there been a more earnest effort shown in the undertak ing of the farmers' problems than 1 that shown in*""tlie meeting held here today. The farmers and warehouse men were agreed that the sales holiday was a commendable undertaking, that ! they were ready to do anything in an | orderly way for improving present | conditions surrounding the marketing •of tobacco. Some were so optimistic' | as to suggest a decrease of one-third ! in the 1934 crop, but the extent of ; tlie reduction plan will be determined j by the tobacco /administration, and ! whatever the plan is, it is certain that , the farmers in the meeting here today | will support the undertaking. 5 CASES TRIED BY RECORDER Business Picks Up Little, But Average Is Still ' Below Normal Activities in the county recorder's ! court increased last Tuesday, when ( five cases were called by Judge Peel, but even then the number of actions are smaller than the average. Fines totaling S6O were imposed and one or two heavy road sentences were met ed out. Claude Williams, the colored man who attacked his son with a deadly weapon, was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. John Williams was sentenced to the | roads for a period of two years when ' he was found guilty of larceny. He j appealed, and, unable to raise bond, the man continues in jail. George Purvis was found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and'dis turhing religious worship. He was sentenced to the roads for six months on the first count and two months' on the second. J. P. Harris was adjudged guilty in the case charging him with assaulting Dillon Wynn with a deadly weapon. He was fined $35 and taxed with the coats, m Well are Board Orders A Survey oi Work in County A survey of welfare activities in this county was ordered thia week by the county welfare board, the sur vey to center around money spent, garden activities, and canning. Wel fare agents will make personal visits to the homes inhere the occupants have been given aid. The agents are directed to determine what the needy have done this summer to help them selves. Mrs. V. A. Ward, of Roberaonville; Mrs. J. W. Andrews, of Williamston; and Mr. R. O. Martin, of Jamesville, attended the meeting of the board j-fcere last Wednesday. Fair-Sized Break on Market fegK Today; Average About Same ™: MER L MEET To Hold Last oi Union Meetings Sunday Night This Sunday night's union service— -1 which will probably be the last'such ' meeting of the summer—goes to the 1 Episcopal church Sunday night at the 1 8 o'clock hour. No definite , statement lias been made, hut it is understood that after this Sunday night's union services, the several churches will resume their reg I ular Sunday evening meetings in the j I several places of worship. m 31 MIDWIVES ARE GIVEN PERMITS IN THIS COUNTY ■• • - [Number Licensed To Prac tice Midwivery In This County by Nurse + Thirty-one women were granted permits this week to practice mid wifery in this county during the next t year. The permits were issued to the .11 midwives foHnwiiig a series of j classes conducted under the direction of the State Board of Health by a special representative Several county physicians attended i the meetings and made short talks, to the midwives. Four registrars of vital statistics .were in attendance and] they pointed out to the midwives thel importance of making out birth cer tificates property, A large number of expectant moth ers are attended only by midwives in this county annually, and it was in the interest of these nietlijod* and their offspring that the instruction J was arranged in several part of the j county this week. Before onv is per milled to practice midwifery \«Cjlih I state the woman must attend a meet ! ing of instruction at least lince an nually, get the model hag with equip ment and hbvc an (examination .to show her physical fitness. The following are a few important things the midwife must do. Miss Hobbs, state nurse, pointed out: "Every baby must have two drops of silver nitrate in each eye at birth (the Slate Department of Health at Raleigh, N. C., will furnish it free) . j "Every baby must have its birth j recorded within five days after its birth. If there are twins they must each have a certificate. "If there is a still birth there must lie a birth certificate and the baby I can not be buried until the family gel si a permit front the local registrar. j "Every midwife must register with' the State Department of Health atl Raleigh once a year. "Whenever a baby has red, swollen eyes, or they are discharging, a mid wife must tell a doctor within one day. "Alio if you will send the name of the husband (of your expectant cases) his address, and when the baby is due, to -the State Department of Health, they will write to the mother and tell i her how to get ready for the baby's coming and help Iter to keep well and have a healthy baby. In this way you I ' can help save babies' and mother's lives." LOSES TOBACCO CROP BY FIRE Barns and Crops of Sanford Roberson Destroyed Last Wednesday Fire believed of incendiary origin almost wiped out the property of A. Sanford Roberson, white farmer liv-, , ing about three miles from here on the brick kiln road, last Wednesday night at 9:30 o'clock. The farmer had worked in his barn until sunset and had retired for the night when the , fire was discovered in the outbuild-' . ings. Fifteen acres of tobacco, with , the execpetion of 1,700 slicks left in a' i curing barn, 20 barrels of corn, sev-j era) bags of'potatoes and fertilizer, tools, wagons, 20 chickens were de stroyed in the corn barn and pack-j house fire. The buildings were in sured for about $l,lOO. Neighbors and others rushed to the , scene and prevented-, the fire from 1 spreading to the man Js I dwelling house. 1 ' GOOD TOBACCO IS MUCH LOWER THAN YEAR AGO \ f. About 100,000 Pounds On Floors Here Today; No Change In Prices • % I lie first week of tobacco sales in I the eastern • bright belt have not been totally disheartening, but farmers, a-. ■ a group, have been greatly disappoint - ied with the price trends for the bet | ler quality grades. Very few com -11 plaints have been reported, but it i* | quite evident that farmers arc disap pointed with the price trends for the I better quality grades Prices- for interior grades arc ma llei ially higher, and fanners are well | pleased with their receipts. Hut there is a different story when those prices received for the better quality grades . are considered. While many farmers ire averaging more for their tobacco i *> far lliis season than they did last 'I year, they are understood to have to bacco far superior to that offered on the floors in 19,12. And when quality is considered, the price this year is 11 actually lower than the 1932 average. '1 just reckon we raised too much of the mess this year," one farmer [ was heard to remark yesterday, lol* l lowing i discussion of prevailing I prices. Other than the big sales opening | day, farmers throughout the belt are marketing the crop slowly. They hardly know what to do other than wait. A comparatively large break lis no the tlnors here today, with the I prices probably-a Jntile stronger than l hey were yesterday, but the differ in.'e is hardly worth arguing about. I lie growers are marketing what they ha\e graded, hm they are not rush ing themselves-to prepare a great deal lor market just now , \\ illiamston bail |a .comparatively large break last Tuesday, when 186, 'IW pounds wire si,hi for S2O,WJI >2, a resulting averagysif £11.2.1 per 10) pounds. Ihe l ii!ei\rise in ils issue I that day estimated the break at about 1 7(1,(Mil) pounds, and while it was slight , ly off in its climate there,* it did not miss the price average but 1 cent on the KM) pounds, the price being esti. mated at $1122, against an actual av erage of $11,2,1 Wednesday, there were 25,2 M) pounds sold here at an | average of $1(1.50; and yesterday sales | totaled f>3,884 pounds for $9.90 bun dreil pounds. I'p to today, the market bad sold 275,3.14 pounds for $29,008.75, a result ing average of $lO 81 a hundred pounds. Judging from authentic reports, the Williamston tobacco market is selling tobacco just as high as any other mar ket in the belt is selling it, and it is ■ honestly believed that farmers will 1 profit by marketing their crop here j this year. j Pastor Will Preach at the Baptist Church Sunday 4 The pastor will preach at the Bap tist church Sunday morning, follow ing the sessions of the Sunday school. In the evening this church is in vited to join in with the others at the Episcopal church for the union serv- I ice. j The newcomers into our community are cordially invited to the church of their choice. , Two Services at the Church i of the Advent Here Sunday ,1 —• -- . . .September 3 will be observed thru out this country the churches as Labor Sunday. The subject of the .sermon at the morning service at the j Church of the Advent will lie "Chris ! tianity and Labor." In the evening , the union service will come to us. , You are especially invited to attend. | The regular services at 4p. m. will be held at the Holy Trinity Mission , near Hear Grass. j ' Attending Reunion Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Swain and children left today for Columbia to visit relatives. While away they will ' attend the annual reunion of the Bate man clan in Washington County. • t ■ + LABOR DAY |i v ✓ ! | With no tobacco sales in pros pect for next Monday, and with the poatoffice and the office of the I Virginia Electric and Power Company enjoying a holiday, i Labor Day, a national holiday, is likely to pass very quietly here. | ! No postal deliveries will be made ! ill the village or in the rural sec tions that day, and service will be | limited in the postoffice. | As far as it could be learned _ | today other business houses and .! institutions will continue opera- j tions as usual Monday. : - - WHITE MAN CUT ' BYNERGOHERE I LAST TUESDAY [I —.— s Perlie Ange Recovering In Hospital; Was Cut by Lester Williams • • Ferlie Ange, Jamesville Township I I farmer, was dangerously cut on the , Main Street here last Tuesday after -1 * j nson at 4:30 o'clock by Lester Wil- j • lianrs, colored-mail commonly known 'j»s , "Barrel o' Trouble," I lie negro r !fnt sizeable ga»h in ill. tilth's stoni *|ach releasing ,i part of Ins Jmall and j large intestiiii ' \lli-i ri't ivirig In -I | aid treatment here. Mi Ange ».is it moved to a Washington hospital,] * where lie is expected to recover, ' Williams, i I, equent defendant in the county courts, tied from the c scene but was captured-eai ly the lies! i ' I morning in -Poplar Point 'township •by (Hli lis Roebuck, Daniel, and (irimes. The negro apparently was I planning to leave the sc-ttion for. good ' lie is being held in the county jail,' i and a preliminary hearing iot* him will I lie arranged just ,i- soon ,1-, \lr, Ange is able to appear .1 a witness in'the ' case. Very few people witne .ed tlie ac -- tual cutting, and several different ver , sions have been offered It was said j that Ange asked Williams to move 1 j so some Women could enter the dour liway of Yoling'xstore, that he pulled, ' j Williams out of the way. In a set •, ond the negro whipped out Ids kniiej " and almost fatally 111 the man And. "jin less than another second Ange ' I knocked Williams down It was also 1 reported that the trouble stalled when 4 the Jamesville fanner accidentally stepped on Williams loot. Particu lars in the case will hardly he avail !,alde before the hearing. " Williams was in trouble only a few' ' 1 days ago when he attempted to as | sault a man with a knife, lie was "j arrested but escaped. I apt tired later, • I he was dismissed after paying a small fine and cost. , IS ARRESTED FOR MAKING THREATS . , I Two Men Had Just Return ed Home from Trial in Recorder's Court >. I>illi>ll Wynne, young white man, | waived examination at a preliminary j hearing here Wednesda> morning in | the case charging liiin with threaten ing the life id J I' Harris, a neigh-j boring farmer. The case was ordered 1 docketed for trial in the County re-| rorder's court next Tuesday Wynn, said to have been drinking, 1 'j cursed Neighbor llarri and said he ' would kill him if he (Harris) entered I the road sepycatiny th> tinning-nf ,lH« ( two men. Wynn is said to "have shot ill thr direction of the house hut did | 110 damage. I The two men bad been in court here that day, when Harris was ad judged guilty of attempting to assault | Wynn with a deadly weapon. Missionary. Society Meets with Mrs. Harrison Tonight Members fo the Christian Phila -1 thea class will meet this evening at j 8:15 o'clock,, with Mrs. i. H. Har- I rison in her home on Main Street. - All members are requested to be pres ent. Watch the Label On Horn Paper As It Carries the Data When Your Subscription Expires ESTABLISHED 1898 No Markets In State Will Likely Open for Sales Next Monday —■# The suspension of tobacco sales throughout North Carolina was rc quested by Governor J (' B Eh ringhaus in a proclamation issued yes leril;u following a "protests'• meeting held by farmers in Raleigh. Under the governor's proclamation', the holi day would continue until further no tice and until ample opportunity .is ; had for action by the federal govern ment. While the action of the— only calls for the voluntary closing i't the warehouses after sales today, J H is generally believed; that ware | housemen will cooperate" to the full*, jest extent. Operators of warehouses j here were jubilant over the proclatna* lion and will tall in line'to do what ! ever they humanly can in the way of I cooperating with any movement that i will effect an increase in prices. I he action on the part of the gov i ernor came yesterday when approx j nnately J.otltl farmers and others held I a "protest" meeting in Kaleigb. Oth. et meetings are being held through "in the belt this week, and next Wed nesday delegates will he named at a meeting in Kaleigh to go before the i tobacco administration in Washing ! 1011. \\ bethel the holiday proclamation will speed up the mtt h-desired relief i not c« rlain, but it will delay mar | kiting u tivitiev until there is a show 'l "" I' is the belief of some closely lonnected >\nli tin tobacio industry 1 that immediate act ion will be. that the government will put graders joii the markets anil see thai parity pi ices are paid. It is reasonable to s believe that no definite action can be taken over the week-end and that the holiday will likely continue through a V.ieatei part il not all of next week. I he proclamation as first drawn by the governor would have had the inar ■ kets dose today, but the request was considered too late, and it was later ananged to have the markets remain ; open today to care lor Ts much ol the tobai o already graded as was pos sible. At the present time "it looks as if | but it is possible although not very i bkely that some developments will take place over the week end making | the reopening advisable. . banners and in a nia*s meeting lure today endorsed the action of the governor, and it is believed some definite lesults can be expected before sales are Continued. ARE ACQUITTED IN BERTIE COURT : Herber Gardner and Carl Brown Are Freed On Year-old Charge t arl Brown and Herbert "Slim" Gardner, two Jamesville boys, were I found not guilty in the Itertie Coun ty Superior Court this week in the iia-e charging them with hunting without license and trespassing. I be charges were preferred against Brown anil (larduer about a year ago 'when they were seen paddling a boat hi a Broad I reek tributary over in | Bertie County. Tlicy were declared j guilty by a justice of the peace, from which verdict they appealed to the 'general county court. Adjudged guil j ly tlieie, the two men again appealed, , that time to the superior court anl| | were found not guilty this week, j Gardner and Brown claimed that ( i hey had been hunting on their own reserve, that they were looking for a lost dog when they were seen in the boat, by. a. dfPtHV IfinH U'lT'ttni■ ■' ■■■■ W. T. Todd, 86, Dies In Bertie County Near Here Willi4m David Todd, 86 years old, died at the home of his son, N.. T. Todd, just across the Roanoke River causeway in Bertie County last Wed nesday night from erysipelas. He had been in feeble health for Some time. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon and interment was made is. the Todd burial ground near Greens Cross Roads in Bertie County. Mrs. Todd, who is well advanced in years herself, survives with, five sons ud two daughters.