May Happiness and Prosperity Be Yours Throughout the Coming Year Watch the Label On Your Paper As It Carries the Date When Your Subscription Expires VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 85 NEGRO WOMAN IS SOUGHT IN FATAL SHOOTING HERE James Hines Shot To Death At Home In Leggett's Lane Christmas Day James (Cootie) Hines, colored, was instantly killed while he apparently slept in his bed in a house on Leggett's Lane here about 8 o'clock Christmas morning, the killing coming as the culmination -of- much lawlessness, bootlegging, and debauchery carried on over a long period of time. Annie Brown, colored, with whom Hines is said to have spent much time, is accused of the killing, hut her arrest has not been effected. Mines, generally described as a "bad nigger" by members of his own race, was about 30 years old. He apparent ly died instantly when a load of gun shot was fired into his neck at clost Hides and the Brown woman had, been in fights and had served time in jail and on the roads, l.ast Saturday' night other occupants of the Mines' apartment heard a disturbance be- J tween the two and sent for officers. | Sheriff C. B. Roebuck and Chief Dan- 1 tel went to the home hut were told : upon their arrival thai there had l>cx-n J no trouble, that they (Hines and the Brown woman) hail only been play ing. Sunday the woman went to the! sheriff and asked him to jail Hines,] but when ordered by the officer to procure a warrant she refused to take ! any a.'tion The officer explained that without a warrant she would go into I court and exonerate Hines. Sundav night, the wayward lover visited another of his concubines, it, is said, tli act apparently enraging the Brow n woman. F.arly Christinas! morning sfie met Hines and they went | to her lartnunt. carrying oil a heat- 1 ed quarrel lor ,i —ln»rt while He lat er went lo bed and to sleep. She left the shack and went I > the home oj a neighbor, where vhrHiad left a suit case mine time before. She took sev eral gun shells from the suitcase and returned to her home A report of the gun was heard within a short time, ami win n neighbors asked Tier what) the shot was for, she rrrtd them that I she threw a firecracker into the stove,' and that she was going to the 1 home of j a certain neighbor and would be back within a few minufes The killing was not discovered un-! til some minutes later, when one of! Hine's believed liquor customers call ed at the door. Receiving no answerj the man called to others, and they en tered the hut, finding the body. Coroner S. R Biggs was called, ami he summoned a jury. Alter making inquiry into tlvc happenings, the jury ( returned a verdict that Hines had been killed with a shot gun in the hands ot > Annie Brown. The Brown woman made a jiiyster-j ious getaway, and was seen by a very: few people immediately after the shoot, ing. It was said that she had tried to hire several to carry her to Ra-j leigli, saying that she had done a bad thing,and wanted to get away. Offi-: cers believe she found a friend with car and made her escape with him NEGRO MAN DIES FROM EXPOSURE Ed Moore Found Dead In Dardens Section Last Saturday Night * Ed Moore, 28-year-old colored man, ■was found dead along a little-traveled road in*the Dardens section of James ville Township about midnight last Saturday, his death being the first un timely one reported in the county dur ing the holiday season Said to have been drinking, Moore was last seen alive in Dardens about 10 o'clock that night. When officers made an investigation several hours later they decided that the man died as a result of too much liquor and ex- posure. Moore is said to be about the third colored man to in that sec tion within the past few years from exposure. Examining officers stated they found no signs of foul play, that when the man was found he was stretched out alongside of the road wtih his cap on his head. , • Approximately SI,BOO Paid for Fireworks This Season Approximately SI,OOO was spent in Williamston for fireworks, this Christ mas season, it was reliably learned today. In addition to that amount numerous orders were shipped direct: to purchasers and a large quantity was sold near here, the total sales running close to SI,BOO, it is estimated. THE ENTERPRISE % w teowMv Christmas Holiday Season Passes Quietly in County Christmas, 1933, in Martin County was one of the quietest in years, reports from all sections in dicate. While there were three untimely deaths dining, the sea son, the general observance was marked by peace and quietness. As far as it could be learned only one arrest was made in the county on Christmas Day, and the violation in that case was of a minor na ture. No one was hurt, at least not very badly, by explosions of fireworks, and not a single hunt ing accident was reported. Officers, both county and town, referred to the celebration as one of the quietest they had ever seen in this county. MORE THAN 1,000 SIGN CONTRACTS IN THIS COUNTY Expect Tobacco Reduction Drive To Be Completed Early Next Week Approximately 1,000 or just about three-fourths of the tobacco farmers in Martin County have already signed tobacco reduction contracts for the years 1934 and 1M35, it was learned from the office of County Agent T. B. Brandon here yesterday afternoon. 1 lie work is progressing very rapidly in most of the tne districts in the county, and a complete sign-up is ex pected not later than the latter part ill next week. While the sign-up has created some peculiar problems to a few individual farmers, most of (In- difficulties have been ironed out, and the work is re ceiving a marked, -npporl, ii was learned Scycial growers have asked various questions in connection with decreas ing the number of their tenants' and retaining those recognized as expert '"hacj;f raisers When it was explain ed that the government i> trying to do all it can to help the farmer and that it was no more than right for the farmer to do all be can to help the tenant there lias been a very en couraging result with no particular objection registered against the con tracts. COUNTYSCHOOLS REOPEN MONDAY $— _ Robersonville and the Bear Grass Schools To Open Later In the Week All Martin County schools with the exception of two, Bear (>rass and Kohersonville, will re-open after a brief suspension of activities during the Christmas, season, next Monday morning at the usual opening hour, it was learned yesterday from the office of the county superintendent here ( ertain repairs are being made in the two schools where delayed openings arc scheduled, it was said. '1 he holiday for a number of the schools is the shortest in years, the faculties deciding it was advisable to make up the time lost for Thanksgiv ing now rather than next spring. $ ) Price Agreement for Peanut Gets Approval of Officials An agreement fixing the ■ minimum price of peanuts has been tentatively approved by authorities, and the plan is now before the millers, according to information received here a few days ago. No details or particulars could be learned in connection with the plan other than that it calls for a' price not lower than 3 cents for what are called U. S. Standard No. 2 grade. Christmas Weather Here Warmest In Many Years While many part* of-the eountry were gripped by wintry winds and freezing temperatures,' this section] had one of the warmest Christmase* in years. The mercury was well above ■ 70 during much of the time until Tues day night when it dropped to the freezing point. No Preaching Services In Methodist Church Sunday No preaching services will be held i in the local Methodist church Sunday, it was learned yesterday. The pa>tor, 11 Rev. C. T. Rogers and Mrs. Rogers, : are visiting in Newport and will not ! return before about the middle of next . j week. Other services ii! the church I will be, held as usual that~4ay. iL was j announced. f - t Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, December 29, 1933 Only 12 cases have been docket ed so far for trial in the county recorder's court next Tuesday, and eight of the number were con tinued from a previous session. Originally, cases are numerous fol lowing a holiday of the court, and more particularly so following a holiday just at Christmas time. Several communities were sad dened by deaths during the holi- J day season, and the good cheer so marked at Christmas time was pushed into the background for a few in whose homes sickness was present. The season, as a whole, was marked for its quietness and good will toward all men. COUNTY BOARDS TOMEETMONDAY Postoffice and Bank Will Observe New Year's As a Holiday Other than the suspension of serv ice in the postoffice and bank, business will go forward as usual here next Monday New Year's Day. No de liveries will be made either in the vil lage or in the rural sections by the postal authorities that day While no important business has been scheduled for consideration, the boards of education and commission-' ers will meet as usual, the two meet -' ings being regular ones. County of- including those of the register of deeds, clerk of court, board of ed-' neat ion, sheriff's, farm agents', wel fare and employment bureau, will goi ahead with their operations as usual, 1 it is understood. Municipal opera lions will be in order that day, the' town authorities bidding their regulai'i meeting al 7 45 Monday night, Mayuij J• >li■■ I Hasscll announced this morn-' ing AGENCY HERE CHANGES HANDS > Local Stock Company Buys Chevrolet Agency Here, | Effective January 1" The Roanoke Chevrolet Company,' a stock company owned aiTiT opcrarnrd' l.y I oral people, lias purchased the Wil liamson agency of the Better Cliev-j tulet ( "ontpany and will take over the active management next Monday, it was officially announced today. Mr John Henry Edwards, a Wil liamston hoy, lint for the past two or three years associated with the Het-| ter Chevrolet Company in Koberson-| vill;-, will he lie manager of the new company here lie will lie assisted by Mr. S. Collins Peel in the sales department Mr. J'eel has been con-! nectid with the agency here for sev eral years. Moth young men are. well known in this section. The company will display the new model Chevrolet* as soon as the car is placed on the market. In cuiine*- tion with their sales organization, the new company will maintain a general repair service, employing experienced mechanics. Special Service for College Students at Baptist Churchy A special service will lie held at the Baptist church here Sunday morning at II o'clock in honor of the young men and young women who will be leaving the community for the various schools, colleges and universities at the first of the year. These young | men and young women, together withi their families, arc- invited to this serv ice Sunday morning if their coming does not conflict with services in their own churches. A short New Year's service will lie held Sunday night at 7:30 o"clock, lowing the sessions of the young people's meetings at 6:30. The sympathies of this church and' congregation go out to the family of Mrs Joe Taytnr in their recent and great bereavement The pastor and people extend good' wishes for a happy New Year to the' entire community. i 1 - ♦ Highly Respected Colored I Woman Died Yesterday —* — ! Lizzie Booze, highly respected col-' ored woman and a faithfwl servant,' died at her home here yesterday"morn ing about 4 o'clock. She had been sick during the past month. Funeral services will be conducted Siir>tsy afternoon. MRS. EMILY, C. | LEGGETT DIES IN CROSS ORADS i • ♦ I Funeral Services Are Being Held from Home There This Afternoon $ Mrs. Etnily C. Laggett, highly re spected woman of the l.eggetts sec tion of Cross Roads Township, died at her home there at 7 o'clock yester day morning from heart trouble. Al though she had been in delicate health much of the time during the past fivej .years, she suffered a relapse about a week ago, the end coming gradually.' The daughter of the late J. H.l Wynn and wife, Mrs. Leggelt was horn in this county (>1 years ago the 10th of last September. In early wo-' manhood she was married to Mr. McJ I>, l.eggett, who, with five children,' Mrs. V A. Parker, of Halifax; Mrs.! N. 1). Gurganus, of this county; Au gustus Legged, of Greenville; John l.eggett, of Williamston, R. F. 1). 2;' and J. Robert l.eggett, of William ston, survives. She also leaves one sister, Mrs; H. 1.. Roebuck, of Scot-! land Neck; and one brother, Mr J. W. Wynn, of Niles, S C. A member of the Free Will Bap-' list church, Mrs. l.eggett manifested| a great interest in church work, and, was recognized as a good friend and; neighbor. I'uncral services are being conduct ed from her late home this afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev W. T. l'ollard, of the Free Will Baptist church. Inter ment will follow in the family plot at Ihe home place. TO TEAR DOWN OLD LANDMARK t Workers To Move Timbers ; To High School Ground For Gymnasium — Workmen will start tearing down t ur«larphen's old store building, one* of the section's oldest landmarks, next Monday, according to plans announced by ( \VA authorities here this morn ing, The material will he moved to the high s.liool grounds fur use in the construction of a gymnasium I'he project was one of two ap proved yesterday, the other calling fori the construction of two rooms at the Hear (irass school. Work will bej started on the latter project within the! next lew days, or a- soon as material] can be placed. I he office of the Norfolk, lialtimorej ami Carolina Boat Line, located in the building since the line was organizedj years ago, has been moved to the old I Vim is Simmons Lumber Company' Building, adjoining the office of At-' toriiey- 11. (i. llorton. ('instruction of a swimming pool here lias Iwn temporarily postponed, j as funds are about exhausted. The 1 project may received consideration in! the earl) part of February, provided additional funds arc made available at that time. Fire Creates Excitement Here Christmas Day h ire of undetermined origin gutted j lite garage and storage house of the| G W. Mount Variety Store just off of Sniithwick Street here shortly alt er the noon hour on Christmas day, the blaze climaxing the holiday ex citement in the immediate business I section of the town. When discovered the fire was burn ing in nearly every part of the build ing, but the volunteer fire company made a hurried answer and soon hadj the fire under control, limiting the damage to a small figure. It is believed that the fire started from a lighted fire cracker or a cigar- ( ette thrown by careless hands. The! owner stated he could not determine, the cause of the fire, but stated he' planned to tear the shell of the build ' nig down. The unusually warm weather during the Christmas season in thi ssection is believed to have been responsible' tor the small number of fires. * i No Presbyterian Preaching Services in County Sunday $ Sunday, December 31, 1933: Church schools will be held as usu laL 9:45 at Williamston, 3 p. m. at | Roberson's Chapel, and 9:30 a. m. at; | Bear Grass. There will be no church' I school at Ballard's Farm. There will be no preaching services I lat either point due to the absence of j 'the pastor. All services will he re ' sutned as usual on January 6, 1934. 'lnasmuch as there will be no church services, all members are urged .to at tend the church schools. Close the old year right—go to church Sunday. FARMER KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY CAR NEAR HERE W. B. Dickerson Instantly! Killed Near Here Last Monday Evening • | W. B Dickerson, is-year-old white I farmer living on the Biggs farm, nearj Skewarkcy church, was instantly killed, when struck by a car driven by B. I'. I Nicholson, Halifax County man, nearj he Sunny Side Inn on he W as hing-j I on road abou 0 o'clock Wednesday evening. Mr. Dickerson, partially par-j I alyzed and very feeble, started to cross I the highway and stepped from behind! a parked car into the path of the.ma-J chine driven by Mr. Nicholson, eye witnesses to the accident stating there was no carelessness on part of the driver. Mr Nicholson was driv-f nig about 30 miles an hour, Sheriff C. B. Roebuck learned in investigating the accident. However, it was decid ed advisable to hold a hearing, Mr.' Nicholson voluntarilv agreeing to ap pear before Justice of the Peace J. L, Hassell here this afternoon. I he accident victim was originally from near Oxford, coming to this county on! ya few years ago. Mrs.' Dickerson di.d a year or two ago,' leaving two daughters, Mrs R. M.j I'crry and Mrs. Benny, l.illey, of Wil-j liamston R. F. D. 1, and -six sons, James Henry, Robert Lee, William- Burton, Davie T,, Samuel and Her man Dickerson. I The body was carried to the old j home in Granville County Tuesday J afternoon, where funeral services were conducted Wednesday Interment tollowed HI fhe family plot. While Mr. Nicholson was held in no way responsible, he willingly agreed | the to accept' the funeral and burial ."osts, it was learned. *- MUST HAVE TAGS BY JANUARY IST Failure To Display State Tags Will Subject Car Owners to Arrest -s> Below is a letter to Chief of I'olice) VV. It Daniel from Mr. 11. I Harris, director of the motor Vehicle! bureau of the N l Department oil Revenue, which sets forth the fa t that failure to exhibit 1934 license lags on motor vehicles on January 1 I subjects the driver to arrest. The la«s have been on sale since I December Land the organization lias I been intact to forward to each car! I owner a new tag, and it is no respon sibility of the State that some have | failed to purchase the new, tags be 1 | fore it is too late No extension of! time will be granted. | "The Governor and the Commission I er of Revenue of tne Slate of North' 1 ( arolina have positively ordesed that ! the eiifosccmcnt ol the M.otos Ve hicle laws of North ( arolina, pertain ing to tin use of 1933 tags after De ceniber 31, shall begin at sunrise on January I, 1 "The laws of North arolina ifiake il the duty of every peace officer, whether he he slate, county, city or, J township officer, to enforce the tno ] lor vehicle laws, and I am writing | you to urgently request your com j plete cooperation in this work. I "I'he Stale automobile inspe tors I and State Highway patrol will lie or j ilered to arrest each and every per I son found operating a motor vehicle ion and after January 1 without 1934 lags being displayed on it "You can he of invaluable assist- 1 ance to the Stale in bringing about ! the enforcement of this law by seeing 'that the officers under your jurisdic lion are properly instructed and com j nianded to arrest each person found violating the law after sunrise, Janu ' ary I. Until noon today the local bureau | hail sold 1,275 sets of licenses, or just about one-fourth of the expected sales | for this territory. s ' # ! License Bureau Reports I New Sale Record Here m ♦ . , All records"in the Martin I ounty | marriage license bureau have been j | broken, J. Sam Getsinger issuing 51 ' licenses so far this month. Eighteen I white and thirty-three colored cou ] pies figured in the license issues up I until yesterday afternoon. A daily record issuance was report ed the Saturday before Christmas, ' when 10 licenses we're, 501 d,,. The number of licenses issued so far this month is nearly half as many as was issued during all of 1931 and about one-third as many as were sold last year. And the month is not spent | yet. , i W. Joe Taylor, Prominent Local Tobacco Man, Died Early Thursday Morning !f REMOVE LIGHTS 1I ;v ; / | Williamston's gala holiday sea son decorations, including nearly 900 lights and more than two doz- I en Christmas trees, will be re j moved from the streets next Tues | day, according to present plans, j. The lights made a very favor able impression on thousands of visitors and ~ren'!y added to the Christmas spirit here. '•" l ANTI-RAT DRIVE TO GET UNDER WAY NEXT WEEK * People Urged To Take Big Part In Checking Large Number of Rodents' Weather permitting, the William- 1 ston anli tat campaign \\ill ml under, 'way next week, Maviii Joint I Mas ' !-oil announced this morning j Several hundred pounds of poison art- available fur use tier oi charge fo property ofcners «hn are troubled by the rodents, lite pui-tin \,ll be .lis- 1 Ibutst'd friiiii the link's office -in tlie jt"itv Mali j' In make the drive as .effective a's possible, tlu mayor is asking the pen 'pie tn buy traps and use poison and jtake other stvps to free the town >f' the destructive rats I lie'"poison, re 1 otimietidcd In he Ciiitcd States l)e- Iparttuent of Agriculture, will not kill other animals or human beings, and I there is no danger Iloni the wide-' | spread n c •■ ! flic matei ial It is important lira I the drive be | carried on simultaneously and the poo i pic are d Intake an actue pail I next week in this very important work, j Special employees w ill be available to handle the eradication work in public places and aid innate property own \ ei s when necessary. AUTO WRECKED NEAR HAMILTON Three Persons Badly Hurt When Cars Collided Wednesday I An autoiuobjle wreck on the IJani | iltou-Williamsioii road, one mile south | of Hamilton, last Wednesday . night, I came near proving fatal to the o tti i pants of two cars which ran head first j into each other, according to reports reaching here yesterday. I A Mis. (iiirganus, accompanying (i. j \ l ow an, driver of a Model A Ford, i suffered a broken leg and othei m juries and is now in a hospital. Mr t ovvan was cut and bruised, hut not seriously hurt Mr W (i Anthony, driving a \ K l ord figuring in the I wreck, is. confined to Ins bed with painful bruises. A colored matt, Jero Jones, .accompanying Mi Anthony, i was knocked unconscious and was be I lieved dead tor a few minutes. Me lalet recovered,, but is suffering with 1 injuries. | I lie Model A I'ord belonging to Mi A \\ Hoyil was virtually demol -1 islied OVER 200 DEATHS DURING HOLIDAY Carolinas Probably Led En tire Nation, With 38 Violent Deaths Early reports placed the country's untimely deaths during the ( hrisltna-i holiday season at more than 200, with many others probably unreported. The Carolinas, with around 38 such deaths, apparently led the list A train auto mobile wreck at Greensboro took five lives ami others were scattered tliru olM the two Stales. Martin (.utility reported three un timely deaths, one by murder early Christmas morning, another by ex posure and a third in aii automobile wreck late m the afternoon on the Washington highway With the thermometer registering a marked drop tlimuyhout the coun try, sections of the Midwest were re porting scores 'd deaths front cold following Christinas. Twelve Person County farmers re port an average yield of 29.52 bushels of corn an acre following lespedeza last year while that grown on similar land without the lespedeza produced 1802 bushels Kesiilts with wheat were j even greater ESTABLISHED 1898 ] LEADING FIGURE ' MANY YEARS IN COUNTY AFFAIRS ' ■ $ Last Rites Being Held This Afternoon from Late Home Near Here W Jne Taylor, prominent Martin tt innitv farmer, and well known lliru- I out Eastern N'orlli Carolina as a to j bacco warehouseman, ilicil, in a Wash- I ingtoii hospital yesterday nrorniug at ; I 30 o'clock from an attack of pneu monia Suffering with ostomolitis, , an infection in the knee bone, Mr. . I aylor was removed to the hospital ! about three weeks ago. An ailing . heart made an operation impossible, 1 and he lingered near death during se'v | er.rf—davs before the end came. the son of the late Eli and Jennie Mobtey lav lor, he was born in Wil ■j lianiston lowiiohip, about tour miles | troin here.' He lived all his life until lie was removed to the hospital at the i old home place, where lie successfully 1 engaged in funning' in addition to his ' .connection with the operation of tor warehouses here lie was only ,•47 years old and during the. last 24 ' "rears o! that time he was connected j with the Williatiistou Tobacco Mar 'kcl, gaining a wide circle of friends "jfthioughout the section ' lie was interested in the betterment , oi his community, having served as a J member of the road commission in j his district, and at the time of his death was a member of the William ! ■.ton District School Committee,, in i which lapaeity lie had served several* terms \bout a year or two ago he lojned the local Baptist church, al i though In had been attending services there lor vear-. - i Ltl early lite he married Miss Mamie 1 (ireen.' wli >, with hve •."hildren, three I sons, I red M , Ralph, Eli Marion, and :'two daughters, Miss Jennie Circcii and ' Mamie t Ivde Taylor, survives, j lie also leaves one brother, John I aylor, of Kohei soiiville; and five sis | lers, Mrs I! | llariilnll, of Durham; ' Mrs I lit her Waters, oi Wake Forest; 1 Mr- W II Edwards; Mrs J J Manning, "and Mis. Daisy l'urvis, all ot Williamston. Lmreral-j»eivice» are being eoiiducX- I ml from the late home this afternoon at 2 o'clock by lc\ Charles II Dickey ol the local Baptist church Inter ment will follow in the family plot at ' the home place. NEW PLYMOUTHS ON DISPLAY SOON . $ New Car Will Be Placed on Display in Showroom At Robersonville I lie new Plymouth car, carrying several major changes in its Construc liiin, will he placed on display Satur day, January 1,1, in the showroom of t the Ply mouth DeSoto Agency in Rob ( crsoiiville, it was officially announced tcrday by Mr E. (i Anderson, the ( l manager of the agency there The I showing, tin first of the 1934 Ply ; iih nith models, will he held in the new j home of the Kobersonville agency on Railroad Street, next to A. E Smith | Hardware Company, in Kobersonville. r llu new car is expected to attract unusual attention with its individual wheel springing plus floating power, • it- 75 horsepower engine, new radi ator, new style skirted fenders, ini- I proved ventilation, valve seat inserts laud other improvements. I he Plyiuouth-DrSoto Agency, car bine- additional information in an ad i vertiseinent appearing in this paper, i* and cordially invites the public to the , initial showing there. -, _ «. L Morning Service at Church j of the Advent Here Sunday t> "Tins being the fifth Sunday, there will be just the morning service at the Church ui the Advent. The subject of the sermon at this service will be: I "Some Objectives for 1934." | There will be a service at the Holy s Trinity Mission near Bear Grass at 3:30 o'clock. , St. Martin'*, Hamilton There will be evening prayer and sermon at St. Martin's Episcopal :- Church, Hamilton, Sunday evening at s 7 o'clock. a ® r Ambrose Cline of Lincoln County d reports harvesting 900 pounds of c 1 common lespedeza seed an acr* fro*t one field this fall. n : -

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