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Watch the Label On Toor Pap«r Aa It- Carriaa tba Data Whan Toor Subscription Kxpirse VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 92 STATION ROBBED AT JAMESVILLE SUNDAY NIGHT Robbers Truck Away Iron Safe and About S2OO In Cash The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company station at Jamesville was entered last Sunday night, or early on Monday morning by robbers who trucked away a big iron safe and sev eral hundred dollars. A school truck at the home of Joe Davis was robbed of a battery and floor boards the same night, it was learned yesterday morn ing. Going to the station yesterday morn ing, Agent Carson found op.e of the doors had been forced open and the sale missing. Just how the robbers loaded the safe that weighs between 800 and 1,000 poonds, the agent and officers conld not determine. Appar ently there were several of the rob bers in the group. After loading the safe the robbers followed a southern course out of Jamesville, circling back to highway No. 90 this side of Gard ner's Creek, where the trail was lost by officers. The approximately S2OO in the sale belonged to the Town of Jamesville, j jhe railroad company and the station, agent, it was unofficially learned here. An attempt to steal the safe was, made two or three years ago, when robbers entered the station and loaded; the money container on a small rail- j road car and started away. They had j gone only a short distance when the section master fired into the group and.., frightened them away. LOCAL JUNIORS ADD 26 MEMBERS Initiations Administered by Visiting Degree Team Thursday Night A marked increase in the activities of the looal council of the Junior Or der of United American Mechanics and an increased interest in the work of the organization was reported here last' week when the unit added 26 mem bers to its roll, increasing its mem bership to 80. The new members were initiated at two points, eight at Kobersonville and 18 here. The Robersonville degree team handled the work here last Thursday night, assisted by D, M. Frank, H. L. Swain, and W. H. Har rison. Ten additional candidates now have their applications in for mem bership. The names of the new members are as follows: William Keel, Dennis Holliday, Grover Rogerson, D. E. Gurganus, James Wynne, Isaac Jessup Harri son, Bruce Whitley, William Gurganus J. L. Hassell, Cecil H. Bland, C. L, Daniel, N. D. Griffin, Earl V. Tet terton, R. J. Hardison, Ed A. Simp kins, jr., W. Lawrence Manning, Kad er Lilley, J. R: Rogerson, H. B. York, W. D. Modlin, Wilma Brabble, Har ry Ganderion, Chaa. A. Coltrain, Coy D. Lamm, N. O. Jones, and Hubert C. Roberson. SCHOOL NEWS AT OAK CITY District Teachers To Hold Meeting There This Thursday Night ♦ Preparations for the construction of I a gymnasium and agricultural build ing in Oak City are nearly complete,! according to information received here this week. Lumber, donated by citi-j zens interested in the welfare of the, community and it* children, is being sawed for use in the construction ofj the project, planned in connection with CWA activities in that section. White teachers in the Oak City No. J 3 district will hold their first meeting j of the year in the school auditorium _ there Thursday evening of this week at 7:30 o'clock, Principal H. M. Ains-. ley announced last Saturday. Charac ter and citizenship training will be ( discussed, and all teachers are urged; to be present for the discussion. Pupils in the school there have pass, ed the half-way mark in the current term. Examinations were complete! last Friday, early reports indicating' splendid result*. In their first game of the season, the Oak City basketball team defeat ed Robersonville by the close score of 14 to 13. #— Bertie Agent Keeps Office Open Day and Night Farm Agent B. E. GranV-of Bertie County, reports that he has, had U> i keep his office open day and iight to handle the ruah of growers seeking loans on their cotton options and equalization payments on their tob*-- co. THE ENTERPRISE Seed and Feed Loans Made ' In Martin Nearly All Paid Employee* of the seed and feed loan organization are now collect ing the few unpaid accounts cre ated last spring when loans were advanced farmers. Field Inspector Roy Hearne said yesterday that approximately 95 per cent of the 190,000 lent last year and the $16,- 000 uncollected from the 1931 loans had already been collected, leav ing about 12,000 unpaid. Most of the unpaid amount is secured by peanuts held in storage, he said. There are approximately SO ac counts varying in sue from 8 cents to $lO unpaid. These amounts represent unpaid interest, Mr. Hearne said. CWA Work Curtailed Regional Credit Loans Are Retired In Full In County Every dollar of the approximately $200,000 l>orrowed by Martin County farmers from the Regional Credit Cor poration last year has been paid, At torney W. H. Coburn said this week, establishing an almost unheard-of rec ord as far as credit is concerned. The sizes of the loans were for as much as it was learned. LODGE OFFICIAL HAS NEED FOR DISTRESS SIGN Treasurer of Colored Lodge In Everetts Outwitted By His "Brothers" Deviating from its regular duties of ''burying the dead and caring for the sick," a certain colored lodge with headquarters in Everetts started an in vestigation of its treasury and treasur er last week. A meeting date was ar ranged and the "brothers" apparently did some politicking in their ranks. In the meantime, tlie treasurer was making great preparations of his own, for he anticipated a demand for an ac counting of the approximately S4O in the treasury fund. Alleged to have misplaced the S4O, the treasurer vis* ited a friend, explained the situation to him and borrowed S4O on the condi tion that he would return the money the next day after he proved beyond all doubt to the brothers the night before that the money wai on hand and in safe keeping. The lokn was granted. At the meeting the treasurer's re port was heard with interest. All went i well until the brothers of the frater nity decided to change treasurers then and there, the retiring officer finding it necessary to surrender the S4O to the lodge he was supposed to return to the owner the next day. In the accounting next day, some one was short S4O, and it wasn't the lodge. Missionary To India To Speak Here Thursday Mrs. Bessie Fararr Madsen, a prom inent missionary to India, for a num-' ber of years, will speak here in the Christian church Thursday afternoon of this week at 4 o'clock, it was an nounced today. Mrs. Madsen will tell of conditions as they exist in India today, and re view the activities of missionary work ers ttyere. Her address will be of un usual interest, no doubt, and the gen eral public is cordially invited to hear her. Sent out by the United Christian Missionary Society, of Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. Madsen will also visit Ply mouth at 10 o'clock Thursday morn ing and Robersonville that evening at 7:30 o'clock. Defeat Forestry Boys; Play Elizabeth City Here at 7:45 • Williamston's high school basket ball boys maintained an undefeated record here last Friday night when they brought their list of victories up to three by defeating the Civilian Con servation Corps quint from the camp at Windsor. Anderson led the locals with seven field goals, while Manning was second in the scoring work with two field | goals and two free shots. Haithcock led the 3-C boys with six field goals, j I The best game of the season so far is expected here tonight, when the ' boys' team meets the Elizabeth City High School quint at the Farmers Warehouse at 7:45. Friday night the Williamston boys and girls will play a double header with Hofogood at Hobgood. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 23,1934 Present indications point to a 99 per cent collection of accounts, and the record should be of value to farmers when they get ready to bororw from the fund this season, provided, of course, the fund is again created. A bill has been in troduced inthe House of Represen tative! by Congressman Warren, and it has been favorably approved by the committees, but its pass age is pending in the two branches of Congress. A few farmers in this county are making arrangements to bor row from the crop production fund. ■'*— HOURS REDUCED FROM 30 TO 15 ON MOST PROJECTS Pay Roll of Approximately $6,000 Will Be Reduced About One-third Reaching a new high peak last week when 533 workers received $6,639.90, Civil Works Administration activities in this county have been greatly cur tailed this week, it was learned from the office of J. W. Mines, unemploy ment bureau head, yesterday. All projects ready fqr submission to the State authorities and not yet approved will be necessarily delayed pending action in Washington, D. C. If additional appropriations are pro vided, many of the projects now pend ing in this county will be approved, no doubt. If additional appropriations are not granted, then the projects will be indefinitely postponed. With insufficient funds to maintain the old work schedule, CWA authori ties in this county were directed last week to reduce the working hours in those centers of less than 2,500 from 30 hours to 15 hours a week. In cen ters of more than 2,500 population the hours have been reduced from 30 to 24 hours a week, the rate of pay per hour remaining unchanged. Under the new ruling, the pay roll in the county this week will probably drop to $3,500 or less. No additional workers can be added to the CWA list at the present time [unless a vacancy in the present ranks I develops. When a project is complet jed, the workers are automatically thrown out of work unless they can be placed on other projects already approved and under execution. The elaborate sewing project ap proved in this county and employing, 22 women was temporarily delayed un-j dcr the new order because the project! had not been started. Projects pro viding clerical assistance in the offices of the clerk of court, sheriff and reg ister of deeds are going forward as the assignments had been made be fore the new ruling went into effect, it is understood. Last week there were 500 men on the CWA pay roll in this county, the number receiving $6,283.45. The 33 women employed under the Federal Emergency Relief Association in this county were paid $356.45 last week. Awaiting action in the National Congrescs, CWA activities are being curtailed throughout the country, juit as they have been curtailed in this county. Junior Order Council Is At Oak City The organization of a Junior Order! Council in Oak City was (ferfected last Wednesday evening when 35 youngi men and other interested citizens in the community joined the organization. Several members of near-by councils were present for the meeting. With a new council and increased activities in old councils, Junior Order work is advancing rapidly in this coun ty. Robersonville council reported a large addition to its membership a few weeks ago, and the council at Wil liamston initiated a large number of effldidates last week. - ♦ Best To Feed Chickens Milk Before Clabbered ♦ | The feeding of clabbered milk in pans or shallow receptacles, unless cleaned and scalded daily, will cause loose, yellowish voiding*. Where the clabber is fed, it is best to have two sets of drinking vessels so that one may be thoroughly cleaned each day. The best way, however, is to feed thf | milk before it clabbers which will elim inate any accumulation of the harm ful bacteria. ~ GOLD NO LONGER LEGAL TENDER IN TRADE CHANNELS Seller Here Hesitates To Accept Precious Metal for Goods Today Gold certificates and gold'itself are no longer recognized as a medium of exchange, according to action taken last week. Banks arc now accepting the certificates and the precious metal for collection only. In other wordj, a man with a five dollar gold piece or certificate can leave it at the bank, : and the bank will forward it to the Federal Reserve Bank for collection. Just how many dollars he will receive, no one seems to know just now. For the first time in history a seller here this morning hesitated to accept gold in payment of goods purchased. A customer offered gold in payment for the goods, but the seller did not know whether to accept the precious metal or not. The seller was advised that the gold could not be accepted for collection only, and it could not be learned whether the deal was com pleted on a gold exchange basis or not. Since the President issued the proc lamation calling in all the gold, ap proximately SI,OOO worth of the prec ious metal has been, shipped out of this section, clearly indicating that the peo ple in this section do business with a common currency. Business firms or others accepting gold or gold certificates do so at their own risk as the money is no longer recognized as a medium of exchange. PIG LIVES AFTER FAST OF 26 DAYS Animal Lost About Forty Pounds During Forced Fasting Period Starting a forced hunger strike last Thanksgiving Day, a 60-pound pig be longing to Messrs. W. K. and N. T. Tice, of Griffins Township, was found 26 days later in fair condition, but lighter by about 40 pounds. Wandering around in the Ticc pas ture, the pig walked into a hollow gum root on the 30th of November and could not get out. Mr. Ticc missed the pig, and after making a diligent search throughout the pasture he con cluded that the animal had been stolen. The day after Christmas, William Hardison was hunting in the pasture and his dog found the hog. Young Hardison called the owners, and they pulled the pig free, and after 26 days without food or water the pig broke away from bis rescuers and rushed to the house and water. The animal had eaten much of the tree root. Mr. Tice said he believed the pig would have lived several more days without food or water. DRIEST MONTH IN 44 YEARS Only 1.23 Inches of Rain| Fell In This Section j In December Last December was the driest De cember in the State in 44 years. Lee! A. Denson, in charge of the weather | bureau in Raleigh, reported the aver- ( ' age precipitation for the state last month was only 1.73 inches, or less! than SO per cent of the normal and the lowest for any December since 1889. The rainfall in this section was actly one-half inch below the State ( average, Hugh Spruill reporting only 1.23 inches during the period at the \ river here. A large portion of the rain falling j annually in this section comes the lat-, ter part of January and during the | month of February. In other words,! we are now entering upon what is. 'supposed to be and what is hoped a | rainy season. If there is no increase j in the rainfall during the next few | I weeks over that of the last few months | J there can well be expected a dry time bye »nd bye. Surface wells are dry in many sec-| tions, forcing farmers to haul water r from deep wells for their household use and for their stock. So far this month about one and one-half inches of rain have fallen; 'here, a deficiency of aljput one and one-half inches. Yesterday and last ; night .55.0f an inch was reported at the river station here. > Commercial Hog Raisers Should Sign Contracts North Carolina farmers who grow hog* for the market ahould sign one 6f the new corn-hog adjustment con tracts, suggests W. W. Shay. He urges such action where the growers have also signed one of the tobacco or cotton contracts. 9 Mr. W. J. Beach, of Hamilton, was here this morning. ' Tobacco Campaign Per Cent Success TO TIGHTEN UP MACHINERY FOR CWA IN STATE Will Insist Upon the Rigid Administration Of All CWA Projects Raleigh.—A general tightening up of all the administrative machinery in both the Civil Works Administration and the National Reemployment Serv ice in North Carolina, as well as over the entire nation, is definitely fore cast as the result of recent develop ments both here and in Washington, according to careful observers here, For while no one who really is famil iar with what is going on thinks for a moment that Congress will permit the Civil Works program for provid ing work for the unempolyed to be discontinued, it is believed that it is going to insist upon much more rigid administration and supervision of all Civil Works projects and more care ful observance of the laws and regula tions governing placement of workers and wages to be paid. There are also indications that CWA officials in Washington are planning to exercise much more rigid control over state Civil Works organizations by using the National Reemployment Service as a sort of balance wheel that will act in some degree as a check upon the CWA administrations. Perhaps the most important step yet taken to tighten up the local county CWA units in this State is the plan just approved and announced by Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, State CWA ad ministrator and Capus M. Waynick, state director of the National Reem ployment Service, to set up definite machinery for handling complaints and for fixing responsibility where any irregularities are found. So far as it is known, North Carolina is the I first State in which such a plan has I been worked out and set up by the di rectors of these two services entirely upon their own initiative, without waiting for instructions from Wash ington. This new plan, which is expected to be put into operation immediately, provides fur the thorough investiga tion of every complaint in the county of its origin by a committee of four composed of the county CWA direc tor, the county reemployment service manager, one member of the CWA advisory committee and one member from the county NRS advisory com mittee. But this county complaint board or committee will have no execu tive authority. It will merely investi gate all complaints and make a writ ten report on its findings to Mrs. O'- Berry and Director Waynick, who will then take whatever action they deem necessary. All complaints, as in the past, should be sent direct either to Mrs. O'Berry or Director Waynick in Ra leigh. These in turn will bfc referred back to the county committees for in- vestigation. The" reports on the in- j vestigations will then be sent back to Raleigh in duplicate to Mrs. O'Berry J and Waynick who will have full pow-1 er to act. Director Waynick has already an- j nounccd that he is going to insist j more than ever that county and city reemployment managers adhere to the letter of the law more strictly than 'ever in making placements on CWA 1 projects and that he will not hesitate i to displace managers and put in new ] orfes wherever irregularities are found. | There are also indications that i Mrs. O'Berry is going to insist up° n | I greater efficiency on the part of cotin-j ity CWA managers and that | who arc not measuring up to the ne-, • cessary requirements are likely to be 1 dropped. For under the law, Mrs. i O'Berry has full authority to change 'any county administrator at anytime. 1 Collector Checks Up On L Sale oi Meat In County ♦ Internal Revenue Collector Holmes i was in the county last week investigat ing returns from millers handling corn | and farmers selling meat. Several ( farmers were warned about the pro , cessing tax on hogs and cured meat, but as far as it could be learned no re turns were made. A tax of one cent a pound is due the government on live hogs, the tax on cured meat ranging from one to slightly over two cents a pound. A farmer killing meat for his own use is not required to pay any tax, but when he sells either to his own tenants or others he is supposed to pay the processing tax. Mr. J. G. Staton went to a Wash ington hospital yesterday for an ex amination. He returned home last evening. HUNTING SEASON Many hunter* in this section were apparently much disturbed when it was announced that the hunting season for quail ended in the eastern zone the first of next month. The season does close in the zone at that time, but there are exceptions in a few counties, in cluding Martin, Halifax, Hertford, Bertie, and Washington, and a few others where the season for hunt ing quail does not close until Feb ruary 20. The squirrel season closes the first of next month. It will also be unlawful to take coons after that time. The season for hunting wild turkey ends with the bird season, February 20. SCHOOL CENSUS GOES FORWARD AT RAPID PACE Preliminary Survey Shows Many Children Out of County Schools Started last wel'k the schol census iit this county is progressing rapidly at this time, reports from the court- house indicated yesterday. While the survey is far from complete, early re- ( ports indicate that ,many children are not attendnig school. The enumera tors stated that the main excuse of fered hy those parents whose chil dren are not in school was they had insufficient clothing Conditions were described as very unfavorable in Cross Roads Township, where a large nttin- I her of children were found out of 'school. Preliminary reports from every other district indicated that there are several hundred children of I school age remaining out of school .throughout the county, j The enumerators are taking down the names of all those children who should be in school and filing them with the welfare authorities that the cases might he investigated. At least two or three more weeks will be required to complete the field survey, and then the enumerators will have to compile the records before complete information as to the num ber of children out of school and'the reasons assigned will be available. PLAN TO CHECK CWA COMPLAINTS Investigation Group To Be Named In Each of the 100 Counties Raleigh.—Special machinery to check complains growing out of administra tion of civil works projects in North Carolina began to function Monday. C'apus M. Waynick, state reemploy ment service director, and Mrs. Thus. O'Berry, state civil works administra tor, Saturday- agreed upon a tenta tive set-up for the investigation ma chinery. A general central clearing house for all complaints will be set up in Raleigh to handle reports and pre sent data on protests to Mr. nick and Mrs. O'Berry. Each county will have a local in vestigation group composed of two members from the civil works set-up in the county and two from the re employment service. Final decision will rest with Mr. Waynick and Mrs. O'Bcrry. Fire Company Answered Two Calls Last Friday The local company answered its sec ond call in one day last Friday after noon when fire threatened the home of Nancy Roberson, colored, near the colored Methodist church. Very lit tle damage was done to the roof, where the fire started hy sparks from ii kitchen flue. Earlier in the day, the firemen were | called to the home Baker be luw the river Jiill. ft was one of the few times that the local company was !called out twice in a single day. Old-time Schooner Docks at Fertilizer Plant Here A schooner, one of the first to come up* the Roanoke River in several years and one of the few seen this far in- land since the days of the steamboat, is unloading a cargo of fertilizer ma terials at the Standard Fertilizer Con^. pany wharf here this week. The boat, said to have been chartered by the I Wharf and Barge Company, is out of ; Baltimore. Tugs towed the vessel here, and as far as it could he learned the achooner'* sails were not used on' the trip. MHMNHf ESTABLISHED 1898 Near in [County ATTENTION NOW TO CENTER ON COTTON SIGN-UP Completed Contracts Are Being Forwarded To Washington City With a sign up estimated at between 9 1 * and 100 per cent complete, the to bacco acreage reduction campaign was brought to a close in this county last Saturday. A few contracts are be lieved to be in the hands of commit tees, and when those papers are re ceived, the campaign will be only a few points from the 1(H) per cent mark. Employees in (tie office of the coun ty agent are forwarding the contracts to state authorities as rapidly as pos sible, and it is now believed that the preliminary work on the reduction drive will be completed in the county by the middle or latter part of next week. Two hundred and forty-one contracts, 97 from Jamesville, 17 from Hear Grass, 15 from Robersonville, 62 from Cross Roads and 50 from Wil liamston, have already been forward ed to the authorities in Raleigh for inspection before they are sent into Washington, 1). where they will be passed on and benefit checks are pre pared for the growers. Several hun dred additional contracts will be for warded to Raleigh within the next day or two, or just as soon a l * the county committee—Messrs. V. G. Taylor, H. H. Cowen, and E. i\ Cunningham— attach their signatures to the papers. Just as soon as the tobacco cam paign work is finished, the office of the county agent will start on the cotton reduction campaign, it is understood. Contracts have already been delivered ti> two 'Committees Robersonville and Cross Roads —and preliminary activi ties are already underway in those two districts. Other contracts are be ing delivered this week, County Agent Brandon announced this morning. 95 PER CENT LEAF GROWERS SIGNED Signers Will Receive About $11,000,000 for Part In Reduction Drive Raleigh —Ninety-five per cent of the flue-cured tobacco growers in North Carolina have signed crop reduction contracts, tentative reports indicated today, and the signers will get about $11,(MM),000 in rental and equalization payments. E.-Y. Floyd, state campaign director >aiil reports in hand indicate the 1934 tobacco crop will be redu-'ed by 165,- 000 acres, which produce usually about 114,000,000 pounds of weed. I Floyd figured the growers will get something like S3O,(MM),(MM) increased | return for their 19.13 .14 crop due to 1 higher prices because of reduced pro ' ductiou in addition to the direct bene ' fits of $11,000,(MM). TOBACCO SEED ! BEING CLEANED Martin Farmers Are Using Better Quality Cloth For Plant Beds Approximately 80 pounds of tobacco seed have been cleaned for Martin County farmers so far this season, Mr. F. K. Hodges, assistant to Agent T. 11. Brandon, said yesterday. While most of the seed have been found to be of fair quality, Mr. Hodges said that he found several lots last week that were worthless. One farm er is said to have left a quart of seed to be treated and less than a table spoonful were found to be worth sow ing Very few plant beds have been pre pared in this section so far, but by the early or middle of next month near ly every hillside and vacant space will he dottea throughout the county with white canvas. Farmers, following recommenda tions of the State specialists, are buy ing better quality cloth for their beds this season. The better grade of cloth is supposed to ward off innects and othes pests. Skewarkee Lodge Masons I To Hold Meeting Tonight • - r~ Skewarkee Lodge of Masons will hold a regular communication at the lodge hall tonight at 7:30 p. m., it was announced by the roaster, M. J. Moye, thia morning. The lod®e has received a special dispensation to hold its annual election ol officers at thia time, and a representative gatheyng | of the members ia earnestly requested.