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*" V V . . s. > to ' ' \ Have You Reserved Your Building and Loan Stock Yet in the 34th Series, Opening Saturday, March 3rd? Watch the Label On Yoor Paper Aa It. Carrie* the Data Whan Tour Subscription Expires VOLUME XXXVII—NUMBER 1 BIG DECREASE IN NUMBER PERMITS TO MARRY ISSUED However, Number Issued Is Still Larger Than That Year Ago v • Although there was a marked de crease in the number of marriage li censes issued in this county in Feb ruary, the number is far greater than in February of last year, and for the same month in the year before that. Twenty-three licenses, 7 to white and 16 to colored couples, were issued in February, as compared with 5 in Feb ruary last year and 1.1 in the same month of 1932. Licenses were issued to the follow ing couples: White John I'aul Jones and Arrie Virginia Byrum, both of Bertie County: Joseph Carl Griffin and Velmai Clyde Griffiq, both of Griffins Town ship. Willie Vick and Thelnia Virginia Everett, both of Pitt County. George Walter Roberson, of James ville, and Carrie Wells, of Williams Township. Mayo Moore and Annie Lee Ward, both of Robersonville. Joseph Peaks and Ruth Price, both of Williamston township. Colored Percy Land and Rosie Ore, both of i Martin County. David Spruill and Lillie May Wil liams, both of Martin County. Clinton Andrews and Lizzie High smith, both of Martin County. O. C. Johnson and Josephine Bos ton, both of Martin County. Walter Godard and Delzora Brown, both of Martin County. Isaiah Green and Lucy Burnett, both I of Martin County. Roosevelt Fagan and Bettie Lee Carson, both of Martin County. James Peel, of Martin, and Mar tha Chance, of Pitt County. Dallas Lee and C harlie Frances Woolard, both of Martin County. Joe Henry Andrews and Beadie Stokes, both of Martin County. , Herman Morning and Anna Ben nett, both of Martin County. Clyde Spruill and Irene Spruill, I both of Martin County. Hugh Pitt, jr., and ( arrie Coun-' cil,. both of Martin County. Alphonza Lynch and Catherine Slier rod, both of Martin County. Noah Walston and Scottie Small-! wood, both of Martin County. James Brown ami F.mma Norfleet, both of Martin County. MAY COLONIZE UNEMPLOYED ——♦ Committee Holds Meeting In Greenville To Discuss j Colonization Plans ♦ Committees of the North Carolina Rural Life Group, an organization re cently formed by the Eastern Caro lina Chamber of Commerce, met in Greenville Wednesday and discussed the location pf federal subsistence homestead projects in this section of the state. [ The United States Government is providing small homesteads for the' unemployed in crowded centers, and already has established one project in this state. Others are bein{ consid ered, it is understood. The North Carolina Rural Life, group will survey available lands and gather certain data in an effort to have the government locate two or three more projects in this state. Messrs. R.»L. Smith, of Roberson ville; J. S. Ayers, of Everett*; and W. C. Manning, of Williamston, resented Martin County at the meet ing in Greenville. Plans surrounding the subsistence homestead undertakings arc to take 'the place of aid made available thru CWA and direct emergency relief. Regular Services at Presbyterian Points i ♦ Sunday, .March 4, 1934: "The church with an open door." The usual services will be held this Sunday at all points. Bear Grass at 9:30 a. m., 6:30 p. m., and 7:15 p. m. Williamston at 9:45 and 11 a. m. Rob ersons Chapel at 3 p. m., and Ballards Farm at 1 p. m. The Rev. J. R. Potts, of Ahoskie, will preach at each of these points. ■*" It is hoped that all the people serv ed by these services will avail them selves of the opportunity to hear Mr. Potts. In his early manhood Mr. [Potts lived and worked in William ston, and we are very fortunate in having him back in our midst for this series of service!. "See you in church." THE ENTERPRISE Contract for Widening Main Street Here Le A contract for the widening of Main Street here from the Watts Street intersections to a point near the river was let this week by the highway commission. The contract, awarded to R. B. Puller, of Oxford, calls for an expendi ture of only $2,464. Project specifications are* not now available here, but it is un derstood that the street in the first two blocks will be widened from four to five feet on either side, and the remainder about 3 Make Arrangements For Seed-Feed Loans NO AUTHENTIC INFORMATION IS YET AVAILABLE Committees Are Named for Several Adjoining Counties While no definite information his reached here as to when the work will lie started, arrangements are still going forward for advancing seed and feed loans to farmers in this county, it was learned (oday from Field In spector Roy Hearne. Committees "have been named for 'Washington, Tyrrell, and Martin Counteis, and ap plications Will be received just as sooo as the proper blanks and in structions are received. Messrs-. C. D. Carstarphen, W. C. and J. R. Man ning will serve as the committee in this county, it is understood. The loan requirements this year are not known here, but it is understood that they will be advanced along the same lines as those of last year. It was reported that borrowers would first have to apply to other agencies and be refused loans by those agen cies before they would be eligible to borrow from the seed-feed loan fund. It is also understood that borrowers last year had to state they were un able to get credit elsewhere before they were advanced loans by the seed and feed loan organization. In other words, the farmef- owning |ji* farm and much personal property that is free from debt, might find it necessary to borrow from other agencies, pro vided, of course, he desires to float a loan. The farmer having no ejunhly possessions whatever nth€f Than a large family, will qualjfy'as a borrow er from the seed-feed loan fund, it is , understood. he will have to show that jj/'has paid off all past I loans or at least made an honest ef fort to meet his obligations. Announcement o ft he receipt of blanks and the time for advancing loans will be made by Inspector Hearne through this paper immediate ly after information is received hye. ♦ Baptists Begin Easter Preparations Sunday * Sunday morning the Memorial Bap tist church befjflns a month of inten sive preparations for Easter, which comes this year on the first Sunday, and on the first day, of April. It is the purpose of these meetings to tone up the several gliurch organi zations, as well as the individuals, to a deeper sense of the meaning of the season, and to attempt to prepare them for a new appreciation of the greatest of all New Testament events. The pastor asks the membership to maloe it a special point to attend these several services; and hopes that renewed emphasis may be placed up on the beauty and the value of whole families coming into the services. Non-members and visitors are always welcome. Man Asks Admittance To Jail During Cold Weather Feeling the sting of freezing wea- j ther, and with only a few cents to head off hunger, William Rogers, col-, ored, asked admittance to the county jail this week. Roger*, recently in | the county court, was given tlie op portunity to pay tlie costs in his case or serve a sentence, it is understood, On the outside, especially during the freezing weather, he thought it best to serve time in jail. But after a short ktay in confinement, he learned a new value on freedom and he managed to Vaise a first-installment payment and he was again released. There have been and are now only; a few prisoners in the county jail. 1 X » Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, March 2, 1934 feet on both sides, making room for three cars on the road. The contract is said to be in Washington for final approval. Just when work will be started on the project, it could not be learn ed here today. Although the contract for the removal of the center support to the railroad bridge at the west end of Main Street here has been for some time, no con- t struction operations have been started there so far. HOLD MEMORIAL FOR MISS PEEL Pupils, Teachers and Pa trons Farm Life Honor Teacher ■ , « A striking memorial service was held in the Farm Life school auditor ium last Tuesday morning when pu pils, teachers, committeemen, and pa trons of the school assembled for a brief period to do honor to the mem ory of their late teacher and co worker, Miss Rhoda Peel, who died in a Washington hospital last Sun day evening and who was buried on Tuesday afternoon in Griffins Town- Ship, not far from the school where she taught for about two years. Messrs. I'. K. Getsinger, W. B. Harrington, C. C. Coltrain, and Pro fessor Charles Hough each made short talks in connection with the un tiring work of Miss Peel for the ad vancement of the school, the church, and other things worth- while in the Farm Life community. (Jut of respect to her memory, the school suspended its afternoon classes ■slid nearly all of the student body was in attendance upon the last rites. 1 DENTAL SURVEY IN SCHOOL HERE —» — Out of 415 Children In the School Here 388 Need Teeth Treatment Conducting a dental survey in the local schools under the direction of tlie State Board of Health, Dr. I'.' B. Cone this weejulound 388 out of 415 children needing dental treatment. Only 27 children were found to have "perfect" teeth. Eighty-five children had diseased gums. The most deplorable discovery was the. finding of a large number of grade "repeaters." While there are sever al contributing causes for retarded promotion, defective teeth be lieved to have been responsible to a great extent in delaying the progress of the children. There were 184 chil dren who have repeated grades. No report on the findings in the first three grades are available at this time, as a state nurse examined the children there. Dr. Cone spent two days examin ing the children as his part in a state wide survey of school children's teeth. YOUNG WOMAN DIES IN HOSPITAL Funeral for Mrs. J. B. Nich olson To Be Held Here Sunday Afternoon Mrs. J. 1). Nicholson died in a Washington hospital this morning at S o'clock from childbirth. She was carried to the hospital yesterday aft ernoon. Sixteen years old, Mr;. Nicholson was born here 16 years ago, the ! daughter >of Mr. and Mrs. Dan B. Wynn. She attended the local school | and a little over a year was 'married to Mr. Nicholson who sur vives here. Besides her parents, she 'is also survived by three brothers, Melvin, Haywood E., and Garland Wynn and two sisters, Mrs. Susie Moore, of Whiteville, and Hacct Wynn, of Williamston. * Funeral services yill be conducted in the, Pentecostal Holiness church here Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clork by Rev. S. A. Fann, pastor of, 'he church of which Mrs. Nicholson was 5k Interment will follow in local cemetery. EIGHT PROJECTS DISCONTINUED IN C. W. A. PROGRAM County's Huge Sanitation Project Discontinued This Week With the discontinuance of eight civil works projects in the county this week, 143 men will be added to the unemployment list after today, it was learned from the employment bureau here this morning. Demobil ization activities arc going forward rapidly under orders from Washing ton and Raleigh, leaving only 253 men engaged in the remaining five projects in this county. Another re duction in the working list is expect ed next week, and by May 1 there II be no more CWa in these ;>arts, it is understood. * Martin County's vast sanitation project—the construction of 2,400 privies—was nipped in the Rud or be fore three hundred of the houses could be built. Unit cost figures could not I>S had today on the par ticular project. All road projects, including those oti the Jainesville-Washington, Pal myra-Hamilton and Bear Grass roads wiH be discontinued today. Drainage projects in Bear Grass, Williamston, Parmele and Roberson ville will receive no more attention. Only five projects. Farm Life drain age, Williamston ball purk, Oak City drainage, Williamston gymnasium and Jamesville drainage, will be con tinued next week. Vigorous ) protests are being re ceived by county authorities from all sections following the "firing" of workers, and while those in charge might be making some mistakes, they are certainly doing the best they can. An appealing letter was directed a few days ago by a "fired" worker's wife, pleading for help. An investi gation showed that the first money I'aid the husband was spent for au tomobile tags. COLORED GIRL BURNS TO DEATH Bettie Smith Fatally Burn ed When Clothes Catch Fire from Heater Bettie Smith, 17-year-old colored girl, was fatally burned at her home near the old J. B. Speller store on Washington Street here last Wednes day morning. She died in a Wash ington hospital yesterday after suf fering great agony. The girl was cleaning up the house and stooped to pick up something off the Hoor. Iler dress touched the heat er and caught fire, frightening her so badly that she ran into the street, fan ning the flames. Several men saw her and smothered the fire by throwing I their oVfercoats around her, but they were too late in their efforts to save her life. She was immediately re moved to a hospital for treatment. The girl lived with her father, Ed Smith, w ;o is an invalid, and leaves an illegitimate child only two months old. * Russell Rogers Now Owner oi Rogers Firm Russell Rogers', young Bear Grass man, recently purchased all the inter est in the J. Rogers and Brother store there and is now operating the business under the firm name of J. R. Rogers and Company. Mr. Rogers has been connected with the firm for a number of years. The change in store ownership marks the end of a partnership that commanded a prominent place in the business of this section for a nuinbei of years. While under new owner ship, the business will follow to a great extent the principles of the old partnership, it is understood. Delinquent Subscribers Are Getting Their Last Copy of Enterprise Today Out of forced necessity, the En terprise Publishing Company will revise its subscription list tomor row. As a result, today's issue will be the last to visit a few En terprise subscribers. The publish ers regret the removal of a single name from its long list of readers, but increasing paper costs and other mounting expenses make it necessary to take action. Sub scribers whose subscriptions are only a month or two behind and who renew them annually, will be given every consideration passi ble, but the company guarantees delivery _of no papers where the subscriptions are in arrears. Tax Listing To Be At Meeting of B Building and Loan Association Will Begin Sale of Stock Here Tomorrow Recognized as one of the surest ways to save, the Martin County Building and Loan .Association opens its 34th series of stock here tomorrow with a greater oppor tunity than ever before to active ly enter into the rapid advance ment of this community. Every sincle share of stock will mean just that much more in developing 4 home building program, so bad ly needed here just onw. And at the same time, it provides a sys tematic saving account for the in vestor, earning for him 6 per cent oil his investment. Already several hundred shares have been pledged in the series opening tomorrow, and it is be 6 CASES TRIED BY RECORDER Court Stays in Session Al most All Day Despite Short Docket Tlie Martin County recorder's court was in session the greater part of the day last Tuesday hearing six cases, the one requiring much of the time having been continued for trial in the superior court when the defendant ap pealed from the six months road sen tence imposed upon him. After hearing testimony and argu ments that waxed warm between the assistant prosecutor and the private defense at times, the court found Hezekiah Brilcy guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon, and sentenced hin\ to the roads for a term of six months. Briley attacked and shot one Leroy Lloyd, colored, several weeks ago. Bond in the sum of SIOO was required when the defendant ap pealed to the higher courts. The case charging Enoch Peel with bastardy was not prossed. Judgment was suspended in the ac tion charging Charlie Harris with an assault. l'hc case charging Victor Venters with reckless driving, alleged to have n. suited in aw .auto "accident on the Jamesville road about two weeks ago, was continued. The running board and fenders on N. R. Griffin's car \vas damaged when his car and that driven by Venters ran together. A continuation was ordered for one week in the case charging Maggie Davenport with an assault with a deadly weapon. The case charging Linwood Pate ■with bastardy and the one charging Leroy Lloyd with an assault with a deadly weapon were continued. March To Be Self-Denial Month for Methodists C. T. Rogers, pastor. Jesus said, "Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself." This is to be our self-denial month (March) Every member of the Sunday school and church is to put something into their saving envelope each day. This gift (sacrifice) will show your love for God and your fellow man. Easter morning you will bring your love of fering to the church and place it on the altar. Each day we are to give unto the Lord of our best, even may be to the doing without something we need. May your gifts run up into the dollars. The need is great. Let us make this a great church going month in Williamston. Many spiritual paupers and unhappy live here, and it need not be. Try the Sunday school and church as a cure. You arc cordially invited to attend the services of your community. There are some mighty interest ing events scheduled in ol' Martin County, in the state and nation this year, and The Enterprise will keep you inform#l of them if you'll only permti it to do so. So if you have not renewed your subscription, kindly do so today and not later than tomorrow and avoid missing a single issue. Many subscribers voluntarily state that The Enterprise is worth many times over what it costs. The publishers believed you will be well repaid for what you spend for the paper if you read it close ly twice each week. • lieved that a home-building pro gram of some size could be start ed soon should the sale reach or pass the 1,000-tnark. Well, there is much interest in the series a bout to open, and no doubt the results will be just as great, and greater, too, as the size of the stock sale l'hc association has now in ef fect around 2,400 shares of stock in force, a gain of 300 shares over the business of one year ago. Only recently the organization matured a block of stock, paying to its $20,000 in cash and earning for them during the saving period 6 per cent on their investment. SCHOOL NEWS AT HAMILTON New High Record for At tendance Despite Bad Weather Despite adverse weather conditions, sickness, and other hindrances, "the school has reached a new summit in average daily attendance. K. C, Kdmondson .principal, reports an average daily attendance of 173.15 for the fifth month, and with only 86.5 per cent of the membership present daily. The low percentage in pttend aiue- is probably due to bail weather uiiditions and sickness. In general things are progressing very nicely and jiupils are making as much progress as could be expect ed under the extreme crowded con- ditions that exist in each room. Seem ingly, all effort has been exhausted in .securing an additional teacher. Those pupils who have worked dil igently and had their names to appear on the honor roll are as follows: l-'irst grade, section A: Hazel Rob ertson, Margicdine Butler, Leman Bullock. hirst grade, section B: Mary -l.ee Gurganus, Margie Baker. hirst grade, section (y: Doris May H arris, Willie Taylor. Second grade: Pat Davenport, jr., Dallas Lynch, H. M. Peele, Curtis Roebuck, Jack Rogerson, Joy Stokes, lunula Lou Taylor, Mildred Thomas'. Third grade: Clifton llollis, Clif ton Roebuck, Thurman Stalls, Kath leen Merrit, Hilda Perkins, Naomi Rawls, Virginia Stevenson. Fourth grade: Slade White, Melha Everett, Hallis Pugh, Julia Scott. Fifth grade: Iris Ewell, William Beach, Norman Everett, Don Mat thews, jr., James Moore, Dallas Man- nirtg. Sixth grade: IVarlic Mae Rober Seventeenth Filling Station To Be Opened Here Soon A new filling station—Williamston's 17th gasoline • dispensary—is being planned here by the Purol Company. According to information received here this week, that company plans to alter and operate the station recently deserted by the Sinclair Company next to the Tar Heel Apartments on Main Street. The construction of a modern company-owned station is not being considered, it was said. While the Colonial Oil Company has a large distribution plant here, it has very few retail stations in this immediate territory. Warehouse Stockholders Declare Small Dividend A dividend of two per cent was de clared by the Roanoke Tobacco Ware house Company here Wednesday at a meeting of stockholders and offi cers held in the courthouse. Messrs. Henry D. Peel and W. T. Meadows w-ere reelected .president and secre tary of the company respectively. A committee will handle the ware house business, it is understood. Board o/ Education To Hold Meeting Monday The Martin County Board of Edu cation will hold a meeting in tile office of the county superintendent, J. C. Manning, here next Monday morn ing, it was announced yesterday. As far as it could he learned this morn ing, only routine business will be placed before the for considera tion. ' .J boom Mar ESTABLISHED 1898 SUPERVISOR AND LIST TAKERS TO BE APPOINTED Uniform Values in Listing To Be Sought So Far As Possible Martin County's commissioners, meeting here next Monday, will, be fore hundreds of accounts for the year l''JJ are paid, set up machinery for valuing anil listing property for tax ation this year. i lie appointment of a tax supervisor anil the approval of the several list-takers will CQnstitute the main business of the day other than the selection of another jury for another term of superior court to be held next month. Just how the commissioners will handle the listing this year, it is not known at this time. I.ast year the authorities shouldered the board chairman with the supervisory duties. There were several applications out for the particular job, but the board turned their applications aside in the name of economy. No applications have been filed, it was learned at the courthouse this week, and it is likely the board chairman will be offered the tas'R—a task with much worry and little pay. The tax supervisor, whether he be the chairman of the board or a spec ial appointee, is scheduled to meet with the township list-takers on the third Monday in this month to dis cuss the methods of listing and to set lip uniform values as far as it is hu manly possible to do so. As far as it is known now, there will be no marking down of real estate values except in those cases where losses have been incurred «r where im provements have been made, side of a few exceptions in the real estate values, the only variations will be in personal property listing. All property will bis listed as of April I, 1934. With more attention required in the taking of the farm census this year than in past years, the listing task will probably lie slightly more com plicated. I lie names tf the list-takers last year: Jamesville, F. (". Stalling*; Wil liams, L. J, Hardison; Griffins, Geo. ( Griffin; Bear Cirass, A H. Ayers; V\ itliamston, K, T. Griffin; Cross Roads: (i. C. Bailey; Robersonville, J B. Hauls; I'oplar Point, L. G, Taylor; Hamilton, T. B. Slade; and Goose Nest, J. A Hawls. It is possible that many of'the old list-takers will be offered the tasks again this year, but it is not known whether any or all of them will ac cept the appointments generally made by the list-taker upon the approval of the county commissioners. —ji . ( Program of Services At Episcopal Church Third Sunday in Lent: Church school, 9:45 a: m. Holy communion and sermon, 11 a. m. livening prayer and sermon, 7:30 p. m. Evening prayer and sermon, 7:3onu Holy Trinity Miaaion Sunday school and preaching at 3:30 p. tn. :i> Williamston Boys Wing From District Champions Williamston's basketball five defeat ed Jamesville district class B winner here last night, 20 to 9, the locals holding the visitors to three goals from action. Anderson, with 10 points, led the scoring for the local lads. The local girls dropped another con test when West Edgecombe defeated them by a 40 to 8 score. Barley and Oats in Catawba County Heavily Damaged Barley and oats ,in Catawba Coun ty have been so heavily dantaged by recent cold that re-seeding is neces sary, report many growers. Ejected Family Finds Home Near Gold Poipt Lou Manning and her two ters, and the two daughters' several children, ousted from their lowly abode in Hamilton Township last week, are now under cover near Gold Point. "Conditions under which th« group is living could not be learaad hefe.