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THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XXXVII?NUMBER 65 Williamston, Martin County. North Carolina, Friday, October 12,1934 ESTABLISHED 1896 Watch tka Lahal 0* Tarn Ptpar A* It Carnm tha Dam COUNTY COTTON ALLOTMENT SET AT 3,360 BALES Is 96 Per Cent of Amount Asked for; Considered Pair Allotment ? Martin County farmers have been alloted 3,360 bales of cotton for m?r keting free of the SO per cent tax, it was learned from the county agent's office here this morning. The quota is slightly over 96 per v cent of the amount asked for in this county, As sistant T. B. Slade said, and is Con sidered a fair allotment. Additional al lotments are to be made to the county from a 10 per cent reserve, and it is believed that the late quotas will bring the number of bales that can be mar keted free of tax up to about 3,500. An order has already been placed with the proper authorities for sur plus cotton marketing certificates to be used in this county^ the office ex plained These extra ceitfficatcs will provide for the marketing of between 500 and 600 bales and will be sold to those farmers producing an excess over ? their atlotment. While it is not defi nitely known just at this time, it is, believed the non-contract signer will I be eligible to buy certificates. The tax free certificates received I here today will be distributed to the 1,797 participating farmers immediate ly. There are a few certificates still due, the agent's office stating that the last certificates would be distributed just as soon as the figures for the state are completed and a distribution of the 10 per cent reserve is made. In calling for the certificates, the landlord can get those belonging to' the tenant, provided the tenant signs ( the notification card, it was explained. JOS. M. OAKLEY DIED THURSDAY ??? Successful Farmer of Near Were Succumbs After Long Illness : ~ ? ?? . - Joseph M. Oakley, successful farm er and prominent citi/en of near here, died at 3 o'clock yesterday morning, following a long period of declining health. He had been confined to his bed for several month, hot entertained I Hope until almoit the last that lie would regain his health. Bom in Person County, near Rox boro. 64 years ago, Mr. Oakley moved to Nash County when a young nun. Five years later he moved to this county and was one of the pioneer to bacco farmers in this section. Follow ing a years stay usub. Slade planta tion in Poplar Point Township, he moved to hi. late home_ where he married Miis I.iirie York and suc cessfully farmed until his health be gan to fail. He was an earnest work er, and took much interest in the af fairs of his community. He was a member of the Methodist church for a number of win. Deside. his wite he is survived by one son, John York Oakley. He also leaves one sister. Mrs. Mangum. of Person County. Two brothers, Tom and John Oakley, died several years ago. Funeral services are being conduct ed at the home this afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Charles T. Rogers, of the local Methodist church. Burial will follow in the local cemetery. Legion Post Holds Meet Here Last Monday Night The John W*1fon HSssefl Fosf oT the American Legion held its regular meeting in the legion hall last Mon day evening with many members from over the county in attendance. This session witnessed the addition of several new members, and an ef fort is being made by those in charge to bring the membership up to its full quota. It was voted by the group to give a free supper at the neat regular meet ing, which will be on Monday night at 7:30 o'clock> October 22nd. To this supper all ex-service men in the county are invited. Further announce ments will be made in proper lime. The local post is showing new life under Commander Swain, and has an ambitious program in the county. Sunday To Be Men's Day At Colored Church Here Sunday will be observed as if en's Day at the local colored Methodist church, when three 'special servkes will be held by the pastor. A special sermon will be preached at the 11 o' clock hour, followed by a mass meet ing in the afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Christian Endeavor will sponsor the evening service, it was announced. Regular Services at Piney Grove Church __ , ? The regular monthly preaching serv ice will be held at the Piney Grove Baptist church Sunday morning at II o'clock. The public is invited. Tax List Is Smaller Than in Many Years I SAD NEWS FATAL v Soon alter learning of the death of hie father, Mr. Prank Daw, In Jameeville laat Wednesday, Rob ert Daw, waa reported to have dropped dead at hia home in Wheeling, W. Va. Few details could be learned in conection with the sudden death, a telegram re ceived by a younger brother atat ing that the man had died sud denly. Mr. Daw waa 3S years old and had spent tome time in Jameeville with his parents. He lived in New Mexico for some time, only recent ly going to West Virginia. Following the burial of hia fath er, the youngest son, Frank, left for Wheeling to attend the funer al and burial of hia brother. REGISTRATION ARE IN HANDS OF REGISTRARS Will Be Open Tomorrow And Saturday of Next Week e Books for the registration of newiy qualified voters or those who have not previously registered have been deliv ered by Chairman of County Board of Elections Sylvester Perl to the regis trars in the 12 Martin precincts. The books will be opened tomorrow and the following Saturday for the regis tration of any citizens who have re cently become 21 years of age or re cently established their residence in this county. Those citizens whose names are already on the books will not find it necessary to register again to vote in the November 6 election. and July brought out nearly all avail able electors, and an unusually small new registration is predicted in this county for the coming election. There are very few contests that will attract more than passing attention in?this county# making it doubtful if the few citizens eligible to register will do so and vote in the November election. Probably the piost interesting con I test will be the one in which Attorney I Hugh G. Horton and Wheeler Mar tin are running for the state general a>sembly. The Democratic ticket is 'nnnppmcd in th# county. The nsat 'contest that will share in what little interest is created will be that of Lind j say C. Warren and K. C. Dozier, who arc out for the National House of Representatives. LOCAL REVIVAL ; TQ C.LOSF, SOON > ? i Two Missionaries To Speak Sunday at the Holiness Meeting Here The revival meeting that is now be ing conducted by Rev. W. H. Turner and his party under tent on Haughton Street here is now finishing out four weeks with good inlerasl being shown. Special features will be added to the program over the week-end. A string band will play for the services and fir*. Turner is to sing fif >fug pet* la I number*, which, it is believed, ell will enjoy. A special local quartet will sing for the revival tomorrow night and Sunday afternoon. Services will continue throughout UCXt week at seven forty-five each eve ning. Three services will be held Sun day, 11 a. m., 3:00 and 7:45 p. m. Two returned Missignaries from China will speak. The public is cordially invited ' to attend any of the services and hear the Missionaries Sunday. ? Eleven County Boys Apply tor CCC Places Eleven young Martin County boys I have applied for admission in the Civil ian Conservation Corps, and are sched Iuled to report in Washington Monday morning at 7 o'clock for examination. The boys were first instructed to re port here at 8 o'clock that morning, but later instructions from the author ities make it necessary for them to be in WashingtQfi at 7 o'clock. The of fice here is directing the applicants to meet at the courthouse here at 6 o' clock Monday morning. Eight boys will be selected from a group of eleven. The names of those applying: John Edward Whitfield, Gold Point; Bonnie Lee Peel and Oarence Colum bus Brown, Oak City; Milton Bennett, Palmyra; Jesse Dennis Wynne, Ever etts; James Riddick, Jamesville; Wil lie Edgar Ron and Jasper Brown, of | Roberson ville. 752 OWNERS OF PROPERTY ARE IN LIST TODAY Amount Delinquent Is Less Than Half of Amount Last Year ? Martin County's delinquent tax list, covering the tax year 1933, is pub lished today for the first time, prepara- | lory to the sheriff's sale on the first Monday in November. Three addition al iqpertions of the list will appear | weekly between now and the fifth of j November. While it carries the names of 752 j property owners, the list reflects a de cided improvement in the tax situa-' tion in this section. It is the smallest in many years, and the amount of un paid taxes represented i*. less by more than half what it was just a year ago. Seven hundred and fifty-two names ap pear on the list, representing unpaid taxes in the sum of $18,067.81, as com pared with $38,820.23 unpaid by 1,183 property owners one year ago. The |list appears one month earlier this year | than it did last, giving rise to the be lief that the record established would have been bettered had the sale been delayed until the first Monday in De cember. | The tax collection record, while it reflects improved conditions to a mark led extent, does not do justice to the .upward trend in the financial situation j of this county, for many property j owners cleared their baek taxes and j other debts, leaving 1933 accounts to I go over until another year. Had there I been no back taxes, property owners would have paid to within six or eight thousand dollars of the entire levy, it ia believed. ? ? Only one township, Griffins, shows a greater amount of unpaid taxes this year than last.1 The number ot un paid accounts was decreased by more than one-half, but the old J. and W. land holdings returned to the list this year, boosting the unpaid amount by more than 400. Without that account, the property owners in that district would have ranked right along with those in Jamesville, Bear Grass, Pop lar Point and Robersonville Town ships where exceptionally good col lections records were reported. Poplar Point led the county with the smallest number of unpaid ac counts, while Bear Grass was top with the smallest unpaid amount. Marked improvement in Collections was re ported in nearly every township in the county. Between now add the time the sheriff holds his sale at the courthouse door, it is reasonable to expert that a goodly number of the accounts now unpaid will be settled. ? The futlowtftg figutcs givt; nunc some idea of the condition of the tax situation in the county for the year 1933: Township Amt. Uncollected 1933 1932 Jamesville $1,886.15 $5.00494 | Williams 598.16 994.24 ^Griffins 689.95 564.62 jBear Grass 188.66 644.91 Wiiliamstson 3,566.36 5,353.85 j Cross Roads 1,082.58 2,4880^ Robersonville 2,604.06 7,727.85 .Goose Nest 4,831.34 10 425.(?? Hamilton ... 2,303.31 4,783.27 347.24?4^9fc89 Total $18,067.81 $38,920.23 Township Number Advertised 1933 1932 Jamesville 127 218 WilOums : ?44 44 Griffins 18 38 Bear Grass 18 36 ? Williamston 181 224 j Cross Koads 35 71 i Robersonville 114 198 Goose Nest 136 213 Hamilton 69 110 Poplar Point (f 14 Total 752 1183 Presbyterians Announce County Services Sunday Church school at 9:45 a. m. Worship service and sermon at II a. m. Subject: "In Spite of." Bear Grass Church school at 9:30 a. m. Young People's'meeting at 6:45 p.m. Worship service and sermon at 7:30 p. m. Roberson's Chapel Clmrch school at 4 p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday night at 7:30 p. m. Poplar Point Church school at 2 p. m. Prayer meeting Friday nights at 7:30 P. m. Go to church somewhere every Sun day?Sunday school, too. Go "In spite of" the old stock-in-trade excuses. LOCAL PARENTS AND TEACHERS HOLD MEETING ? Nearly 100 Members Attend First Meeting; Largest Ever Held Here ? With nearly 100 members present, the local parent-teacher association held one of its most successful meet- ! ings in yeara here last Wednesday aft ernoon. The attendance was the larg est ever reported upon a similar event here_ giving encouragement to those at the head of the organization ami to the teachers of the several hundred pupils in the Williamson school. Following a very enjoyable concert by the high school band, Mrs. E. F. Moseley, president of the parent- j teacher group, called the meeting to order. Rev. Chas. H. Dickey led the invocation, and Principal David Hi* made a brief talk in which he stressed the importance of the s-chool and the child. The school head pointed out the need of cooperation between church, home and school. He was not in sympathy with those parents who seemed to want to rear their children easily and without any thought of wanting to rear them better. Con tinuing Mr Hix called attention to the j huge task of the teacher in teaching the child the things it should know and the things it should do, and in- I sisted that the parents owed all the1 help and cooperation possible in sup porting the teacher and school in the task for the benefit of the child. There is an apparent indifference to the work of the school on the part of some parents until reports are offer ed on the work done by the pupils,' and then they too often hold the teacher responsible and not the child for the pitiful showing indicated on the report card. Many of the condi tions are to be regretted, but the school man plainly reviewed them and uiged the parents to lend their aid ??) improving the school for the children and improving the children for thT school. Too few parents, he said, ever take an interest in their children and visit the schools to see for them selves just wjiat the children are do ing Very few paents, he continued, ever willingly help in the great task the teacher has in trying to promote the best interest of lilt child while in. school. Mrs. Moseley briefly outlined the duties of the parent-teacher associa tion, explaining that it was better to find the facts and not imagine the faults; to aid in the marking of worth while lives and not money. She an noun-red that on each Thursday aft ernoon from 5 to 5:30 o'clock during the next several weeks, the National Broadcasting company would present speakers of national reputation to deal with parent-teacher subjects. A letter was read from Governor Ehringhaus setting apart j month, Oc tober 15 to November 15, as I'arent Teacher month. The secretary. Miss Josephine Har tiy law. of tin local association, and they were ordered sent to State headquarters for ap proval. Leading Presbyterian To Speak Here Tomorrow Rev. Edbert W. Smith, I). I)., form er executive secretary of Foreign Mis sion of the Southern Presbyterian church will speak in Williamtton Sat urday at 2 p. ni. Dr. Smith, who for many years head ed up the Foreign Mission work of the Presbyterian C hurch U. S. and who is now retired, will deliver a message in the interest of foreign missions in the Presbyterian church here tomorrow at 12 p. m. Dr. Smith has just returned from a six-months visit tp the mission ;fretds oTChina, Japan and Korea. He is also an auther and lecturer or note. Dr. Smith who is just passing thru |Wil!iamston has kindly consented to speak. Every one, regardless of de nomination, interested in this work is invited to hear him speak.* A free-will offering to be used in foreign mis sion work will be taken. Program of Services At Baptist Church Sunday is visitation day in the con gregation of the Baptist church. The people are asked to remain at their homes Sunday afternoon between 3:30 and 4:30 o'clock, when some of the members will make a brief call in the name of 4he church. The sermon Sunday morning will have for its text, "Lovest thou me?" At the evening service, at 7:30, there will be a baptismal service following the short sermon. Sunday achool, with its new officers and teachers, meets at 9:45, and the young people's unions at 6:30. The church's young people of ages 9 and more are requested to assemble for participation in these young people's exercises. The Roanoke Baptist As sociation meets at Wilson Tutsdajr and Wednesday. i County Tobacco Crop Is Over Allotment by 205, Sales Hold Up Unusually Well On Williamston Tobacco Mart With sales holding op unusually well despite activities <>f many farmers in their peanut and cotton fields, and the small amount of unmarketed tobacco, the William ston market continues to rank at the top in prices for all gTades of the golden leaf. Tobacco is sell ing good on the local market, with warehouse averages falling short of the 40-cent mark by only a frac tion. Farmers continue well sat isfied, and the market operators and buyers are still going strong, ever striving to get the highest dollar for the market patrons. And they will be going strong until the curtain falls at the end of the sea son in the belt. With about 100,000 pounds on the floors today, the market will reach the 5,300,000 mark. The average for the season so far will be in the neighborhood of 28 cents it is estimated. Close comparisons have been made, and it has been found that tobacco prices are just as high on the local market as they are any where in the belt. PLENTY DOING IN THIS SECTION Circuses. Fairs, and Football Provide Places To Go for People of County I With a riding circus carrying on its activities this wiek and two--circuses f booked, one for next week and the sec- 1 ond for the week following, arnL *t?" ' uh the : after Greater Roanoke Fair the week that this section should be well en tertained. And in adition to all that there are various religious services to occupy the attention of many. And then there are the bridge parties, the | regular programs at the picture show ! and meetings of this and tkat organi zation. The baseball season i> closed, but J tans were quick to turn to the next j sport in order?football. Quite a few , wdl be going up In lMlkf tnin>HM>W for the game, and Williamston's high school promising squad is being iol to Tarboro this afternoon. There should be few idle moments for the little bit of humanity in this section for a while at least. ROBBIN'S CIRCUS HERE OCTOBER 24 Is One of Largest To Visit This Section in Number Of Years > Robbing one of the largest circuses to visit this immediate section in a number of years, will play here Wed nesday, October 24, bringing fifty feature acts and ? menagerie. Travel ing in 70 trucks, the circus has three rings and special wild animal acts in a steel arena. The show, offering two performances, one at 2:IS and another only circus coming here this season that has elephants, lions and other performing animals. Leading the fifty feature acts are Captain Wallace, Major Foster, the Water troupe, famous-Yoshida family, the Mansfield troupe, the Bucca troupe and Captain Peasley and the Peasley family. Special reduced prices will prevail. I?-The circus, coming Th its entirety, I will reach here early Wednesday morn ing week after next and will pitch tents near the Planters warehouse. First Pinch by New Cop Is Also First lor His Victim ? Making his firsT~kfrest a few days ago, Assistant Chief of Police Troy Goodmon was informed by the arrest victim that it was out of the question to take him to jail. As the officer and prisoner neared the hoosegotf, the prisoner explained that it was the first time he ever went to jail. The offi cer then explained that it was the first time he had ever put any offfc in jail. "Even Steven," the officer added. Wearing his badge under his coatt Officer Goodmon was recognized as', a plainclothesman, only he had no plain j clothes. Learing that Mr. Goodmon had been added to the police force, a colored subject, failing to see any badge, asked if he was one of them "unbeknowningst" officers, probably meaning a detective. The officer is wearing his badge on the outside of! his coat today. ? Regular Services At Methodist Church Here Remember this is "Loyalty Month." | Our attendance last Sunday was much! better. Two services Sunday at 111 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at | 9:45 a. m. "You cannot live on last year's food nor remain virtuous on last year's virtue." The church will help you. You are always welcome.?( I Rogers, pastor. NEW COLLECTION RECORD IS SET UP BY RECORDER Total of $436 Received for Fines and Cost in Last Tuesday Session While the primary duty of the re corder's court, or any court, for that matter, is to see that justice rules for the rich and the poor alike, the trib unal in this county reflected a vast improvement in the financial condition of its subjects last Tuesday, when $436 were collected in fines and costs and a new collection record was establish ed. In addition to that amount, the court is collecting comparatively large sums from defendants long out of i court, but who were unabU to meet the court requirements. ?The session last 'l'UEAlkv was not an important.one in that-the docket carried about the same run of cases. The revenue coll'ectoi carried sev eral defendants into court f?>r failure j to procure operating licenses. The cases charging J. D. Gray with oper ating a pressing club without a license, IG. H. Burnett with the operation of a garage without a license, and Mon roe Everett with operating a cafe with 1 <-ut paying license tax were continued. | Lewis Gurganus was fined $50 and I taxed with the cost for operating a car while intoxicated. | A continuance was recorded in the i case charging Sim Quinerly with an 1 assault with a deadly weapon. roads for 60 days in the case charg ing him with an assault. [ Jesse White, charged with ope rat ! ing a truck with an oversize load, escaped judgment by paying the cost. \ The case wa? placed on the docket following a big raid on erring motor ists by 8 highway patrolmen, here sev eral evenings ago; A iud pros resulted in the case charging J. N. Simpson and Sadie Co burn with fornication and adultery. J Joe Everett was fined $50 and taxed with the cost in the case charging him with carrying a concealeiT weapon. Charged with being drunk and dis orderly, W. C. Satterthwaite was fined $10. Curtis Perkins failed to answer when he was called to answer in the case charging him with being drunk and dis orderly. Jarvis Whichard, charged with being drunk and disorderly and larceny, was sentenced to the roads for three moitths, the Tentenee to begin at the direction of the court. Noah Walstqn was found not guilty in the case charging him with an as sault with a deadly weapon. James and Elmer Huge r son, The two colored men who brutally attacked Sylvester Wynn several weeks ago, were sentenced to the roads for four months each. Entering a plea of nolo contendere, 11. T. Strickland was found guilty of driving a car while intoxicated, the court fining hitn $50 and adding the cost. His license to operate a motor vehicle was revoked for three months. l.elon Koberson, charged with housebreaking and larceny, was found [.lint guilty. J M. Sparks was fined $50 and taxed j with the cost in the case charging him with.operating a car while intoxicated. The case charging Lee Tyner with operating an automobile while intoxi* rated waj> continued one week. Program of Services At Church of Advent ?? Rev. B. P. Moaeley, Rector "Twentieth Sunday After Trinity Church sehool, TL45 a. nr. Morning prayer and sermon^ 11:00. Evening prayer and sermon, 7:30. Remember this is "Loyalty Month," and be preesnt at as many services as possible. At the evening servi.-e the Rector will tell of the opening session of the General Convention at Atlantic City.| MUCH OF EXCESS MAY BE SOLD ON GEORGIA CARDS > Local Farmers Paid Over $8,000 for Excess Cards From Other Sections * [ Martin County farmers exceeded their tobacco allotment by about 205, 1000 pounds, according to estimated I gained from Assistant County Agent I Murphy Barnes this week Of the es timated excess, 171,159 pounds have I been sold or can be sold on marketing cards brought here from Georgia and | Hoke County, North Carolina. Sev eral thousand pounds have been sold on cards purchased by farmers from their neighbors. The county agent's ftffire y^torHay reported only 32,690 pounds available on the Georgia cards, the officials stating that they believed the pound age would be sold before the season closed, or before the cards are called in by state agricultural authorities. In formation received yesterday from Ra leigh indicated that the Virginia farm ers are producing totoern in of their allotments, and that they are expected .to call for cards within the next day or two. Should there be any cards left unsold here when the call is received, it is likely that the surplus will be forwarded to Virginia for sale, it was stated. To market the 171,159 pound sur plus, Martin County farmers paid $8 - 557.95, $7,924.70 goiftg to Georgia farm ers and $633.25 to farmers in Hoke County, North Carolina, where the pro duction was considerably less than the allotment. This money Was sent in its entirety to those growers who faihvl to produce their allotment, not one cent going to the government, During the season so marketing cards were lost in this coun y, agreeably surprising those in charge of the tobacco program in this coun ty. Three of the cards were recover ed apparently, making the issuance of one duplicate card nf*>tt<ary About 100 farmers who have com pleted the marketing of the crop have returned their allotment cards to the county agent's office, where the slips will be checked with the master mar keting cards and adjustment payments determined. Every farmer desiring to participate in rhese payments will find it necessary to turn his allotment card into the county agent's office when marketing is completed or soon there after FRANK S. DAW OF IJAMESVILLE DIES ??? Died at Hig Home Wednea day, Following Stroke of Paralysis Day Before ? Frank Sylvester Daw, prominent cit izen of Janiesville, died at his home there Wednesday morning at 11 o' clock, Tollowing a stroke of paralysis suffered early the day before. He nev er regained consciousness. Mr. Daw had been in failing health for several months, but was able to be up until the day before his death. The son of Frank and Emelinc Flem ing Daw, Mr. Daw was born in Pan " icgo, Beaufort County, April 12, 1875. About it) years ago he moved to this county^ settling at Jamesvillc, where he was connected in the timber and milling business for a number of years. He married Miss Eva Holliday there and shr, with three children, Robert Daw, of New Mexico; Frank Daw, of Raleigh; and Mrs. Ruth Stewart, of | Pensacola, Fit., survives. He also |leavc9 one brother, Tom Daw, of Pan tego; and three sisters, Mrs. Martha Pinkham, Mrs. Will Walters, and Mrs. Gus White, all of Pantego. An honest toiler, Mr. Daw lived a quiet and peaceful life in his com munity, ever appreciative of the finer things in life and in the welfare of his family and neighbors. Funeral services were conducted from the late home yesterday after nooti at 2:30 o'clock by Gilbert Davis, of Plymouth. Hurial was in the Ced ar branch church yard, just a short distance from Jamesvillc. 9 Miss Helen Shaw Won Beauty Contest Here ? Mias Helen Shaw, daughter of Mr. and Mr,. T. J. Shaw, was cboaan queen of the cotton ttyle >how held recently in the Wafci Theatre here. Mil, Shaw wai choaen over a large num ber of contestants. ? Miner Lela Roebuck, Dolorei Long and Toodlum Holding met George Harrison, Jr., at Wain Forcat Hut night and later attended the fnir in Rnleigh.
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