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' Egg THE ENTERPRISE E3 VOLUME XL?NUMBER 6 Williamston. Martin County. North Carolina. Tuesday, January 19, 1937 ESTABLISHED 1899 KENTUCKY LAW TO GOVERN LEAF CROP IS PASSED North Carolina Assembly Continues Work On Similiar Bill The bis push to effect tobnrco pro duction control and save the fanner continues to gain momentum after Virginia started the ball rolling a bout a year ago with the passage of a compact law in its legislature. While North Carolina is making ready to pass a law similar to that passed by Virginia, the Kentucky legislature in special session last Sat urday adopted a compact act The Kentucky tobacco control bill was passe il after a joint committee from the house and the senate work ed out a compromise The senate had rsfuaed to concur in a house amendment striking out a section ex esnpting from the bill fanners who grow two acres or lass of tobacco. One amendment would make the act effective before March 1, the be ginning of the crop year The amendment which stirred the most controversy concerned the small grower. This set up a minimum base of 2 acres per 30-acre farm, and a pro durtinn hue ralmlitad nn an equal estimated yield for similar farms in the same locality. The base for all farms of less than 30 acres will be in proportion. This provision ap plies. however, only to producers of tobacco during the years from 1929 to 1936 Senator James 11 Thompson. Paris, led the fight on the amended bill. Declaring federal regulation was the only solution to the prob lem, he said the bill was onconsti tutional, because it prevented some persons from growing tobacco. The Kentucky compact is contin gent on similar action by neighbor ing tobacco growing states. Baseball Meeting In New Bern Tonight Meeting here last evening, local baseball leaders appointed a com mittee to participate id a meeting of the Coastal Plain League" in New Bern tonight, when a decision is expected in connection with the class of ball to be played in the' circuit this coming season. Some officials ti the league favor the organization of professional ball, it is understood. All clubs in the circuit last sea son are to be represented, and of ficials of the national professional baseball association are to be pres ent for the discussions, it was stat ed. Messrs. L. T. Fowden. N C. Green, Jimmie Harris. IL H. Good mon, and Dick Dunn are to repre sent the local club at the meeting. Popular Young Girl Of Everetts Passes Miss Ella Cherry, popular 19-year old daughter of air and Mrs. John W. Cherry, of Everetts. died at the home of her parents there Sunday morning at 11:19 o'clock from an attack of pneumonia with which she had been ill one week A weak heart hastened her death A graduate of the Everetts High School with the class of 1933, Miss Cherry possessed a pleasing dispo sition and had numerous friends over i set mi North Carolina. Besides her parents she is si vived by the following brothers and sisters, David J. (Dick) Cherry, of Everetts; Mrs. Bnsnne Gay lord of Plymouth; Mrs Dewey Hathaway, of Bethel; Mrs James Johnson, of Robsrsonville: William Nathan Cherry, Eleanor Gray Cherry, Ruby Cherry. Mary Alice Cherry. John W Cherry, jr, and Mack Cherry, all of Everetts conducted 3 o'clock in the Eseieits Baptist church by Rev. R Smith, pastor of the WiHiamaton Memorial Baptist church Interment was in the Ev Record Crowds Expected At Opening at Mew Store Bill for Establishing Health Service in County Is Planned Heading the important education committee and ranking member of i the finance committee in the House. Representative Hugh G. Horton is having g busy time in the General j Assembly this term. However. Mr Horton. home for the week-end. said he would find time certainly this week to introduce a bill allowing Martin County to establish an all time health service. Just what action will be taken following the passage of the act?it is expected to past without opposi tion?has not been definitely deter mined, but it is understood that a proposed health service has some support among civic organi alions, especially women's organi zations. and the public in general- , The service was favorably con sidered by the county board of health and commissioners about two years ago, but, through an error, an all-time health department was de nied by an act of the legislature passed two years ago. Mr Hortons bill will repeal the- 1935 acts, as far as it relates to Martin County, he said. Ross Advises Refusing All Claims To Refunds [ FAVOR COMPACT 1 Forty or more farmers an joining others from the tobacco growing areas of North Caro lina in Raleigh this afternoon to appear before a joint meeting of the House and Senate agricnl tnrml committees to mn for compact legislation to control tobacco production. Nearly ev ery section of the county is rep resented, reports stating that 1* or more carloads are in Raleigh. It is expected that North Car olina will follow Virginia and Kentucky in pawing a bill. Children in Schools Here Do Fairly Well In Standard Tests More Than 200 Average Average Above Rating For Entire State The Williamslon school enjoys a fairly good rating, compared with State and national averages, data recently released from standard tests given here last fall show While the serial, as a whole, ranks well with the state and national aver ages, there were 119 children out of the total of 326 taking the tests who fell below the average for the state and 156 who fell below the national average. Principal L. W Anderson said this week. "This means, the school head con tinued, "that at least one-third of all students in the grades tested are in a grade level higher than they should be. When it is realized, how ever, that the local students do nol have the advantage of the extra ninth month on which these tests are based, and also that the local students are often interrupted by short days because of rain, it is easy to conclude that the students. il given an equal opportunity, would approach closely the state average "In comparing the different grades grade three was the possessor of the highest grade average, with only 1 students out of 83 falling below the state average. Out of 63 students in grade four, 20 fell below the state average and out of 80 students in the fifth grade 40 failed to make the standard. Grade 8 had 24 out of 59 to fall below and grade 7. 33 out of 61 to fall below. "In fairness to the teachers of tlx grades, it must be stated that tlx large number of failures In certain grades do not indicate that Um teacher is below average in ability Grades frequently earn reputation! of being weak in the first grade and knap the reputation throughout school, sometimes gathering over grown and laggard students as tlx class moves on up through tlx grades.'' Tobacco Plants Arc Coining IIji Tobacco farmers, already experi encing many obstacles in cultivating Ore, unfavorable seasons. Granvttk wilt, and numerous others, are not reporting tobacco plants growing if beds and the transplanting seaaoi is yet several months ofl. In manj such cases, the farmers are plow ing up the beds and sowing mors seed, for they are certain cold wea ther between now and transplanting time will kill the tender plans. Comparatively few formers ii this county have sowed their to bacoo seed, but preparations art underway on a big scale- to start ths work shortly. Road Commissions| Attorney Is Against Returning One Cent Would Adjust Claims By Further Expansion of Highway Program Even before the special commo sion belatedly appointed by former Governor J C B Ehnnghaus files its report in the matter, Charles Ross, chief counsel for the North Carolina Highway and Public Works Commission, came out this week with a declaration that not one cent of the $52,682,167 in claims for re payment of gifts made by 82 coun ties to the state highway system should be paid Ross, in what ap pears to be a premature declaration, denies the validity of all the claims, and then abrupty turns about and says that the proper way of adjust ing inequities between counties would be the further development of the highway system "in the in jured counties " The commission investigating the county claims, headed by former State Senator Carl L Bailey, of Washington County, is due soon to make its request and recommends lions to the Governor and General Assembly Eastern counties made several major claims "If a single one of these counties IS paid,"Ross charged, "no legisla luir will be pel milted to rest until some provision has been made for the $100,000,000 of local and county road bonds now outstanding " I He urged the commission to advo cate "that the State Highway Com mission, in the expenditure of fu ture highway funds, shall give due consideration to those counties of the Slate that have burdened them . selves beyond the average in assist I ing in providing the road facilities for their people." The policy of paying the claims, ' he said, would lead the commission I into "a morass of great uncertainty and danger " Municipalities, too. he said, are "waiting to aee what will be done with these claims." with an eye to repayment for their expendi tures on city streets Ross has argued the State's case throughout a aeries of heatings His case centers. around these points 1 Under the act of 1921 by which the stifle incorporated county roads into a stale highway system, it was distinctly understood that the sys tem was a "cooperative one." "It: may be thgt the legislature in 19(21 ( should have adopted as a -late pol icy complete state respmsiLility." he mid. "but the legislative ar.d court declarations unite in ? ?' itradie taon ot any such (onceptio X In caaea whe.e the made repays, exits to cert^ui * aunties which constructed roads, these were bona fide loans by the counties to the state when the statr wanted to proceed with construction speedily although state road bonds had not then been sold and state funds were nut available t t If the legislature should abrogate the policy set up in 1921, that the j highway system was cooperative be |' iween CAunliea and state, and make by counties on a monetary Ross indicated such action would be tantamount to an espost facto County Teachers Receive Salaries tor Fourth Month Prepared last Friday, salary checks for Martin County teachers are being delivered this week (na the aAice of the county I enL The checks, totaling more IMIM. are for the fourth Free Union Colored Woman Expected To Die Result Gunshot Australia Peel's Condition | Critical: Hoyt Smith ~HeIffT6rXfticr Australia FeeL young colored woman living in the Free Union section of Jamcsville Township, this county, was shot and critically wounded by Hoyt Smith colored, at her home there late last Saturday night Removed Sunday to a Rocky Mount hospital, the woman, an ex pectant mother. mas said to have' little chance to live Smith, arrest ed by Plymouth officers as he start ed to board a Norfolk Southern ] freight tram shortly after the shoot ing. is in the Martin County jail, a preliminary hearing being held in abeyance pending the outcome of the woman's injury Sitting with her hack to the win dow. the Peel woman, wife of Gattis I Peek received the entire load of big' shot from a gun in her shoulder. J the shot and shell madding enter ing the flesh and tearing a hole a bout 3 inches in diameter, it was] reported Smith, less than 30 days out of State's prison, claimed he intend ed the shot for Joe Woo Lard, mho mm suiting the PiiL it The time Explaining that he mas about drunk. I Smith said he saw the shadorn of a] person at the m indom and fired Aft er his arrest he learned he had made I a mistake and shot the mrong per According to Smith, everybody inj the Free Union section is "down'' on him. and the trouble started when he bumped into a wrestling match in Luther Cordon's store Joe Woolard. Smith claims, got a gun and shot him in the back, the load striking a pint bottle of liquor in his hip pocket The bottle. Smith continued, mas not , quite large enough and failed to stop two shots that passed into his body Rushing from the store to his home about three-fourths of a mile amay. Smith got his gun and tracked Woolard to the Peel home, where he made a mistake in picking out the man he wanted Romulus Peek a brother-inlaw of) the victim, and Robert O Clark car ned Smith to Plymouth and are said | to have reported the shooting to offi cers there Smith, while being brought through the lower end of the county to the Martin jail, sent word to Romulus Peel threatening he was going amay for quite a while I but that he mould be back some time to even up with the man he believed to have "squealed" on him Pleading guilty of housebreaking. Smith mas sentenced in the Martin County Superior Court in Septem ber, 1334 to serve three years in the State prison Busses in County Are Still Operating Bad roads that have made traftu almost impossible in many rural sec lions of the county have not stopped the school busses so far, a report from the office of the county sup erintendent today stated Sched ules have been maintained with dif ficulty. however. it was explained Several counties have closed their schools already and several more are considering closing their plants until the roads improve, it is un derstood Bertie County school au thorities yesterday said that the srhools there would likely be closed Mail carriers are serving their pa trons at a marked disadvantage in this county. Walter Brown, of the JamesviBe office, stating yesterday that he devoured 10 miles to make his schedule Another Rise in Roanoke At This Point Predicted Another rise in the Roanoke at this point was announced by weath er bureau forecasters today The ?>???? ?n?ii..| .it s... mnrr than a week ago is still about Ave inches over the banks at the present lime, the latest report staling that the riser would start rising slowly ed 29 feet of water in the river there this morning. Unless there ?scawmieraUr water up the river the new rise is not expected to over here more than on aiatlui station here reported a II of the 19 days so far in However, the precipe 297 inches is far from a rec *2 in the Legislature Takes Up Problem of Financing Agencies of State Next Two Years; Sales Tax Approved First in Series of Farm Meets Is Held at Oak City Monday Attended by 49 farmers, the first of a series of farm educational meet* ?ngs held in Oak City Monday night *as declared very successful b> County Agent T B. Brandon today. Heads of the various agricultural divisions discussed the activities handled by each department, and all phases of the program proved in teresting The high spot in the pro gram centered around soil conser vation and crop control, and many ^u?U)ns * ere asked in thai coc as-tion. Mi Brandon Mid Other meetings *'U be held in the counly this meek as follows Hasaell Tuesday night: Farm Life. Wednes day night Kobersonv ille. Thursday j night, and Bear Grass Friday night | All farmers mterested in an> , phase of the agricultural program as it relates to loans, services of agents, and ami conservation and control are invited to attend the, meetings First Herring Is Caught At Jamesville Monday Key to SmukeliuuM** Found Earlier Than Isual This Season Preparations for Big Season To Get Underway In Next Few Weeks Dipping their net into the Roan eke yesterday at Jamesville. Messrs U S Hassell and Carl Martin found the key to Martin County*? smoke house** to beat the 1936 find by a bout five weeks and almost equal the record established by Mr Ha?r sell himself two years ago Using a dip net. the two men caught three nice size herring in something over an hour, the catch coming as big news to hundreds in this county whose smokehouses will hardly get so much as a smell of high-priced hog meat this year As the farmer looks to his meat as his main food supply, those re moved from the farm look to /the herring for their main source ot food, and the fishing season is an ticipated with anxiety. Herring and griddle cornbread furnish the brawn and power for large numbers of those in the working class, and the fish is a delicacy at the same time on thousands of tables throughout the land A successful fishing sea son along the Roanoke is the best insurance available to all classes against hunger during the dull sum ir.er months Fishing on the Roanoke dunng the ipast two seasons was not very suc cessful. high water holding the seines idle for weeks No such aca son is anticipated this year, and the' fishery owners are hopeful to start operations some time the latter pai* of March The springtime weather of the past few days is attracting attention of fishermen to their nets, and with in a short time the fishing grounds will be alive with activity. Early catches ordinarily oemmand ? a retail price of 5 cents each, and then the market drops to a point to where 6 fish may be had for a quar ter When the season is underway on a big scale. $6 will buy as many as 1,000 herting The average price for years, has been close to 1 cent each ? Williamston A. C. Team | Swings Into Action Friday The newly formed Williamston A C. basketball team swings into ac lion against the classy Windsor All Star five in a game scheduled for Friday night in the new high school. gym at S o'clock Practice has been1 underway for several days, and the' club shows promise of becoming aj smooth-wot king unit Tentative ar j rangemer.l* have been made for, games with several teams, including a Wake Forest College all-star team Negotiations are now underway for two games with the strong Camp bell College quint, one game to be played there and a return game here. Composing the local team are for mer college and prep-school stars, including Anderson and Manning, formerly of Campbell College. Cobb. Hopkins, and Rose, formerly of Christ School, Hack Gaylord. form er Richmond University star, and others. Teams desiring games with the locals are rtqtiesfid to commun ?cate with i W Price, W illiamston I PLAN POULTRY fm *i ml Mm al that U Ikt prices were at all lantaMr a ?Aif 1st a said br ailr U anutnab raa be eUart will be made at J?m nilh seat I Tueab) HiUiunlm ea Wed day aad at Uab City ea Friday. Mr. Braadaa said. Dedaile leasee.raicaU aill be aade dmrtly. tbe ceaaty fa Officials of (lounty Protest Exemption The Martin County Board of Citn miss loners, represented by Chair man J. E . Pope and Mem her C?C last Friday of the Association of County Commissioners, joined in protesting against homestead exemp lions and property classification acts this year by the General Assembly The commissioners also went on record as opposing the proposal of the state to levy a tax on intangible property and to deny counties the right to levy audi a tax Removal of intangible property such as notes, bonds, bank deposits, and the like from the counties' tax hioks would take away large sui ii; valuation from the counties County officials attending tl - ' "protest" meeting'in Raleigh wen*' almost unanimously ??f the opinionI that exemption of homesteads and! the classification of property as per . m it ted under recent changes in th? 1 state constitution should be deUy.d for at least Imu yean. Cuounissaua I et John Harris, of Durham, said ? County Native Passes In Edgecombe Last Saturday Henry Manning. SS years old and' a native of Williams Township, this county, died at his home between Tarboro and Wilson last Saturday noon Funeral services were con ducted Sunday afternoon, and inter ment was in the Washington cetne tery A farmer all his life. Mr Manning moved to Wilson County 12 or 15 years ago He married Miss Uun Walker, of Washington, who sur vives with several children. He al so leaves two sisters, Mrs Lawrence ] Rxidirk and Mrs I. I Hsrdmm. of Williamston. and three brother; Joe, John and Will Manning, of Williamston Rural Electrification Meet At Macedonia Tomorrow A rural rWlnfiralm will br held in the Macedonia church Wednesday night at 7 30 o' clock. when plana will be advanced for the ronatrucbon of a pown and light line from Bear Gram to the': Farm Life "? *- ** '? Big Fight Is Likely To Center Around Items for Exemption Propose New Taxes Levies On Bank Deposits, Wine And Insurance The legislature, entering its third ?reek Monday plunged into one of its greatest?if not the "greatest? problems, that - f financing the state departments and agencies for the next two years Early action cen tered around the sales tax. the one big problem bursting into close to 100 smaller ones Without a dissenting vote, the finance committee approved the con tinuation of the sales tax. leaving the task to a sub-committee to "dress the old devil up in new clothes '* While no possibility is seen just at this time for the elimination of the tax. LV argument is centering a round its reduction from 3 to 2 per rent and an increase in the exemp tion items If the rate is reduced to Z per cent Representative Lumpkin staled he would not press for ex emptions on baby carriages, kitchen stoves, coffins and overalls. On the other side, there were those who would hold the exemptions to the original nine "necessities." regard less of the percentage of the tax rate A definition of ' neeesities" was then offered. Representative Lump kin including coal, wood. coke. ice. $3 shoes, overalls. $10 suits of cloth ing $230 hats for women and men. S3 women's dresses. 75-cent hose for women. SI children's garments, all foods, kitchen and cooking utensils selling for less than $2, coolf stoves, beds, cheap fum.ture. $10 baby car riages. $3 cradles, and $60 coffins. These he would add to those articles proposed to be exempted the budget commission New sources of revenue that are being considered would tax bank deposits 20 cents on the $100: ma tured insurance. 23 cents on the $100 and wines at rates to be determined. A hill in legislative activities is expected this week, when members of the assembly will go to Washing ton for the presidential inaugura tion Mrs. Anna Mizelle Dint List Saturday Mrs Anna Phillips Mizelle. widow of Ashley Mizelle and resident of Griffins Township, this county.*" for 10 years, d*ed at the home of her niece. Mrs R I* Savage. in Rocky M?>unt. *ast Saturday night. Mrs. Mizelle lef' this tttill ty so n after the detftih of fee hu band . bout 18 years ago Seventy-two years old. Mrs. Mi zelle was U?m and reared in the CoaHie community of Edgecombe She was lie last one of a promi nent family and leaves no immedi ate relatives, but a number of nieces and nephew s survive She was a life-long member of the Little Cree* Pnmtive Baptist church near Cone hivral services, were conducted Sunday afternoon at the family cem etery by Elder J D Flye, of Rocky Mount bet pastor Her nephews served as active pall-bearers. Alleged Murderer Arrested Here lor New Bern Police Wanted fur a year-old alleged murder in Craven County. James Pruden. alia. Ldtuy Sutton, colored, ?at arrested by local police uflkers here last Saturday, a rejected sweet t,.art idiuig iitfmuiauun Uul M to the man's arrest. Pruden aras turned over to Sheriff Lane, of Craven County and re turned to New Bern Sunday to hce Pareat-Teacber Group To Meet Tomorrow Afternoon of the Wilbmn Tencher Assnriataon will be held in the local high school an
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