THE ENTERPRISE I VOLUME XL?NUMBER 21 Williamston, Martin County. North Carolina. Friday. March 12.1937 ESTABLISHED 1899 ENTERS SUIT FOR ?SI0.000 RESULT OF FATAL ACCIDENT Donnel Gilliam Defendant In Damage Suit Brought By J no. E. John E Manning. Williams Town ship -farmer, this week filed against Donnel Gilliam, court solicitor. for S 10.000 alleged to have resulted when Man ning's wife eras fatally injured in an automobile accident at tto"y Springs church last January 5. Struck by the solicitor's car as she walked a croas the highway. Mrs. Claudia M??"f died in a Tarboro hospital three daps later. The complaint filed by Attorney B. A ditcher alleges that the wo man "got off the hard surface and on the shoulder, and the approach ing car. instead of continuing on the |hard surface or turning to the t Slldfl left.' suddenly turned off the high way to the right and ran into and over plaintiff* s drreaied. which caused her death "That defendant eras driving car at a fast, reckless, dangerous and unlawful rate at speed, namely, a speed of about SS miles per hour' The accident took place about Sh. or just about dark, the plaint further alleging that the car did not have its lights on and that the plainlifTs deceased wife did not see the approaching machine after looking in both directions before starting acroas the road. Solicitor Gilliam, completely un nerved following the accident, forced to his bed. but made every arrangement for the care and treat ment of the accident victim Lloyd Cowin Dies at Home in Bear Grass Lloyd Co* in. young farmer of Bear Gram Township, died al his home there early Wednesday morn ing following an illness of only a few days. Although running a tem perature of more than 103 degrees last Saturday, the young man con tinued up and visited in William ston that day. Pneumonia develop ed last Tuesday and the end came the following morning The son of Bonn O Cowin and the late Emily Elisabeth Cowut. he was born in Bear Grass 31 years ago. He lived and farmed there all his life Mrs. Cowin. Miss Magdalene Bul lock before marriage, survives with taro small children He also leaves one brother. Wilbur Cowui. of Pine town. and three sisters, Mrs Beulah Bullock and Misari Blanche and Vema Cowin. all of near William He was a member of the Presby terian church, and Rev Z T Piep hoff conducted the last rites at the home Thursday afternoon at 2 o' clock. Buna! was in the family cesn etery. near the honse Young Conrra'i death was the third in the family in recent weeks. Mr and Mrs. Samuel Rogersoo having died less than a month ago Small Boy Badly Hurt in Accident The four-yenr-old son af Mr. and Mrs. Willie Warren eras critically injured in a freak wrident at a till ing station nesu their home a short distance out at Wmdaor on the Aulander Road the early part at this Negro Goes To Roads For Failure To Pay Dog Tax County Commissioners To Go Begging for Place To Meet Martin County's arc almost certain to continue to play the role of the unwanted or phan when they i >eet here next Monday with the recently appoint ed tax-list takers and sisrssors to complete plans for a revaluation of real properties in the 10 townships The March term of superior court Sets underway that day and the room the commissioners expressly built for themselves not so lone >P> will be taken by the grand jury That right is as good as conceded the group that has the power of in dictment and prestige when it comes to making recommendations There will be around 40 people it for the meeting, and it now looks as if Chairman Pope will have to call the group in session out on the lawn or m the jail or on the roof top The auditorium in the new agricultural building is Hear ing completion, and it may be pos sible for the tax boys to get some nail kegs and hold their pow-wow there Follow ing the completion of the agricultural building in the near fu ture. and the removal of the office of the. fountv agents from the court ? house, there should be no cause in the future for crowding the commi' : loners into the cold as if they v.? e orphans Rev. C. H. Dickey Dies After Lengthy Illness f POULTRY CAR Amntoinu were lampli lij Wednesday operating aaoth " reaper*tire poultry car la Ike ennaty Kit week, beginning a iaaariUe oa Tnesday. The whedtile followed la han dling Ike previous loading* will be ia HTeet. County Agent T. R was operated but month. Pat rakage received Beat week will largely determine Ike arkedale for additional loadings ia tka eaaaty this season. FEW CASES TRIED FN LONG SESSION COURT MONDAY Five Cases Disposed of by Judge Peel. With Senator Cobum Prosecuting The county recorder's court was in a long session Tuesday, but han died comparatively few cases Judge H. O Peel was on the bench and attorney R. L. Coburn prosecuted the docket of five cases. Judgment was suspended upon payment of the cost and on condition that the defendant make arrange ments to take care of his two chil dren in the case charging William Arthur Parker with abandonment and non-support. payment of the cost in the , . charging C. S. Vanlandingham with 1?*?'? driving. ^ S- Corey failed to answer whci called in the saae charging him nr. reckless driving. Ab Roberson was found not guil'y, of drunken automobile driving, as charged, but he was adjudged guilty ofbeing drunk and disorderly. Judge Peel lining him f 10 and the coats The case charging J T. Sills with failure to pay dog tax was remand ed to a justice court. No sessions of Judge Peel's court will be held during the next two weeks, as the superior court will be in I Walter Halberstadt Is U. S. Commissioner Recently appointed United States Commissioner. Walter Halberstadt. local man. this week missed trying ?he first case to originate in this sec-, turn following his rommonoo by' Judge L M Meek ins. Mr Halber nr in the work, but they did not arnve until Wednesday, and the case had to be handled on Tuesday. The Federal agents carried their prison * to a United States commission in a near-by town. Two Stills Captured by Officers During Week Riding recently in Crass ad Griffins Townships. County Of Roehuck and Roebuck Peri kthujul two at ilk and out nearly 2,000 gallons at beer. The Cram Moans plant was not m a ?turn, the officers turning out capacity copper kettle A colored man was busily ike 100-gallon capacity steam , in Griffins, but he laid down ha * ?kd pickad up his fast ia > hurry to escape Twelve, Funeral Beiii? Held Today at Home of Parents in Murphy Prominent Figure in State Religious Circles: Once Pastor Here Rev Charles H.dl<-y Dickey. P" (pr of the WiUiamston Memorial p.p..?i church from January 3 1*?. u, September 1. 1935. and prominent churchman and writer of this Slate, died Wednesday in ? Hampton. Va hospital, where he was taken following an attack of a cardiac ail ment and complications suffered at his home in Raleigh several weeks ago He had been in the Hampton hospital for nearly two weeks after a stay of about the same length of tune in a Raleigh hospital The son of Alien K Dickey, form er state senator. Mr Dickey was born in Murphy 48 > ago His mother was the Ute Mary MrUod Dickey Mr Dickey spent his early life on the farm, "rtermg Crson Newman College in Tennes see when a young man. later attend^ mg the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Louisville He served overseas as a chaplain with the 334th Machine Gun Battalion, spending months in England. France and Ger many during and immediately fol lowing the World War In 1919 he married Miss Bill* Hall, of Mor.islown. Tenn who vices with two sons Charles Hat! and David Dale Dickey, now of Ha hngh He, first pastorate was in Ark .?later?going to Aroma lnd and to LaGrange Ga. before coming here in January. During his nearly 10 years as pas tor of the local Baptist church. Mr Dickey proved an able "ligHais leader and interested himself in the welfare of the community and its .opto Numbers of unwanted Ut l e children were accepted at the n ouster's request by various ijMi utmns of the state By working long hours. Mr Dickey did contad erable writing and several ml" view, ?| notables, including Dr | Stanley Jones. Martha Berry. Corra Hams and Dr. George Truett He vorresponded for several state papers and did features for press associa tions and commanded prominent po sitions in national magannes -??* his articles His last story. He Is So Human." appears in a recent is sue of the Christian Herald and ? based on an interview with Dr Stanley Jones m Raleigh last. No vember. . Simple, unpretentious and readily understandable, all his writings give vent to the efforts advanced by hnn for making this a better place in which to live. After resigning the pastorale of the local Baptist church, he went mith the State Baptist Convention, and his last big assignment was the promotion of a preaching mission m Raleigh last faU Funeral services are being hew ai the hesne of his birth in Murphy this afternoon at 4 o'clock, interr-ent to follow in the cemetery at hn ance* Work on Highway Patrol Radio Station Progress** , rapidly. Captain Charles 1 thW^Tlth continued fair weather nations would be constructed made ready for operation m ju few ORGANIZE LIONS CLUB AT MEETING HERE LAST NIGHT D. V. Clayton To Head New Civic Club; Other Of ficers Elected The Lions Club of WiUiamston. twwert civic organization in this community, was organized last night when 35 members and guests met for dinner at the woman's club build ing The club wu be chartered by Lions International, the Largest as ' "elation of business men's civic ? 1' w* clubs in America, and the tflful presentation of the charter - cake place on April 9 at a gala affair at which time many Lions sod guests will come here from neighboring dubs U V Clayton, cashier of the Guar anty Bank & Trust Co.. was electeJ I King Lion to serve as president dur ing the first term, and W 1 Skinner was elected secretary-treasurer Otn jtf officers and directors were elect ed as follows First vice president. J H Ed wards. second vice president. D. E. ? Darden: third vice president. C. A Plylrr. taU twister (fun olficeri Eu gene Rice, lion tamer. Herbert Tay j lor. directors for two years. H. L Barnhill and W H. Carstarphen; di ' rectors for one year. J S Livengood and K P Lindsley Larry Slater, representative of the international organization, of Chi cago. presided at the diner and di rected the election of officers Mrs Slater, who accompanied her hus 1 band here, acted as temporary sec retary He pointed out that the Liqns Club is a booster club, nun sretanan. non-secret and non-politi cal. and is interested in promoting th ecivic and business w elfare of the I community There are 2.800 Lions clubs in eight countries and the U. S. possessions, according to Mr Slater The Williamston Lions Club was sponsored by the Washington chlb and a delegation of 10 Washington Lions attended the meeting last night Rev- W. D. Mclnnis. president of the Washington club, spoke briefly con gratulating the new club on its fine personnel and urged the club to un dertake a program of unselfish ac tivities Lion Bill Rogers, of Wilson, lieu tenant governor of the North Caro lina district, brought official greet ings to the club from the district and spoke enthusiastically of the work being done by Lions through out the state. The Columbia club was represent ed by Lion President Floyd Cohoon, secretary C C Luptnn. and Vice President white President Cahoon "poke lor the Columbia delegation. The club will meet again next Fri (bur evening. March 19 Charter members are Eugene Rice. C A. Plyler. W I Skinner. R Edwin Prelr. Coy D Lamm. H L Barnhdl C. U Rogers. C P Whed bee. D V Clayton. J. S. Livengood. Herbert O Pecle. John A. Manning. I James E Griff in. D. E. Darden. E R ?Frunebergei. Herbert Taylor. D. G ; Modltn Several new members will he added at next week's meeting Plan To Start Seine Fishing Next Week Arrangements are still going for ward foe starting seine fishing oper ations on the Roanoke at Jamesvtlle next Monday, reports direct from the battery today in the Martin County town stated Operator C C. Fleming has the huge net already for its first dip of the season which is getting underway more than a month ahead of the starting sched ule last year The Ashe*rs in the lower part of the county, near Plym outh. are scheduled to start opera Inns next Monday also. Fair-sued catches are being re ported by fishermen using dip and drift nets and machines The her ring are selling seven for a quarter here today A few shad are also bong taken from the river and they are commanding fancy prices. T Nat ha me! Colt rain Still la Critical Condition Nathaniel Colt rain, the young hack when his truck was hit by an A. C. L freight tram at a grade near Gardner's creek last Saturday, is getting along as well as cuwld be expected, according to last received from his bedside in iL and feet said to be hang sides of his bed that his the boy to have little chance of Three Schools Hold Saturday Sessiotis To Regain Lost Time Famd to flan b? bad ruad> rrcfat week*. mtnl Saturday to aaakr ?p far ink dtkbd Int. HmIWn . Oak City aad IburiL altar baldiat classes ? days each week, are Bear Grass will bald classes to ' wp Ike awe day M. Ill 11 ilh tr) inx u> cum pMt its work sod ctaw on lime, will rualiaup to hold cliw> on SalsnU> during the nest sev eral weeks, harm Life is also mkin; up for >oae of the time lost Bear Grass is now sehednled to end the term on May 7. the closing there to be one of the list in the cooaty tho year. Closing of Legislature Likely To Be Delayed Entire Croup Goes To Colonial Capital For One-Dav Session 334 Legislators. State Offic ials and Employees at Edenton Thursday Relief in the adjournment of the North Carolina General Assembh. promised by next Thursday, is not at all certain just now. recent activ ities changing the plans of the coach ed engineers and delaying the clos tng of the session possibly until the following week, if not later than that Putting in a big day's work Wed nesday. the legislature found it nec | essary u? rest yesterday and they hired them a tram and scampered over to EdenUm. where-the first Co I lonial Assembly met about 2110 years ago The lawmkares of old owed allegiance only to the king. and. al though more than 200 years have passed, laws then and now remain about Hie same Back about 1720 the Colonial body passed laws hav ing to do with liquor, marriage and other problem* of complicated pro portions Work of the assembly in its adopt - ed home for a day was little more than a farce, but the wise lawmakers probably learned a little bit about | North Carolina history The dilapi dated condition of buildings on to ' bacco farms along the rail route | from Raleigh to Edenton made no j impression, but an old Revolutionary ! War cannon or two. a tea pot. and a few other reminders of by gone days were considered sufficient to support a $250.0bU appropriation for advertising North Carolina While the legislators were talk ing in terms of a quarter of a mil lion dollars to invite the traveler. persons interested in the well-being of North Carolina home owners were addressing another and final plea for a mcasley $900 tax exemption on homesteads It was an enjoyable day for North Carolina's hard-worked so Ions, and the 334 legislators, state officials, lob byists. and hangers-on. traveling in a train of nine cars, pulled by two engines, reported a great day Eden ton creditably handled the task, they all say. N& definite reports could be had from the two newspaper buys who missed the special train and lost their course when they readied here in their own con\eyance. 1 Dr Clarence Foe. chairman of the North Carolina Committee on Tax Reform Amendments, in directing a final appeal for the $900 exemption on homesteads, said "We are Simply saying that North r Carolina should end the discrimina tions now practiced against home owners Here are the facts 'based on laws now in North Carolina's stat ute books *T Exemptions are allowred on in heritances "2 Exemptions (special) are al lowed on life insurance inheritances "T "Exemptions are allowed on in are allowred on | **S Exemptions are allowed money on hand "Exemptions are allowed on counts receivable *T Exemptions are allowed notes and mortgages hrv allowed on tin age) are al lowed on poll tiwc "10 Exemptions ton basic foods and large purchases) are allowed on taxes Christian Mission Society To Hold Meeting Monday The Wen at tbr local I LEFT HIGH AND L>KY 'i V / Left in Raleigh by the special train that was carrying mem bers of the legislature to Id en ton for a wandering session, two Raleigh newspaper reporters lost their way when they reached here yesterday morning in their own private conveyance "Where's the road to Edcntou. and do you have a liquor store here?" they asked, (ietting their directions ironed out. and after fueling up. they are said to have continued to the Chowan Capi tal. IVaiuit Pick in" in r (IoiiiiIy Dnius To Close This eok Crop Comes Through Un favorable Season in Fair Shape. Observers Say Peanut picking operations, delay ed by rains during the past month ot more, was virtually completed in the county this week, reports stat ing that there might be a few lots left in the fields here and there ove* the county According to picker operators, the g?H?bers came through the unfavor able season in much better shape than was expected. Birds foraged on the stacks and picked the pea nuts they could reach, and those pro tected by vines were not damaged by the weather, it was reliably learned. This season has been one of the latest for peanut picking in some time, and late acti\ities arc to follow in tin* market. Those peanuts picked weeks ago 01 before the .prolonged rainy seas un got?underway have all?been marketed with few exceptions, leav ui gabout 50.000 bags or about 15 percent of the crop unsold. The market is unusually dull with top prices standing at 4 1-2 cent, for the best quality goobers. The crop, as a whole, has averag ed less than four cents so far Must of the farmers who have not sold their crops are waiting for a five cent market, but buyers, at the prcesnt time, apparently are not in terested in making put chases, re ABC Boards Stud) Liquor Store Hours Meeting in Tarboro tonight, the members of county liquor control boards are expected to consider uni form hours for keeping liquor stores "pen. V J Spivey. chairman of the Martin County Board, said today Several counties are now holding their stores open, from 9am to 9 p m. under the provision of the recently passed county liquor option law. It is likely that at least'two stores. Williamston and Kobersonville. in this county will observe the longer schedule if stores in other counties remain open from 9 to 9 The new schedule, if it is placed into effect before the state liquor commission is created will hardly be adopted until after a meeting of the county board members which will probably be held some time next week Heads Budget Depart meat For Economy Auto Store Following his appointment recent qr. A. t,. uevane a few day* ago en lered up ? his new duties as budges manages lor the Economy Auto Sup ply. Mr C. B Leggett, owner-man ager. announced>today. . The new budget department, head ed by Mr Devane, was created by the Economy Auto Suppy as an in novation to credit buying It makes peaMble any size of purchase by aay motorist and the extension of con cement liberal terms to everyone, Mr Leggett explained DOCKET 15 CASES FORMARCHTERM SUPERIOR COURT Two-Week Term Begins Monday: One Murder Case Scheduled Opening a two-weeks term next Moi.day (or the trial of both crim nal and civil canes, the Martin C.-untv Superior Court has about one of the dullest calendars it has :had in many months The criminal docket carries only 15 cases, and al though one of them charges murder, it is not expected to attract any more attention than a good free-or-all ; knock-down and drag-out affair {would ordinarily attract. Judge J Pau Kruelle. of Snow Hill, will presii.e and Don Gilliam The couniv was j^ked last week to J call off the first week of the court on account of a shortage of judges, 4 but artanger-.ents were effected, and - the court will go on as scheduled. Clerk I. B Wynne said this week The murder case on the docket is lodged against Oliver Grimes, who -hot and killed Richard Smith, col ored. near Hassoil, 14 years ago last January Grimes was arres'ed in ' ptwladelr hu a few weeky ago The case is so <-ld that it is not expected to draw any appreciable number of curiosity seekers who generally swarm in numbers to see a man bat tle for his freedom at the bar of jus tice Ollie Page, charged with man slaughter is again booked for trial, but the case, now over two years old. is certain of continuance. The case has been continued repeatedly pend ing the clearing uf civil actions, grow ing out of the truck-car acci dent that cost John U-avistcr and Marshall Andrews their lives near Robcrsonville in September. 1934 Other cases on the docket are: C I. .McKvel. embezzlement. Weldon Biggs, breaking and en tering and larceny. Elijah Moore, assault with intent to kill Raymond McCoy and Eber Kurtz ? the two young Pennsylvania boys who stole 4 E Gull ins car from off _ | a WilUamston street a few weeks . ago Hoyt Smith, assault with a dead ly weapon. Leman James, breaking and en tering and larceny. The only drunken driving charge I for trial before Judge Frizelle is that against Harvey la Mod tea. The de / iendant is also charged with hit-and , run and resisting an officer Judge Fiuellc has the reputaUon of met ing out maximum sentences in such ;~cases Hubert Davis, breaking and enter iiag. ? Howard Griffin, for forgery of the (tames of James A. Griffin and J esse iGviflfin to three checks. Clyde Baker, breaking and enter ing Harrison Wholesale Co. Herbert Page and Chester Terry, i larceny. George Blount, breaking and en tenng Three Are Taking Pasteur Treatment Bitten by a dog a few days ago, Mrs Roland Everett, her grandchil dren and a colored boy employed by Mr Robert Everett started taking the Pasteur treatment yesterday as a precaution against rabies The dog, a small fox terrier, was penned | up after tie bit Mrs Everett last Tuesday and Wednesday was killed. jCarired to Raleigh Wednesday by Mr Everett and Dr A J. Ostecn. [the head of the dog was examined ?r.d a positive reaction was reported. The dog was too young to be vac cinated about a year ago when oth er dogs in the county were vaccinat ed in a county-wide preventive drive against rabies Several dogs are said to have been bitten by the fox terrier, but they nad been vaccinated and are not re garded as likely to go mad. The rabies outbreak came just as Sheriff Roebuck and Dr Osteen were ompleting plans for the vaccination ! of all dogs in the county against It Resettlement Loans Made To 65 Farmers in County The Resettlement Administration has advanced approximately ' t< 65 farmers in this county so far. Miss (Catherine Fatsoo. secretary in the office of Field Supervisor D. G. M<