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THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XL?NUMBER 38 Williamston. Martin County. North Carolina. Tuesday. May li. 1937 ESTABLISHED 1899 Martins Take Over Top Roost in loop After Four Games League Offering Decidedly Better Brand Baseball Than Many Expected Playing a two-game series each with Tarboro and Snow Hill, Art I llauger's Martins last Sunday en-1 tered an undisputed claim to top position in the Coastal Plain stand ings. Goldsboro and Ayden follow ing tVwly with only 1-3 fame head-1 ing off their claims to top place. Wil-1 liamston and Tarboro got out of step in the league inarch Friday, wheal the two teams battled 11 innings to a 8-all tie in Tarboro. and the Mar-1 tins, by a scant margin, kept their I slate clean with 3 wins, a tie game, but no losses. ^ ^ season to give the teams anything like anl unofficial rating, developments so far show that the league is offering a better brand of ball than was ex pected by many. The Williamston club is showing up unusually well, and. while there may be some changes effected during the next few days, it is apparent that Skipper Hauger has a working organization already at his disposal that will fur nish competition to any club in the circuit Considerable power is be ing shown at the bat these days, giving the team, with iU able pitch ing staff, a double-edged weapon a gainst invaders. Fielding activities, though not disappointing from the start, are showing improvement as the season progresses. LaiTSaturday afternoon it was] Charlie Stevens' day. the Browns' recruit annexing honors when he hit safely 4 out of 5 times against Snow Hill, one of the blows being for the circuit. Grant Jefferson, relieving Gardner in ihr second, featured with his work on the mound and figured prominent in the 7 5 wmj LakoUs. Deim and Earp. the trio holding down second, third1 and short territory, also figured with two hits each in the 15-hit attack against three visiting pitchers. Villeplque. with two official trips st bat, turned in a per centage of 500. "Snake" Henry's Tarboro Combs offered some stiff opposition .n the Edgecombe capital last Friday be fore a record opening-day crowd for that club, and the M^ins were <=on tented to come home with a 66 tie It was an ll-iwung contest, and Art Hauger divided the pitching work. Strunk started and held the Combs to 1 hit until the third, when a pass, 4 hits and 2 errors netted 4 rune He was relieved by Fuller m the fourth, after 3 runs came in. and Wade took over in the sixth to work until dark. Lakotas, Sharkey. Vtl leoioue and Strunk single m the third to register 3 runs ^SeTt^T^n error and ? dou bled Stasdey ?m?* ^ Lakotas, drawing a walk in enth. scored, the tying run without the support of a single hit. An er ror by Myers proved costly to the Combs in that frame. Strunk. work on the mound a gainst Snow Hill over in Greene County Sunday, was hit freely but kept enough in reserve to bear down in the clutches, and he and his team n ates brought home an 8-4 victory, Gving the Martins the top roost McKay .going in for Led better fol lowing a little -disturbance" warm rd tfdngs up with his -8?7 hitting ami took batting honors for the day with a Single and double in three trip*. Sharkey and Betel hit safe ly twice each to boost the Martins total hits to II* Negro Held on Murder Charge ?Rirhrrd g?n, y"""g -nWed mfn was formally charred by Justice J. L Hassell at a preliminary hearing last Friday with murder in the w ond ik|in in the case growing out of the killing of C. B. Everett, also colored, near here Sunday before last. The trial justice ruled that the evidence offered would not justify a ?rat-degree murder charge, but that there eras probable cause to maintain the leaser charge. Bond in the am of $1JM was required. Unable to raise that amount, Ewell was returned to the county jail, where he awaits trial in the Martin County Superior Court convening in next Revival in Local Church Attracts Large Crowds crowds are attending the ?Triers that are being held i FINALS PROGRAM AT EVERETTS THURSDAY I Twenty-oae girt* ut keys are completing their work in the Se cret ts School this week ul will receive their certihcates of i tion at schednled exercises Thursday morning. May 13. Several Hurt Last Saturday Night in Wreck Near Here Howard and Bryant Cherry, County Young Men. Are Victims of Accident Several people were hurt, none seriously, and property damage es timated to exceed $400 resulted when the old 1928 model Chev rolet car of Howard Cherry and a new Ford truck with a dump body crashed on the Windsor highway, near the end of the river (111, Saturday night a bout 11 o'clock. The car was head ed for the junk heap right after the wreck, and it is estimated that re pairs to the truck will run around $400. Howard Cherry, young while man of near here, amc touoe thfl nodn of near here, came out of the wreck with a 4-inch gash in the side of his head. Bryant Cherry suffered se vere bruises and possible fractures of the hip and arm. John Beach, driver of the car, was bruised but not badly hurt. Perry Strickland. Powellsville man and driver of the truck, escaped with slight injuries, but Albert Lynch, a companion, suf fered a 4-inch gash on the side of his head. No explanation of the accident was offered, the drivers of the two machines stating that they did not know how it occurred, that they ap parently sideswiped each other and a lot of twisting and turning follow ed. The drivers of the truck and car were said not to have been drink ing. Mrs. Biggs Cox Dies At Home in Hassell Section Last Friday Interment Made In Family Plot at Ayden Sunday Afternoon Mrs. "'if highly respected and greatly beloved woman of the Hassell section, died at her home there last Fnday afternoon follow ing an illness of two weeks She had been in failing health for sev eral months, but was able to be up and visit with her children until about two weeks ago. when she was forced to her bed The daughter of the late Thomas and Mima Hart, prominent family <1 Pitt County, Mrs. Cox was born near Ayden 87 years ago, where she grew up and married while a young woman When 13 years old, she joined the Christian church in Ay den, and was a loyal member of that faith until her death, or lor more than half a century. In the latter part of 1915 she moved with her family to this county and made her home near Hassell, where she was soon recognised as a good neighbor and loyal friend, a good woman who found peace and joy m her kindly acts for others. Although she reared a large family of her own. she found home open to the needy. Eleven children, all of whom are now living, were born to the union, and in addition to caring for and rearing her own children, she adopt ed a niece. Miss Louise Cox. now of Speed, and took her into the home as one of her own children. Mr. Cox died about three years ago. and she was the last member of the im mediate Hart family The names of the children are Mrs. Zylphia Mc Lawhom and Mrs. Zula Mr Law horn. both of Ay dan, Mrs. Zadie Can non, of Kenansville; Mrs. Zenobia Haislip. wife of County Commission er R. A. Haislip; Mean. Zadocfc Cox, of Speed; Zeber Cox. of Mac clesfield; George Cox, of Winterville Rev. Thad Cox. of West Point, Vs.; Lee and Desmond Cox. of Hassell; and Gaston Cox. of Ayden. Funeral set sices were conducted at the late home Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Iter. C a Mash of the family. Inlaimiid was m the family plot in the Ayden cemetery Patrol Radio System Ex|>eeted To Begin 0|>eratiiig June 1st Captain Chas. Farmer Here For Laying of Extensive Net Work of Wires The North Carolina State High way Patrol police radio system will be ready for operation on or about June 1, weather conditions permit ting. and no other obstacles present themselves. Captain Chaiiie Farmer, of the patrol, said yestercay Work on the stations here anc at Eliza bethtown is being rushed to com pletion. and just as soon as they are ready for operation the system will be brought into use. the patrol rap tain said. A wire network, consisting of 14 miles of wire laid underground, ts being placed at the station here this week Construction work on the building housing the transmitting equipment and operators is nearing completion, and the installation of Hie apparatus is to get underway shortly. Captain Farmer explained that the wire network would be laid before the ground is cleared off. that .the condition of the site would not delay work on the broadcasting sta tion. Painters have not completed their work on the 303-foot tower, but their delay will not interrupt the working of the system Transmitting apparatus has al ready been installed in two of the stations, and the installation work will likely get underway ben lbs latter part of next week or the week Enforcement Officer Scoring Heavily in Dri\e on \iolators Marked Decrease In Illicit In This County The end for illegol liquor manu facturing and booth gging in Mar tin County was predicted today as Special Enforcement Officer J H. Roebuck continues his work into all parts of the county. Just hour long the illicit business will remain idle depends largely upon the coopera tion of the general public and the future program of the control au thorities. The control boards are pushing for the complete rlunina iion of the illicit business and keep ing it wiped out. but tlie measure of their success and the progress Of ll special officer depend upon the co operation of the general public. During the first month. Special Officer Roebuck was with the con trol board, he captured and d stroyed IS liquor plants. So far tl month only three have been destroy ed and the officer has not slackened in his efforts. Last Friday he fol lowed a 10-mile trail in the old Dy mond City area in search of a liquor plant but failed. The raid did not prove unsuccessful, however. Tor he found and destroyed 14 gallons of liquor and about a bushel of pint bottles. The man can follow a trail better than a bloodhound." w one report heard following comple tion of the raid. Sunday morning the officer arrest ed Jack Knight for illegal pc lion of liquor. Knight was a home in Williams Township ju li oss the road from Holly Sp church. The colored man was *23, taxed with the costs and a 2-month suspended road by Judge H. O. Peel in county court hate ynUrday. Raiding on Williamston's Jpwer East Mam Street several days the officer arrested "Dummy" Wil liams and charged him with post ing illegal liquor Williams is to have had an account tying the names of a "time" customers. He. given a three months road sentence by Judge Transplanting Gets Started on Farms of County This Week Delayed by Blue Mold Dam age. Work Goes For ward Slowly Delayed by blue mold damage to their plants. Martin County farmer* are starting the transplanting of their tobacco crops this week, re ports stating that the work can be expected to proceed very slow ly and continue nearly to June. Their beds just beginning to "grow out" of the blue mold, farmers are getting just enough plants, in most cases, to fill a few rows at the time Half dozen or so fanners have completed the transplanting work, but it will be the latter part of next week before the task will be nearing completion. and w rail in mutlinotB wm have to be very favorable if the transplant ing progresses at that rate. Reports state that fanners on the border have transplanted their crop, and that there is an increase in acre age there While a decrease is ex pected here, it is impossible to pre dict with any degree of accuracy the extent of the decrease Some farm ers will curtail their acreage if they find it very difficult to get plants, but others will wander over the belt and pay fancy pnees for plants that they may get their acreages even if they are until early June doing it. No cases of plant stealing have been reported in this section, but in some counties it is said that rogues have invaded the fields and stolen plants already transplanted In oth er sections, fanners are said to be guarding their plant beds with shot guns In this immediate territory, the plants are fast adding a green color, but they are growing unusually slow, the seventy of the blue mold attack and cool nights being cited as the mam reasons for the slow plant growth Several Fights in "Little Chicago County and town police forces were combined last Saturday night to handle disturbances on lower East Main Street, a section that is generally referred to in police circles as "Little Chicago." So complete was one assault that the undertaker was called to the scene, but the vic tim rallied in time to tell his res cuers that he thought there was a chance of recovery for him. The first distress call was received about ~ o'clock Saturday night, when Jame. George and Leona Huff in are alleged to have attacked Lera Mit chell No great damage was done. and the case is now before the tlMli An hour later Abram Jones as saulted James Allen Moore with some kind of weapon, and it was thought at first that the victim was dead or dying Jones is out under bond pending trial of the rase. Two hours later James Harris at tacked Collis Bryant, colored man from New York, with a pocket knife. The assault left Bryant with one of his ears half gone Sunday night D. D. Hill assaulted Beatrice Rogers and Hester Williams with his fists. The damage was min or, reports stated All the participants were colored, and several of thfc disturbances were directly or indirectly caused by drinking, it was learned from one of the four officers participating in the round ups Officers Gurganus and Ramey. of the loam force, and Sher iff Roebuck and Deputy Haislip. of the county force, made the arrests. Bertie Court Begins Trial of $20,000 Suit The trial of a $30,000 damage suit brought by Mary C. Dail. adminis tratrix. against Bdrroughs and Dan iels and T Jarvts Griggs, as a result of the death of Glenwood F. Cape hart. young white man. is to get underway in the Bertie County Su Capehart. young Bertie white boy. as killed when the car m which he was riding and a truck belonging era of Bdhaven. crashed on the Wil liamston and Washington highway in this county the 17th of last May. killed instantly when crashed during a Bavy fog early an Sunday morn g a year ago next Monday. Grig^, charged with manslaugh not guilty in the Superior Court h directing a verdict in the case. ( FARM LIFE SCHOOL CLOSES TERM FRIDAY i CU?*|J nmhcs Thandat nnni at Iks ?nt at t II tsi I. Uaard hjr thr i ai i ??< at iddrm the Mlawiac ercaaac at the at hoar auk thr close of thr Inl term tor thr >ua Life School its cahitid baikdiac. Niar hoys aad (iris arc cradaatiac thin I YOUNGSTER STARS I Chart* Sim*. Calif* km hjr the Bmra far agtog aad to hold do** fra basr far the Martias. n ptai tag a* a hie taar to that poutia*. hat hd Sator day hrs batttog?faar far Ire. to rladiag aae hwr leatarrd the play to a game ? Ith Sa*a Hill Number Teachers iu County Schools Are ResijniiiiK Positions p r Expecting Difficult Task In Filling Positions In the Short-term Schools Unofficial reports this week indi rate that many teachers in the Mar tin County schools are offering their resignations, a number of them stat ing that they planned to enter other professions, while others are plan ning to locate m other sclmuls It was learned this week that six teachers in the Hear Grass .school had resigned, that at least two and possibly more in the Willjamston plant, four or more at Oak City, and at least two in the Everetts school were planning to change their teach ing positions or quit the profession No official reports have come from the several local committees, but it is quite apparent that the personnel in the county school faculties next term will be considerably different from that this year Many city and county schools have voted the ninth month, and naturally positions in those plants will receive first consideration by applicants, and it appears now that the election of teachers will be made with much difficulty to the positions made vacant by the numerous resig nations in this county. "We have considered several applications and sought out available teachers, and we have learned that good teachers skin be hard to find for this coming term." one principal in the county said yesterday No Masonic Meeting To Be Held Here Tonight nouneed tha morning that there would be do meeting at Skewarfcee Lodge tonight m the lodge hall, due School Closings Now Underway in County All Except Two ^ ill End Uork for Term Before Next ^ eek Thad Eure Delivers Finals Address in Auditorium Here This Evening All Mai tin County schools, with the exception of those in the Oak City district, will have rlubed the !^36-37 term by the end off this week. The colored schools complet ed ~the term last week, and finals programs are being held here this evening and at Gold Point and lias sell Thursday. Jamesvtlle. Farm Life and K?*bersonvilel will hold fir Tiin-rncemenl _exercises on Friday ?f this week, the finals pro grams at Hamilton and Oak City will be lield on Friday off next week Bear Grass, the first school in the county to close, completed the term la^t Friday. j Reports are not yet con^iete. but. it is understood that the six high schools in the county are graduating about the same number of young! boys and girls as they did last term Commencement events held in several schools, including the annual sermon in the high school building here last Sunday morning, have been well attended and new attendance records are likely to be established as the larger schools hold their final events this week and next Rev E F Muse ley. local Episcopal minister, delivered an able sermon to the 25 members off the local sen tor class in the high school auditor ium here last Sunday morning at II o'clock Everetts School Finals Tliur^lav Class-day exmars Wednesday i < venin< at I o'clock and the (rad i nation program at 11 the following ! morning will mark the close of a ..successful term for the EverettsI sr huol. Principal H. B. Russell an j nounced today Large crowds are expected for the two programs, the school man stating that the house vi as filled for the operetta by the primary grades sometime ago The class-day caeniaes Wednes day night will be in the form, o fa I lawn party, the program following uates. Rev. J. H. Smith, fm mer parlor of the Everetts Baptist church, will deliver the commencement address at the 11 o'clock hour, and certifi cates will be awarded to the 21 graduates to mark the close of the term ??? Brown Breaks Into (Cardinals Lii?c-l |> Jimmie Brown, the JamesviUe boy u holding his own in thr big league line up of the St Louts Cards The ) cung man. appearing in the game for several days straight, featured a contest a day or two ago uith a homer and two singles. In his first game he went in as a pinch hitter of wins up at Retdsvillr Only a few days ago he and Herb Levy both Mart nit rained. won a game all by themselves. Dick Cherry, of Everett*, is hold ing a pitching ville to date, and d m I appear that the dwmond here is a right good training lot, as all John A. Griffin Ends Life at His Home in Griffins Township Prominent Citizen and One Of County's Leading Farmers John A. Griffin, prominent coun found dead late yesterday afternoon at his home in Griffins To the victim of a self-inflicted |_ wound. The body was found small bed of leaves under a just back of an outbuilding about f o'clock by his young son. a senior in high school. Mr Griffin is be l.eved to have ended his life about 3 o'clock and death was instantane ous. New s of the tragic act came as a decided shock to the family and his many" friends in the community and here, wnere he was well known and highly respected as an upright and progressive citizen. Said to have been brooding much of late over his health. Mr. Griffm. l?owever. had closely guarded any intention to end his life. His borne life was surrounded by understand ing and pleasantness and. although he had plenty, he was downcast at times and ?owed to worry unneces sary over l is icalth and the con ditio" of his crops, possibly The family was away .is 'jjg rel a!i\? s and short before 3 o'clock Mr. Grifl.in u ent to the home of Mr Asa Griffin. a near-by neighbor, and bor rowed a gunshell. He explained that he wanted to shoot a rabbit, and the mission of his visit was given little attention The report of the gun was heard a few minutes later. The shot was fired into his body just be low the chest and at close range. Part of the clothing was burned and death was apparently without a struggle: Mi Griffin. 53 years old last Sep tember 12. was bom and reared in Griffins Township He married there and is survived by his widow and four children. LeRoy. Leslie. Thurman and Mary Clyde, all of Griffins Township He was the son of Mr. Simon Daniel Griffin, one of Griffins Township's finest and oldest gentlemen Besides his m mcdiate family and his father, he leaves five brothers. Messrs Joseph. S C. Ira. David and George Griffin, and one sister. Mrs Ludie Roberson. all of this county. Mr Gnffin was one oT the coun tj's riKist successful farmers. He worked hard, valued the trust be hind his obligations, and was rec t gnized as an upright and valuable citizen in his home community and county Funeral services are being con ducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the late home. Interment will follow in the Tice Cemetery M I la yes Swamp in Griffins Tovwlup Mr Griffin's death was the sec trot her. Jesse Griffin, having died suddently three years ago the of last month Aerial \la|*> To Be Made of Farm Lands In Parts of County Department of Agriculture Plans This Method as Check on Compliance J prrtifirts of Martin [County farmlands will be mapped jfrorn airplanes this coming itiuai m jchecking compliance tn the sod con servation program, according to un official information received here I this week The United States De partment of Agriculture ing bids f?T the work, and i will possibly be let for the work to get mwkiiij Wllfl tn the near futujre. The authorities plan to make com plete aerial surveys m a number of counties, but in Martin only the up per portion will be mapped, it is understood The department announced this meek that aerial maps, the most effective way of < ?ng compliance, will be i 000 square miles of farm land, in cluding 1.870 square malm m Math Carolina These maps, which show distinctly every crop feature of a farm, will I farm land in the country famt land 000 square Local Firemen Receive Call Sunday Afterm
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