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I THE ENTERPRISE S VOLUME XL?NUMBER 40 Williamston, Martin County. North Carotin*, Tuesday, May 18. 1937 ESTABLISHED 1899 III I'r.I Martins Are Hai First Loss by Bugs Before Large Crowd Jefferson Held Goldsboro's Bugs To Two Hits In Game Saturday i of the M009 here Sunday aft Goldsboro. blanked 7-0 a their home lot the day before by the Martins, brought much luck with them Sunday and. withali the breaks anyone could possibly hope for. the Bugs won the second of the tw game senes by a 5 1 count. The visitors held the score, but the sta Following the game, and almost equalling it m importance was the shasrmg work of Ace Villepique and Artie Deim. Entertaining the hum orous ideo that it would be ill luck for them to shave until the Martins lost a game, the centerfielder and third sacker scratched behind heavy beards for 10 days, both of them finding it a bit irksome to even sleep with themselves. They held on to the superstition, however, but when the chance presented itself. Ace and Artie staged an attack on the whis kers and won the battle after much scratching and pulling ~l spent much tune unrhnking my razor, but 1 feet like a new man now," Deun said following the shave Sunday aft ernoon. and. as for the looks. Skip per Art Hauger has two new mem bers on his squad in the shaved per sonages of Ace and Artie Grant Jefferson polled consider noon when he pitched 2-hit ball to feature the 7-0 shut-out on the home grounds of the Bugs And then he turned around and worked with his teammates at bat. hitting for two bases and scoring a run. Paced by Villepique. who hit safely 3 out of 5 tunes, the Martins touched Elliott for 13 knocks, one a homer by Stev ens Jefferson fanned an even doz en. and his teammates played er rorless ball behind him. Hubble. Dean, or any other recog nized hurler of the big leagues could have done nothing with the lurk brought here Sunday afternoon by the Goldsboro Bugs, who crawled around the diamond to break up the Martins' scoring threats with dou ble plays an two occasions and han dling chances they had no business handling Rollins. a bit liberal and determined not to give the visitors anything good in the second inning, walked three men and allowed two three b.* i hits, the visiters making < of thaar 7 imv ??? that frame The Martins pitcher, allowing on 4 hits, held the initios to one safe hit zf: er the second inning. Brennan. Bugs first baseman, hit for two hases in the fifth and scored on a wild pitch Rollins struck out II men. pushing ha total to 35 during his ? V- t Earp and Ledbetter. with two hits each, accounted for half of the blows for the locals. Earp scoring the lone run m the eighth for the Martins The shortstop singled. Villepique singled, but Stanley hit into a dou ble play, leaving Earp on third Led better suited to bat in the run The game scheduled here with Efforts were made to play off either the tie game with TUboro or the rained-out game with Kinston yes terday. but Tarboro had already while Kantrm suggested a delay of a week or two. Local School Board In Mretina Tntuv 111 Wlwtlilt I UUa j , Stwitl local colored citizens, aft er the scalp of one or more teachers ia the colored srhooh here, are di iiiliaf then- oppoatiaa to the* da courthouse The meeting led at 11 o'clock this moru la too strict ia m be that it is reoog OAK CITY SCHOOLS CLOSE FRIDAY will rlnr Ike 1836-17 Ina war J. L Mia.n. af Wake 7s- TW Oak Cily arkaat* ly la rlase tlus year The int af Ike ear by Key. J. L G?f. af Wil Tobacco Fa Searching BANK HOLIDAY First Disturbance at Site of Pulp Plant Reported Saturday Joseph Wilson, Greensboro Negro. Held For Assault On Joseph Ben Vance TV first serious disturbance at V Kieckhefer pulp mill in the low T part of this county was reported wt unlay us mm-. sliHl JdC Wilson, ?tretshnfo nrfrp. nearly cut Joe >n Vance. Charlotte negro, to death rith a pocket knife Wilson, ar ested by Shmfl Reid of Plymouth, s in the county fail here, his trial icing delayed pending the outcome 4 Vance's wounds Reports received here stated that Wilson and Vance were gambling, hat the cuttmg followed an argu nent over the game Vance drew a >tstoi_ but before be could use it, Wilson sliced him a number of limes m the head, hands, and arms It las first thought that the man would lie. but his condition was reported zn proved today and his uuiwiy B The men were not in the employ if the pulp ??u but were working m railroad sidings and were living Sixteen highway and railroad ?o?kers there are said to have par mpated too freely in drinking robes there last Saturday night and o Plymouth and found their way i a the Waihingtno County fail Name Deputy for Kieckhefer Plant Henry Gaylord fanner Martin bounty man but now a resident of tfymouth. was appointed special for the Kieckliefer at its plant irmers Are for Plants Some (?oiii? As Far As South Carolina; Coot! Priees Offered Indications Point To Some Increase in Acreage In County This Year Experiencing a serious shortage on their farms. Martin County growers are now conducting an extensive search for tobacco plants, the drive carrying them into Pitt and Lenoir Counties and even to the South Car olina line, or well over 100 miles. Several trucks were driven into the Lumberton area yesterday, and a ' rangements for plants were made by a number of growers The plant shortage in this immed late section apparently is causing more alarm than any place else, and farmer: arc paying good prices for discarded beds tn othei counties The prices are ranging from $$50 up to ?500 depending upon the size of beds and h? w. had!) the farmer needs the plants South Carolina and the border market territories have ocnpk-tedj the transplanting of their crop, re liable reports :ndsc.tii.g the acre age has been increased by about 15 to 20 per cent Georgia was said to have increased, but weather con ditions of late are holding the crops bad uncicial reports maintained Rain last Friday .mpr-ved condi bohssurrounding the transplanting of the crop here to a considerable extent, and offered the greatest en couragement for an increased crop so far experienced. That every fanner will increase his crop is not expected, but hundreds who less than a week ago thought they could get plai s lor only about half a crop are now going ar. dpossibly more A considerable portion of the crop will be placed in the fields Ihts week, but transplanting activities will last into early June Sometimes a late crop is better than an early one, and if the seasons are favorable for a late crop this year, then Martin farmers have good prospects for Merchant Held Dp On Road Near Here L C Nun** merchant on the Jamesvilie - Williamston highway. ?as held up and rohbed while go ing from hts store to his home last Friday night about ? 30 o'clock The merchant had closed his business d was taking a few maa including a piece of ice. to the wher. the robber attacked turn. Mr tack, the robber apparently | frightened and aremg the scene with only the we in hn hand The merchant eras carrying about 0 hi cash and a pwtnl When th? robber threw has arm around him. Mr. Nurney drupped the held on to the money The merchant krxt thought he Scotland Neck Man Under Bond Result Fatal Auto Accident Maurice Whidbee Released Under $500 Bond After Death Mariah Small Mmriw Whidbee. Plymouth man t employed by a moto* company tn 1 Scotland Neck, was released under (500 bond in the county court here yesterday in the manslaughter case brought against him last Frtday for running over and fatally injuring Mariah Small, colored woman, be tween Hasset! and Hamilton Sunday night of last week Probable cause was found by Judge H O Perl in the case, and Whidbee. young while man. is to face trial in the superior court next month State Highway Patrolman O laory placed Whidbee under arrest and turned him over to county officers last Friday Bond a as arranged the follow ing day Whidbee states thai he was meet ing another car and was blinded by its lights, that he did not see the woman until he was within a few feet of her He picked Ihc woman up and carried her to a TSarboro las pital. where she died the following day. the third victim to lose her life on the highways of the county so far this year. The Small woman was about SO years old and was said to have sel dom yielded her righu as a pedes Irian on the highway*. Finals Program At College in Wilson Dr Halford E Luccock. professor of Homileties in Yale University Divinity School, has been selected to deliver the commencement ad dress at Atlantic Chrrslian College. Wilson, on Monday. May H it was announced today Dr. Luccock. eminent lecturer and author, has delivered many com mencement addresses and sermons throughout the United Stales The commencement exercises w ill be held in the gymnasium at 1? 30 Monday morning, at which tunc the college awards and diplomas to the graduates will be presented by Pres. H S. Hilley There are forty-six graduates this year. Class day will be held next Sat urady morning at 10 30 on the front campus The college band will ap pear in concert at 5 3! that after noon. The commencement play. "Dulcy" by Kaufman and c'nnnrl ly. will be presented Saturday eve ning at 8 30 o'clock Sunday morning at II 00 o'clock. Dr H s Hilley will preach the bacva bulletin? sei nun I- and at aw/, u'dwi that evening, the Y M C A and the Y W C A. wlU hold a joint a <1 candle light vesper service Radio Stations Will Hardly Be Completed Before July I ? North Carolina's highway patrol radio system will hardly be ready for operation before the July, obstacles unforseen a few days ^ ago presenting themselves and de- - laying the preparation of the sys 1 tcm Much difficulty is being em perienced in laying the underground 1 wiring system at the local station, it c was learned today Apprwmnately nine miles of wire are being laid daily, reports from the station last evening staling that nearly 100 miles of the wire remained to be placed under ground Firemen Called to Home ot Kader B. Crawford Sunday No damage resulted, but the home of Mr and Mrs. K B Craw ford on Smiuwu Street was ureal ened by fire last Sunday morning at I SO o'clock when an accumulaUon of soot in a large chimney burned The burning soot was si lowered on the shingle roof and smoke filled the second story and attic, but the home did not catch fire The volunteer fire company w called out. but no water lines were laid Local Firemen Receive Two Calls This Week Williamston's volunteer week yesterday afternoon at 4 45 o* clock, yrhen fire threatened the Julia Ormond, colored, apartment on Rhodes Street, near the Starting from a defer tin fire burned off the wall of Tenant Robert Ormond"s ro Other occupants in the build wig neighbors had the fire iirul when the reached there Resettlement Loans Decrease Reflect Improved Conditions Improved conditions among reset lenient administration farmers is re lected in the number of loans ad vanced by the agency in the coun y this year, a report released this veek by Miss Katherine Faison. sec etarv to Field Representative D C kfodlin. showing a slight reduction n applications and a 25 per cent de Tease in the amount lent. Last ye;.r th-? Resettlement Ad n 'nistiation advanced loans amount ing to around $42,000 to 103 farmers compaied with loans in the1 amount of $32,310 to 87 farmers. A similar reduction was reported by the seed and feed loan agency in fills rwinly hnl there was a fairly sizeable increase in the number of U?ans and the amount advanced by the Production Credit Corporation. Health Service To Be Deeided Next T uesdav oinmissioiiiTs and Health Board ill [fold Joint Session Public Has Given Proposal Its Approval by Signing Circulated Petitions The proposal to establish a full une health service for Martin Coun y. mill receive official considers ?on at a combined meeting of the ounty commissioners and member* ?f the board of health in the court xnise next Tuesday morning at 10 ''clock Mr J E. Pope, chairman of he two gioups. announced today tfhile the meeting is ?i?en to th\' Hiblu it is believed the petitions; -igned in recent weeks by many j eadinr citizens of the county will >e recognized as an expression of he general public fa\ormg the serv ce However, anyone desiring to I f ho mAolini) u-ill Ka U'aI A it tend the meeting will be wel timed. Mr Pope said It is generally believed the horities favor the estabhshmen he full-time health service, and that hey will order the creation of such i department if they find it possible o do so. The commissioners, about wo years ago. approved the serv ce, but an act of the legislature. *assrd through misunderstanding, wevented the establishment of the lepartment at that time. The law was repealed during the last ses aon of the legislature. The authorities are expected to nake a detailed study of the pro ?used department as to its cost and ervice- Dr Fox. of the State Board f Health, is expected here to out ine the program and answer any luestions the members of the com ined boards may care to ask. Holding a meeting a few weeks igo. the county board of health en lorsed the service, the members giv ng it their unanimous approval Various civic organizations and a <ave signed petitions urging the au horities to favorably consider the ?stablishment of the full-time health ervice. and it is certain that several lundrcd citizens would be glad to it tend the meeting next Tuesday to express in person their approval for in expansion of the present public wealth facilities Dr. Joseph H. launders, head of the part-time ?ealth service now available in the ounty. has endorsed the proposal o enlarge the service, explaining he ould not afford to stand in the wi if a program thai held such iromise to the people of this Hre adoption of the proposed ce would transfer the public iuties now handled by Dr Saul 0 the full-tune department as assistants. The enlarged service candles all clinics, including typhoid inmunization. dental examinations ind pre school health surveys, a miot that has ^been handled b> he part-tune department whenever 1 lllllll The part-tune program has proved if great benefit to the people of this vmnty in past years. Dr. J. H. Saun iers. present head, and the late Dr. KTilliam E. Warren having rendered i valuable service Messrs. C. C Fleming. R. L. Per 7. J. E Pope. C Abram Roberson, ind R A_ Haislip. county commis fioners. and Messrs. J E Pope. J. C Manning and J L Hassell. and Drs / A Ward. J S Rhodes and W C Mercer, members of the board of icaJth. are expected to be present fcr the meeting next Tuesday To Name Williamston Fair Manager Within Few Days A manager for (he Williamston 'air next fall will be named within he next few days. N Y Chambliss. iterator, said today It is possible that Harvey Walker, papular man i(er of the fair during the past two masons, will return to continue the nanagerial duties, but the (_~?trEAN-UP DKJVJC 4f A clean-up. paint up. and fix up campaign is scheduled to get I underway here Thursday of this Mia I-of a Sleeper, rounty home agent who b heading the drive, announced today The agent b directing partic ular attention to the need for clearing vacant lob. the elimi nation of breeding places for mosquitoes and Hies. She is also urging an improvement in gen rral sanitation. Young Weldon Man .IniIt'll tor Enticing I irl To Hiiii Away Yotinf. Girl Returned To Her Hamilton Home by County Officers l.ured from tho home of her par cnts In Hamilton last Thursday night, Ethel Edmondson. 17 years old, was found in the home of Tony Boykin at Wilson Monday night and leiurned by officers to Hamilton early today, ending an extensive s? arch that had boon carried into parts of Virginia and all over east ern Carolina Sherrill Whitaker. Weldon boy about 22 years old. wanted for the alleged theft id an automobile in Tarboro last week, was arrested in Halifax County yes terday afternoon and will likely be brought to this county to face a charge of seduction in connection with the young girls disappearance Whitaker is said In have influ enced the girl to iun away from home by promising to get her a job in a Norfolk cafe The couple rode around all last Thursday night in the Jamesville section" of the rnnn ty. and later they went to Wilson where he deserted her. young Weldon man came to this county shortly after lie is said to have stolen a car in Tarboro He Visited in the R A Bailey home near Wllllamston. and last Wi-dnes oay night accompanied a young man named liowen to the home of Guil ford Warren, near Spring Green. The Edmondson girl, a student in the Hamilton school, was visiting in the Warren home and met Wlut aki^l On Thursday about noon he yt* the girl and talked with her while she was returning to school Ii is believed by officers that Whit aker laid the plans at that time for her to leave home early the same evening. Between 8 and 9 o'clock, after ex plaining to members of her family that she did not feel well and that she was going to bed. the girl slip ped out the back door, joined Whit aker at an appointed place and ran away with him The young girl was seldom in the company of boys and little realized the possible dangers in running a - a ??? 1 uniting a way with the man After she learn ed that Whitaker was not taking her to Norfolk, she was afraid to appeal for aid and remained with him until they reached Wilson, officers said Start Suits tor Collection Unemployment Insurance Raleigh?First legal action against a North Carolina employer for fail ure to pay contributions on his 193fi Payroll under the N C. Unemploy "wnt Compensation Act has beet started by the commission. Certifl " U> the sheriff and clerk of superior court of the rounty. and will be docketed as a judgment. The sheriff will levy on personal property, then, if that is insufficient, on real prop erty of the delinquent employer. This employer submitted a note pay able later for the bulk of the con tribution. and a small check. Both were returned by the communion, aa there is no provision in the act for payment by note. Aged Look Forward To Benefits Under Social Security Act No Material Cost Increase To Martin County Is Expected ?The agrd in On* crmnty if ?g erly looking forward to July 1.1 the Social Security Act becomes op erative. reports stating that some of !he old boys are looking around for w idows with the serious idea of get ting married Rumors have it that .me old bachelor has purchased him a cheap car on the strength of the aid he hopes to get. that he ts court ing here and there. No record on ihe progress he is making in his ;ourtships could be had Machinery for handling the old? age pensions and aid to the blind and dependent children is being set up in this county, and a study of I he needs is already underway Fairly accurate estimates on the ;ost and the number of eligible to participate in the assistance pro gram are expected the latter part >f this week from the county wel fare department. Present indications are that the relief load will not be materially increased, that the approximately >15.000 now advanced b> the county for its less fortunate will nearly if not completely meet Martin's share A the expense under the new pro gram. It is estimated that around 100 aged, blind person^ anu depend ent children will qualify for aid in this county. The State pays one-fourth. Hie rounty one-fourth and the federal government one-half the program expense. Under this plan and at live present rate the county is sup xirtipg |?< relief ?? ?!?,?? ?IH?rinwi - rnately $60,000 will be made avail able to the county needy Pending a decision by the United Stales Supreme Court next week or the week following on the validity A the Social Security Act, those iged who are figuring on matrimony and supporting a wife with a pen sion probably will find a! safer to figuic with caution and probably For more than one reason An ad verse decision will disrupt the re lief program Civil Service Fxam For Local Position The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for the position of Substitute Clerk-Carrier for filling vacancies in the post of fice at Williamston Applications for the position must Ih> on tile with the Manager. Fourth If S Civil Service District. Wash mgton D?C. not laUi Uiau May ~ 29 The examination is being held o fill a vacancy in the Post Office service Competitors will be required to report for written ^unnnitinn. which will be held approximately 15 lays after the date set for the close >f receipt of applications Full in-. rormation and application blanks nay be obtained from the Secretary, Hoard of U. S. Civil Service Ex aminers. Post Office. Williamston ? Martin Patients Checking Out of Hospital This Week Several Martin County patients are being discharged by a Washing ton hospital this week Lee Thomas, young local boy and Mis.-J. A. Rob erson have already returned home. Mayor J L. Hassell is due home to day, and R E Manning will check out of the institution probably to morrow. Joe Lanier Williams Township man. is expected home the latter part of this week. Name of Local Boy On University Honor Roll Irving C Griffin, young son of Mr and Mrs. S C Griffin, of Wil liamston. gained recognition as a student in the University of North Carolina recently His name ap peared in the list of those honor stu dents making 90 or more m their scholastic work. Young Griffin was said to be the only student from this county to attain the honor Unemployment Fund Mow In Excess of t+JSOOJfOOM Raleigh.?North Carolina's unem ployment compensation fins d recent ly passed the HS00.000 mai rfc. This represents the contributions of about 5.50U employers, operating . about T. BOO establishments, on nea r?y 500. BOO employees. The fund ts kept intact and will all be used ing compensation to work for pay become unemployed tK?n ugh no fault of their own after m at AprU
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