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mm THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XL?NUMBER 42 ^i7H?ifw. Martia Coamty, North Carohma. Tuesday, May 2S. 1937 A ttM Martins Break Even In Series With Aces; Still Leading League Te*? Stages Comeback To Offest "Off-day" Loss Last Friday ?itemed lU hold on top po sition m the Coastal Plain loop fay ? The tms divided a four A**"- the boy, from over m Pitt holding two aces in the hole The* Pl?y?l them well. too. for William 5UMI ta-ac -a -- ... w, iur William *??? "? handed its wont defeat at the season here test Fnday after Aee moundaman ?. ~ baffled Art Haugen hit ??*? hy feeding ihem ? n.,, P**ti?Uy all of the boys readily admittin* th?v ? V . -uic uojs readily admitting they were buffaloed from the start While the Martins were held to * hits m the 14-1 coi the visitors pounded Jefferson am Gardner for 1? safrl.es Aydrn bat Jed around and was two down m the . u|> " hen Gardner relieved Jef ferson m the Hist. The 7 'hat frame counted for 7 runs Wil ^ntons lone marker came in me "Then Lakotas walked. Sharker Sin#UH ami C* - J ?"Cjjd and Steve counted ? TXir hv for. ..-J? m __ w. ~ tuumra on an er by Corrado. first sacker for the Aces ? __ ?v-aww-a IUI IOT .. ... . *'*? 0? setting around ?t-the local, hml an off-day and the e"ublt?n was rott?n Saturday, the Martins vindicated they went over to ?- WCT ^Vden and registered . 7 3 win Stanley. Stevens and Sharkey hat tffwfl mil - ?_?_s -a .e. . . , ?ao oai a h**! of 10 hit, in the 15 blow contest. 14 of them at the es Pmr 01 Harrison, who essayed an uoo-man art and succeeded in haf ?tog the Martins here the day fffWm U. . J "r*" relieved in the eighth OJr Strunk. handling the pitch fflr iKo Aff . _ imiKJUllP Uir Dltc mt task for the Martins, allowed 9 Ace, scoreless aft third inning Compleung the series here Sunday "Tnoon. the Aces handed the Mar tua their fourth lam of the --- , ? by ? 4-0 count II was the first shut outfor the locals, and all four of its Comin* oo the home grounds in succession Rollms held the vm ??.?? 7 tuU ind truck out 9. but the blows, one a home run by Monk Joyner. came when needed to run ?P the warm, count The local, threatened to hi. the Proved" ef .J proved ef fective in the pinche* Some michty the Martins' bats, the drives were picked off all "?*?l the outfield fences and count ?f for nothing except a ,.me a^ ?teen competition lor ranking poai **"*. ,n the 8-team circuit is devel optng rapidly, hu, the fogh ?Tm the Daily Bible Schools Planned in County The Daily Vacation Bible Schools being conducted tat the county by religious hnihil of the Presbyterian church are meeting with martoed success. Rev. John Whitley said a day or two ago Nearly 100 chil dren in the Bear Gram community have been attending the school there each day since classes were held the early part d There are 12 members h the facul ty and the school is i work, the minister i Following the chut of the i at Bear Grass, similar work will be at Robes sun's ; June 1. and the third school will be held two neths later m Poplar Point. Beginning next Monday a Vacation Bible School will be con ducted here, the leaders : ots Hardison Dane* Recital Well Received Last Night boy m Aerial Survey To Be Made of County Farms During Week, A survey of farm lands lime this County Afmt T. B. Brandon The survey, to be made i a height of 14.000 feet. will m ? an lands in Gooae Neat. Ham Poplar Point, and parts of Croat Bauds and Hob iville Townships, the agent said. Umber areas in other districts the surveys there impracti cable. it was pointed out. The aenal photographers work so high that they will make the sur vey possibly unnoticed by the farm er in the held An area of about 2 1-2 auks square ?> included in a ranfr. the cameraman will "shoot" the tana m his fields- Agent Brandon aili ms all tanners to keep on the move that their twisting and turning may make a favorable im arhen the maps are placed eral department of agriculture If there is to be any resting, it m ill be well for the fanner to seek cover eye under a big It is millet itoud the photographers will fiy east-west and west-east di reel ions and move to the south about 1 1-2 miles an each trip Of Rural Power Lines Young Man Fatally Hurt When Kicked by Mule Kicked in the stomach by a mule while working on the Johnson farm, near Hamilton, last Saturday after noon. William Robert Daniel, jr.. 19 years old. died early Monday morn ing in a Rocky Mount hospital He was carried to the hospital soon aft er he was hurl Funeral services are being con ducted at the home of his parents this afternoon at 2 o'clock by El der William Grows Interment will follow m Halifax County, near Scot land Keck. Besides his parents, the young man is survived by several brothers John D. Rockefeller! Died Early Sunday At Estate in Florida Small But Liquid Estate Is Left by Builder of Great "Dollar Dynasty" John D Rockefeller, sr. founder of the world's greatest "dollar dy nasty." and the same old codger who owned the Standard filling sta tion an Williamston's Main Street, died Sunday morning at IDS o'clock at his winter home. "The Casements" down in Florida, where he had been since last fall The renowned finan cier would have been M years old July S. his death cutting short by a meager K months his wish to rench the age of 100 years t~**T 'he aged body is speeding by special tram to his home ii Pbcantico Hills in New York Stale, arhnc private fumisl ? i ? 1 ices will be conducted tomorrow Burial will follow the next day in Cleveland, where he trudged the street as a lad for six weeks before landing his first regular job^as a bookkeeper's assistant The aged finanr irr's death eras at tributed to the hardening of the heart muscles. The end came sud denly and unexpectedly for the one time master of billions and no un mediate members of his family were present He drifted off into a coma about midright, and roused only to srltuper something to his! valet and prsonal servant for ? years The words were not audible Despite his advanced age. Rocke feller had enjoyed comparatively good health all winter He had out w ho had attend ed turn, and he was pronounced "a fine physical specimen" for his ^e when examined last June Following the policy of "make all you can and give all you can." Mr RgtaftJhT eXBCdatd imsrnunions puwci in crushing the weak and m building up one of the greatest for te to fall into one man's At the same time he was the world's granted the sue of ha ex Harry It Hugh G. Horton, jr.. Home From Duke Hospital Today Service Starts on 6 Mile Route Vi itli 21 Customers Tuesday Energizing Six-Mile Line In Griffins Township This Afternoon The r^BtmrtMki of runt elect ri ficataon lines in this county continues slowly but steadily. Manager R H Goodmon. of the Virginia Electric & Power Company office here stating today that approximately 30 miles of lines had been completed or are neanng completion at the present An extension 3 3-4 miles long and serving 24 Customers is being ener gized between here and the Eason Lilies community ui Griffins Town ship today The project is the fifth one handled off the lines of the company in this county, two exten sions in Jamesville one in Cross Roads-Bear Grass, and the fourth in the upper part of the county having been completed some few months The sixth project, from Robersuo ville through Gold Point to Mr L G Taylor's farm in Poplar Point Towustup. is bemg surveyed by the company, and construction of the 7 miles of line is expected to get un derway shortly It is estimated this line will serve around 33 customers Nearly 150 customers on the ap prouulrh 30 miles of the strictly rural line> * ill be served w hen the present program is completed This number does not include those cus tomers living on secondar y transmis son hnes such as those from Wil bamstori to Ererett> and from Rob eraor\? Plans are being considered for ex tending the Griffins Township line into the Farm Life section sometime in the future, but any developments there are dependent upon action by thoee living in the area Progress Stow * on Radio Station Here Tht bjinf of tfar ground network of wtirs foe the State Highway Pa trol radio sutioi here ir progress ing very slowly, the workmen ex imiuaiig much Way Yesterday afternoon the large caterpillar trac tor used m pulling the plow got stuck in the ;<dl ground and the op erators. assistants and workers were busy for several hours freeing the About half of the 14-mile wire network has been laid It ts under at this week and part at next will be re quired to complete the system The MS-foot tower has been re cently painted and other parts of the plant are uady for occupancy, the underground network causing the unexpected delay in placing the Mayor Handles Three Cases la Court Here Last Night mewt upon pays ?mm at the costs m the cases chnt gmg Elisha Speller rxander and B Bal lard, colored woman, with public Lions Clah Sponsoring BoHding ot Tennis Courts Number Plant Beds In County Raided ^ ithin Past Week More Than 70 Percent Of| Tobacco Crop Has Been Transplanted The tobacco transplanting season ty. Martin farmers arc making strin gent efforts to beg. borrow, or buy plants. some resort to thievery to get them. The plant bed of S L Andrews, Williams Township farmer, was raided last Thursday night, the rogues taking any enough plants to transplant several acres Mr An drews, completing the transplanting of his crop, had promised the re maining ones to three of his neigh bors One of the three a cut for the plants last Friday noon, and they were gone Sunday night several beds in the Bear Grass section were raided, the thieves almost wrecking them in the rush to get plants sufficient to fill five acres or mote The crop yesterday in this coun ty was estimated to be 70 per cent transplanted, some fanners stating that many plants were apparently dying following recent settings The transplanting* handled early last meek and during the few days prior to that tune are said to be growing rapidly and cultivation has already Iwcn started in a number of fields Present indications point to the completion of the transplanting work this week w ith probably a few exceptions The big majority of farmers recognize the chances are not at all favorable for a crop trans-1 planted around the first of June and what they can't get into the. ground prior to that time they just do without These are a few farm ers who will possibly continue trans planting until the middle of next month 16 Graduates Get Diplomas at Oak City Finals Friday Several Members of Faculty There Not To Return For 1937 38 Term Commencement exercises m ere held last Friday evening in Oak City when Professor J. L Memory, of Wake Forest College, delivered the main address and diplomas were awarded to 16 graduates and cer tifkate> to 3 students The school was the last in the county to close the 1936-37 term, described as one of the m?i successful in years. Prnfp"5sw Memory based his ad dress on "Know what you want, get get " Reverence, dependability and helpfulness were pointed out as the necessary requisites to a useful and happy life The commencement program was largely attended. Principal Ainsley The wholesale resignations in the faculty ranks of a number of schools in the county have been experienced at Oak City. Principal Ainsley stat ed. Three teachers in the elemen tary department and three in the high srhool have resigned Applica tions for the posrtionj made vacant by the resignations are being con sidered. but no elections have been held rathe district, the school ! 23 From (bounty * Seek Stale Jobs North Carol in ilnr in State |ub conscious. according to Uiaimdi Charles G Powell of the N C Un latum Commu that fuly 2.000 residents at the Slate have applied for jobs with the commission, which will haw not more than 100 jobs to give, even when operating at full farce Wake bounty leads the W with almost exactly one-fourth, or about M0 applicants. Guilford has M applicants. Durham M. Pitt M. Granville 44. Johnston 40. Buncom Wayne. Ftanklin. and Edgecombe 30 Martin County had 23 for Jobs on Moor 3. when the I total was 1JST Some at these prob ably duplicate the 2J00 who applied for t rsmmstiisii held m eight North Mr&Fabian Banihill Dies at Her Home in Everetts Saturday Death Described As One of Saddest in County In Number of Years Mr*. Fabian Barnhill. highly re spemd young ?wiuui m Eieretcr oied al her home there at S o'clock, last Saturdav morning following an attack of pneumonia, with which she had suftrred for about one week Heart trouble was assigned as the immediate cause of her death Her death was regarded as one of the saddest in the county ui some time, and Mrs. Barnhill was the third member of the family to be strwken with pneumonia in recent weeks A young daughter was striken about along i-ery well The youngest son. only 7 months old. continues ill fol lowing an attack about two weeks ago Just a few minutes before she died. Mrs Barnhill told her hus band that she felt better, and her recovery was hoped for at that time Her heart apparently failed her and tloath was almost instantaneous Mrs Barnhill. who was Miss Es Sle Clark before her marriage was born in Cross Roads Township 37 Tears ago. the daughter of Mrs Ida Clark and the late E A Clark, well known farmer of this county until his death a number of years ago The deceased was a member of the Everetts Christian Church, and the last rues were held there Sunday a f term Mm at 3 o'clock by Rev J If Smith. Williamston Baptist minis lor Burial a as in the family plot lust east of Everetts Mrs Barnhill was held in high esteem by those who knew her and ?he had numerous friends in her con, "?unity Besides her husbniui she leaves six children, five of them quite young Their names are Jo seph , Lollie. Fabian, jr, Hattie James Eram. Adeline, and Julien all of Everetts She is also survive* by three brothers. Messrs Andrew and Hubert Clark, of Everetts am 1 B Clark, of Williamston. and twi sisters Mrs Carrie Dell Roberson of Cross Roads, and Mrs Svbi Byrd. of Windsor F islimuan Struck By Auto Saturday Frank Wells. SO yrar old fisher man who lives near Gardners Creek *? ,h*" Jamesville road, was critical ?y hurt last Saturday evening at 1 11 ?t,ock- "hen he was struck by i light pick up truck driven by a man named Miller for the McCormirk ?du* Machine Company, of Green llil??Wells rcmvrd a fracture of the skull and a bad hand rut. i was reported He was given first-aul treatment by Ur Gibaon m Ville and was removed to his home where he is expected to recover The man was said to have beer walking the highway about one milr hum the creek when he stepped int. Ine path of the car ?imI |n vestigating the arndrat, Patrolman Hunt held that the truck driver was not responsible. A second automobile accident was reported in the county last Saturday night near Oak City Two young men. each traveling in his own car were said to have been rushing to call upon the same girl The driver of an old model Ford, leading the *ay ??wded off the highway by the driver of the other car The ??Id model car struck a concrete abut men! and was wrrecked False Alarm Turns Out Firemen Friday Things got hot over on the Silas Green show lot between Warren Street and Marshall Avenue last Fri day night about 9 o'clock, when an overflow colored crowd jammed its way into the tent When the star absent cast warmed up to the occa sion. wane prankster called out the fire department Receiving the call Chief Daniel was told that a small colored house just off Marshall Ave nue was burning The street traveled its length, but the run did not interrupt Silas, for the of the colored population were late ftfimf lowork the following mdi Law Enforcement Officers Report Very Quiet Week Social Security Act Is Upheld by High Court Petition (or Closing Stores Here Wednesday Afternoon A petition ts being circulated here today lor the closing of ail local stores each Wednesday afternoon during the months of June. July and August Definite action has not1 been taken in the matter so far. but the half-day holiday has been very successfully observed by local firms during the past several years Several towns in this section will place the half-day holiday into ef feet next Wednesday, it was learw i ed here today A decision is ex ) peeled locally by the latter pari of |1 lllll ??> ? ?r legion Auxiliary To. i r S|H)iisor Pop|>\ Sale ; In County This A ear < Extensive Plans Are Being , Made for Observance , Of Day Here < Poppy Day will be observed in Martin County this year on Satur i day. May 29. Mrs Ray Goodmon. 1 l^ct^idenl of the John Walton Has-j >el! unit of the American Legion s, Auxiliary, has announced Exten-;, sivt* preparations for the observance j, .?( the day are being made by the . auxiliary ut-meii |, Memorial poppies. to be worn in ft hum* of (lie World War dead and to raise funds for the welfare of the , disabled veterans and needy fam dies of the dead and disabled will , be distributed tliroughout the town ( tngsnuatioii of corps of "poppy , gills" to offer the flowers to ever> i nr on the streets during the day and to receive contributions for tht , la-gum and Auxiliary welfare funds , The flowers have been ordered from < itren hospital, where they have , been made by disabled veterans "Poppy Day" is the- day of person al tributr to the men who gave their ' lives in the nation's defense." ex- ' plained Mrs Goudmon On that day 1 everyone can show that they still ? ? ??member and honor the sacrifices 1 ot those who lost their lives in the ? war The poppy is their flower, made in their memory by their dis abled comrades The American begum Auxiliary will ask no set price for its poppies We want everyone to wear a poppy and tfromtributr as he is able for the flower All contributions will be used lor the work of the begum and Auxiliary among the men whu. hst health and strength in the war and among the children whose lath-i' its are dead or disabled The bulk ? of the money will be expended right ? here in Martin County for the work ' our unit is ??m-tantly doing among.' reedy families of veterans here To Hold Health Meet Thursday All members of the county board of commissioners and health are ex pected to be present for the joint meeting of the IW budtt* in UUt\ ' (*4jrthouse Thursday morning at 10 ? clock. When final action will be taken in connection with the pro posed establishment of a full-time health service for the county Unofficial reports maintain that nearly all. if not all. members of the two boards are very much im pressed with the proposed service, and that they will make every ef fort to advance the program ?Mrwi J F. Pnpe. as chairman ot the two boards; C. C. Fleming, it L Perry. C. Abram Roberson. R A llatsbp. as members of the board of i<?nmtssioners. and Drs J S Rhodes V A. Ward. W C Mercer and Messrs. J C Manning and John L. Hassell. of the health board, and Dr R C Fox. representing the State Board of Health, will investigate the proposal in detail Colst Line Announces Reduced Vacation Fares Special round-trip (ares are 1 Const Line throughout its division for summer vacationists. Mr V D. Godwin, local agent for the com pany announced today The low priced round-trip tickets carrying a haul of IS days and stop-overs a allowed either going or returning at any point The Coast Lme is now operating Applications Being Received by County Welfare Department Eligibility Provisions Cited By Head of the County Welfare Department Dependent children, the blind, and the aged mere assured some meas ure *4 relief foe-the near future. mhen the United States Supreme C?Hirt. by a 7-to-2 decision, upheld the validity of the Sociat fletmllj Act on Monday. The court s decision on the Fed eral security lam* came in two cases c.nd turned upon the constitutional ly of the taxes imposed to support he unemployment insurance and the old-age pension provisions of the legislation. The former mas upheld t>y 5 to 4 and the latter 7 to 2 For the majority Associate Justice Cardozo enumerated and flatly over ruud all the *. intentions raised by rounsel !??r the Charles C Steward Vla% hine Company of Alabama. ?hit h had attacked the unemploy ment insurance levy as unconstitu tional Person* eligible for relief under the pr??gram are now preparing to leclare their dependence in appli ra(H?n> that mill be received on and liter July 1 Assistance shall be granted under the act to any person a ho Is 65 years of age or over; is a itizen of the United States has not !o provide a reasonable >ubs?stence ? nipafible w ith decency and health, is not an inmate of any public in stitution at the tune of receiving as sistance An inmate of such insti tution may. however, make applica tion for such assistance, but the as Ltance. if allowed. shall not begin until after he ceases to be an inmate. Other eligibility provisions are: H>a! the applicant has not made an assignment ??r transfer of property for the purpose of rendering himself eligible for assistance under the act at any tune within two years prior to the filing of application for assist ance pursuant to the provisions of I be act. has been a resident of this 4ate live out of the nine years pre ceding his application and for one year immediately preceding the same Residents of the State who have not resided in any one county for the one-year period necessary to acquire a settlement therein shall, if otherwise eligible, receive assist - a nee out of the state appropriation to the full amount of the benefits a w ai dt d EUgibilit y of such per ???n upon application shall be deter mined as in other cases and report ed to the State Board off Allotments and Appeal Eligibility provisions for depend ent children are A child under 16 years of age who is living with his r?r her fattier, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, step father. stepmother, stepbrother, step sister, uncle, or aunt, in a place of residence maintained by one or more n?f such relatives as his or their own home, who has resided in the State for one year immediately preceding the application fw? akI . m wliu was bom within the state within one year immediately preceding the ap plication if the mother has resided in the state for one year immedi ately preceding the birth; and who has been deprived of parental sup port or care by reason of the death, physical or mental incapacity or continued absence from the home of a parent Provided that in all cases of desertion every effort shall be made to apprcfiend the patent and charge him witn the support oi the said child To be eligible U* receive aid for a dependent child or children, the said father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, step father stepmother, stepbrother, step sister uncle, or aunt, in whose own home the said dependent child re sides shall maintain a safe and prop er home for himself or themselves, <nd the said dependent child or chil dren Occupants Escape Unhurt When Car Crashes Bridge H. M Mann. Northampton Coun ty into the concrete guard nib on the Roanoke Rrrer bridge about S o'clock last Sunday mominc Several abba at cuncieie were ctacked and one
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