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T? m it THE ENTERPRISE ^ VOLUME XL?NUMBER 64 Williamstoa, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August JO, 1931 ESTABLISHED 1899 Martins Break Even In Tarboro Series; l?se One To Billies Locals Now Hold Second Place by Three and Half Games Over Tarboro wo of the last four n their schedule, the Wil Msrtins, while a bit bat wed, continue to hold a very re JP?ctahle place in the Coastal Plain League standings today. The Snow Hill Billies have a six-game claim to Srst place, the Martins holding to second with a 3 1-2 game lead over Tarboro in third place. While the low-ranking clubs squabble over poeitirma in the lower brackets, the three top clubs are now in the mid dle of a series of contests of their own. The Martins are pitted with Snow~~Hill in rour more games this week and against Tarboro on Thurs day and Friday The top standings are subject to a severe shake-up be tore the next six days pass. n _wa* ? Unless game that the Martins won from Tarboro here last Saturday afternoon. 5 to 3. Rain threatened to stop the contest dur ing the early part, and a 3-run rally by Tarboro in the first inning add ed to the dark outlook tor local fans In the last half of the first, a triple, by Earp. , double by Victoria and ingles by Stevens and McCay net tod two runs and partially relieved the situation Rollins held the vis itors in check during the remainder of the game, and the Martins knot ted the score in the fourth, when w"" homered over the center field fence. The victory margin of two runs was gained in the eighth When Stanley tripled. Victoria sin fled. and Deim hit for a Kfirp to score Victoria. Hautz started on the wound far the visitors, but turned the work over in the second to Big gie. former member of the Martins' chunking stall. Rollins fanned 7 and gave up < hits. Sunday the Serpents and Martins PhHd on equal hitting terms, but Snake Henry's boys squeezed thru with a 4-3 victory. Tarboro execut ed double plays to tame the Mar tins in three of the first four innings Strung held Tarboro to 4 hits in 6 innings. and Fields, working the next two frames, yielded three sin flea of the scratch variety. Ville Pique and Deim. with two hits each. l*d "t bat for the Martins, Stevens. McCay and Lakatos adding one faili That Longest fellow held the Mar tins to four hits to feature Snow Hill's 3-3 win over the Martins in Snow Hill yesterday afternoon The Martins scored in the first, and the Billies tied the count in the sec ond and added a two-run lead in the this J. Victoria homered m the fourth and the Martins tied the count at their next bat The Billies WJ,U ,wo ins on two htu in the sixth to take the lead and add ed another in the seventh. For the first time in nearly a **" the Martins will play a Wed I*?? home tomorrow. Hill cornea here and then on the two teams meet here Only One Vacancy In Local Faculty Martha Lnyton, of Lilling ton. was elected this week to All the position made vacant in the local high school history department by the resignation of Professor Milton Griffin. Miss Layton was notided of her election yesterday. Only one position remains to be Ailed in the local school faculty, it was learned today, and acceptance by a young man now in New York is expected before the latter part ol Principal D. N. Hix, now employed at Virginia Beach, will resign hii work there the latter part of thii week and return here to completi plana for opening the schools or Thursday, September X. Makes Three Trips To Fine Still in OriBins Townshij. their drive against il manufacturing in thii state that they an difficulty in local ; Officer J. H the raiders found a SO still in Grif along the Martin line last Friday i had failed to And tlx an two previous visits. Ha they walked Aw locating th 10 Injured in Series Week-End Accidents < [ TOBACCO MOVING j The tret lead of tobacco ; I throacb hare yes terday. apparently heeded far the uctioa markets aloe* the Nerth Caret! aa I far sale today. Driviac aa aid I farmer, arrow panled by two other mem. had the te a or three haadred poo ads parked la a small trailer, and he was Mac little time as he coatiaaed thru here from somewhere ia Bertie Ceaaty. Only one farmer ia the ^Willis an stop area is laoaa to have carried tobarco to the her der for sale today, hat reports indicate that farmers farther soath are crowdiac the markets. Tobacco Curing in County Said To^e At Half-Way Mark Varied Reports on Quality Of Crop in the County " Are Received Tobacco curing in this county is about half completed, some few farmers nearing the end of the task while others are less than half done in the harvesting of the crop. Varied reports on the quality are received, no two farmers reporting conditions alike. The general opin ion is that there will be much infer ior quality tobacco in this section, some few farmers reporting the best crops on record. Few of the lugs or first primings are in the quality class, the hot and dry weather parch ing the tips of the leaves and mak ing harvesting necessary before they ripened or matured The quality of the first or early curings reminds one of oak leaves Some farmers report light crops; others say they will have record poundages. The cigarette types are raid to predominate in some sec tions. The harvesting work this week is about to get ahead of the farmers,] reports stating that the crop is rip ening so rapidly that some farmers are experiencing difficulty in find ing necessary barns for curing the leaf. Tobacco is being crowded in to many barns, and the curing work is being delayed from 12 to 18 hours in some cases. Despite the harvesting rush a farmer now and then has found time to prepare a few pounds for market, reports stating that three or four farmers in this section are offering small quantities for sale on the bor der markets today. Boykin Named Head Of Local Legion Post At a recent meeting of the John Walton Hasaell Post of the Ameri can Legion, J. E. Boykin was elect ed commander for 1938. Mr. Boykin has been here for the past three years as an employee of the Darden Department store. He is now serv ing at chaplain of the Post. Others officers elected were: Mack Wynne. P. M Holliday, J. H. Ayers. Vice Commanders; Ray Good moo. Adjutant and Finance Officer; E A. Taylor, Service Officer; H. G. Horton, R. L. Co burn, E. S. Peel d H. L. Swain, assistant Service Officers: W. H Gray, Seargeant-at Arms; Rev. Z. T. Piephoff, Chaplain H. L Swain, Historian; Rev Z. T. Piephoff. Child Welfare Officer; J. R. Winslow, Americanism Officer; J Sam Getsinger, Graves Registration Officer; W. E. Dudley, Employment Officer; Mack Wynn, Chairman of Membership Committee; J. R .Leg get t, Publicity Officer, and J. R. Winslow, Chairman Sons of the Legion. The John W. Haasell Post won signal honor at the State Conven tion in that it was awarded the Class -C" Membership Trophy for the greatest percentage of member ship quota of any ether post of the State. This is the second year that is entitled to keep it Officers Jail Eight Persons In County Over Week-end sen, fell into the hands of the in this county over the week Disorderly conduct, drunken i and reckless driving consitut nost at the charges. 9 Sent To Hospitals; All Are Expected To Recover at Present Fast Driving Accounts For Two Of Four Wrecks During Period Ten persons were hurt, several of them seriously, and a heavy proper ty damage resulted in a series of automobile accidents in this section over the week-end. Nine of the vic tims were removed to hospitals, and all ?r? exported tn recover if no complications develop, it was learn ed from Patrolman W. S. Hunt. Margaret Upton, 15-year-old Eden ton girl, was believed seriously hurt when the car in which she was rid ing with Clarence Gregory, of Eliz abeth City, turned over on High way 17. about four mijes south oL Williamston. last Saturday afternoon at 3 10 o'clock. After remaining un conscious for more than an hour, the young girl rallied and was able to return to her home after receiv ing first-aid treatment in the office of Dr. J. H. Saunders in William ston. She suffered a broken nose and bruises, reports stating that she was not as badly hurt as it was first thought she was. Gregory, 24 years old, had been employed to drive the car of Frank Murphy. High Point sportsman, from Elizabeth City to Belhaven He picked up the young girl in Eden ton. and was driving about 62 miles an hour when a tire on the machine blew out. The machine, a 1936 Oldsmobile. skidded and plowed down the road for nearly 15U yards before it turned over in the road and threw the girl out. Gregory held to the wheel as the car rolled over again and came to a stop bot tom side up in a ditch. He suffered a bad gash on his ankle and the car was demolished. The driver was ar rested for reckless driving and was fined $25 and taxed with the cost in the county court Monday morn ing. Stealing a car from the Allsbrooks Motor Company in Scotland Neck, Buddie Sheppard and Willie Hill, both colored, were driving toward Oak City about 10:30 o'clock, when I the machine, traveling at a rapid | rale of speed, failpd to make ed over a curve and turned otfer about 4 miles from the Halifax-Martin line The machine plowed down the side of the road for more I hah 200 yards before it turned over. Hill .thrown from the car. had his right side ripped open and suffered other se vere ruts on his arm He was rar ried to a Rocky Mount hospital. Sheppard, driver of the car. a 1934 reconditioned Ford sedan, fled from the scene of the accident and ap parently was not seriously hurt. He had not been arrested Monday to answer to a larceny charge in Hali fax, and reckless driving, hit-and run, and assault with a deadly weap on charges in this county. Patrolman Hunt had hardly clear ed the Sheppard wreck before he was called to Hobgood, where a col ored man ran his car into a wagon, badly injuring 8 of the 10 passen gers on the horse-drawn vehicle. Around 200 stitches were necessary to close the wounds of the victims, Patrolman Hunt said. All the doc tors in Scotland Neck were called to render first-aid treatment before the victims were removed to hos pitals, he said. The driver of the car escaped, but was said to have been arrested later by Halifax of ficers. Eugene White, young colored boy, was knocked unconscious last Sun day night at 9 o'clock, when he rode his bicycle into the side of Attorney Henry D. llardison's csr at the in tersection of Haughton and Main Streets. The boy was thrown to the pavement and suffered a severe blow on his head. He regained con sciousness a short while later while receiving treatment in the offices of Drs. Rhodes, Eason and Winn, and his injuries were not considered ser ious. He was said to have been rac ing another boy on a bicycle find was looking back when he crashed into the side of the car as the driv er made a left turn into Haughton Bum. Rockingham Farmers Get $83,460 Conservation Cash Rockingham farmers to the num ber of 1,608 aha red in *M.4M.S4 worth at aoil conservation checks recently and 40 additional farm en who did not cooperate in the pro gram last year have signed work Joshua D. Griffin, 39, Dies Friday at Home In Griffins Township Was Leading Farmer and Prominent Citizen of This County Joshua David Griffin, well-known farmer of Griffins Township, died at his home there last Friday morn ing from uremic poisoning, or the same disease that cost Jean Harlow, noted cinema actress, her life a short time ago. Mr. Griffin, taken ill about six weeks ago. had received treatment during that time in a Washington hospital, but returned home when doctors there held there was no hope for his recovery. Mr. Griffin apparently had enjoyed good health prior to his last illness. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Alonza D GnfTin. he was born in Griffins Township, and had he lived until I Monday he would have been 39 years old. Mr. Griffin, a life-long i resident of Griffins Township, was [ recognized as a leading citizen of his commtmily-and a successful far mer He was a hard worker, valued -Hie fiiendship and association of his fellowruan, met his obligations will ingly, and was a thoughtful and un derstanding husband and father. Besides his parents he is survived by his widow, who was Miss Elsie Green before her marriage, and four children, Susan Ann. David, jr., JBillre 4ind -Cleo, 41e -also leaves- one sister, Mrs. Rosa Peel, and two brothers, Messrs. Alfred and Coy Griffin, all of this county. Funeral services were conducted at the late home last Saturday aft ernoon at 3 o'clock by Elder Ross and Rev Warren Davis. Burial was in the Green family burial plot on the Pecan Grove farm in Bear Grass Township. ' . e ? Negro Man Is Near Death as Result of Mysterious Attack Miles Grimes Questioned in Connection with Attack On Gus White Gus White, 39-year-old colored man, is near death in a Washington hospital, the victim of a brutal at tack mysteriously made on him at his home on lower Main Street late Saturday night Struck with a heavy piece of iron, the man's fore head was crushed and his eyesight impaired, reports from the hospital indieating that his condition was ex tremely critical. Yesterday he was a semi-conscious condition, and no attempt was made by officers to question him Miles Grimes, young colored man, and King Slalnn also colored were arrested early Sunday morning for questioning, officers later that day releasing Staton when fragmentary evidence centered guilt on Grimes Before White lost consciousness following the attack he told his wife that Grimes struck him. but he Arst maintained that he had hurt himself apparently in a fall. The victim's wife, Courtney White, said that Grimes went to their home earlier that evening and left. Later her husband went out and after a short time she heard him say, "Stop, girls, stop." When she went out to inves tigate, Grimes was standing back of the house and inquiring after her husband. Grimes, at the White wo man's request, aided in the search for White, and they found him in a clump of vines near the scene of the attack, apparently having been lift ed and thrown over a small wire fence. White, in the presence of Grimes, accused Grimes of the attack Grimes denied the charge and then aided in moving White to a local doctor's office, later carrying him to a Washington hospital. Grimes told following his arrest that King Staton had planned a party in his shack on the Saunders h Cox mill property, and that he (Grimes) was to buy the liquor He further claims that he went to the White home and made arrangements for the delivery of a certain amount of liquor, explaining that he had to make another visit before return ing to the party. He claims that when White failed to deliver the | liquor, he want "to his house and learned that the man was missing. that he aided the White woman in Anding her husband Officers are said to have found a pocketbook on Grimes' person very similar to, il not the same, pocketbook belonging to White. A hearing in the case is pending the outcome of White's condition, re ports from police headquarters stat ing that pne or two other arrests will possibly be made in the mean Border Market Tobacco Prices Average About 25 Cents; Heavy Breaks, Fair Quality Reported 10-Cent Reduction in Town Tax Rate Will Be Suggested A reduction of 10 cents in Wil liamston's $2.70 tax rate will be rec ommended to the board of commis sioners when they meet in special session tomorrow evening at 8 o' clock for a discussion of the new fiscal year budget. Treasurer N C Green said today. The budget esti mate for the current fiscal year has not been released at this time, but will be made available for public inspection after the meeting tomor row evening, unless the authorities order drastic changes in the finan cial set-up for the new operating period. Treasurer Green said today tha* }th?> lav rati* r^Hiirtic>n jS based OH *n increase of around $200,000 in properly valuations over the 1936 tigures. Revenue from the sale or legal liquor, which the town shares with the county, effective at the end of the last quarter, is not con* - tdered lh ihe budget, it Is under stood. Bond principal and interest re quirements are said to be about the ?jm? this year as they were in 1936. but a slight increase in general ex penses is expected. The proposed 10-cent reduction in the local town rate compares with the 2-cent reduction ordered recent ly by the county ci'itiinissionere Iff" the 1937 rate School Truck Route Changes Announced Distributing First u Old-Age Benefits To Aged in Count\ General Bridgers, Colored. Is First To Get Check In This County The first old-age pension cheek to reach this county is being deliv ered today to General Bridgers. aged colored man. living on rural route Nu. 3 out of Wiliiaiuiiton. Eleven: other checks are also being deliv ered to as many old people in this county. Made possible by the social se curity program that is jointly sup ported by the federal and state gov ernment and the county, the 12 ( checks amounted to $104. Thirty , two additional checks are expected within the next day or two. Mis.; Mary Taylor, head of the county welfare department, stating that the checks would be distributed im mediately upon their arrival. General Bridgers, quiet and re pec ted. has been a subject of coun ty relief, for some time. .Heretofore! he received about $1.50 a month, the new program increasing his month ly income to $6. ' _J_ Additional applications for old-age assistance will be received by the county welfare department after the 15th of this month. Six pension checks, averaging a bout $10 each, were distributed to the needy blind 111 this county di ret by the State Blind Commission a few days ago. Hamilton Blue Laws To Be Tested Soon The Sunday blue laws passed about two weeks ago by the Han; J ilton Town commissioners are likely, to be tested in the courts sometino- j within the near future, according [ to reports received here today. It is understood the recently passed ordinances make provision^ for the sale of certain items on Sun day, and that the validity of the or dinances will be tested probably on the grounds of discrimination The reports received here further stated that under the new laws it would be all right to sell gasoline and sonit few other items on Sunday, but that he general operation of stores would be prohibited. Those who are anxious to see the law tested are said to be planning to place the facts before their at torneys and push the case in the courts, if necessary. Senator Bailey Quits Post With Painful Headache Suffering "considerably" with headaches following his five-hour word attack on the court reform bill in the Senate nearly ? month ago. Senator Josiah W. Bailey checked out of Washington last Sat urday and is not expected to return during the remainder of the i unless something "important" rises The senator left the capital to be with his family at Morehead CM*, Rerouting Done in r Interest of Economy Rv Stattfc Board Man Will Take About Twenty Five Children From School Here Approximately 25 pupils will be ?hifted from the WiUiamston school to the schools at Farm Life and1 Bear Grass as a result of a change; m the bus-routes irr thrr Macedonia section of Bear Grass Township and near by points in Griffins Township, it was learned this week from the ffice of the Martin County Board ?f Education The change is expect ed to add about 20 pupils to the Bear Grass enrollment and about 5 to the Farm Life school. As a result of the changes the WiUiamston school territory will be limited to all of WiUiamston Town ship and about two-thirds of Wil liams Township. Tl?e WiUiamston bus that operat ed from the home of Henry Feel in Griffins Township will turn around at the Old Mill Inn arid children in that territory mayr walk to that point and board the bus. or they may walk to a point near the home i if Mr?and?Mrs R, L, Perry and board the Bear Grass bus. It was pointed out by the county school authoi ities that the changes viere ordered by Mr McGeddie, a i ^-preventative of the North Caro lina State School Commission, and tfiat they were made in the interest of economy. It is estimated that the new arrangement will eliminate a bout four miles of travel daily in the bus operating schedule. Patrons along the route affected by the change have a right to ap peal to the Martin County Board of Education xto have the action recon sidered. but so far no steps have been taken that will lead to a for mal complaint against the rerouting of the busses . No other territorial changes will b-- made m the county, but it will 1m* necessary to alter the bus sched ules in those cases where new driv ei s are employed, it was pointed out. Judge Walter Bone Hears Action Here Judge Wilier Bone. Nashville at ' rriey who was recently appointed to the super M>r court bench, heard l.ts first case in this county last Sat urday afternoon in a special pro ceedings brought by If. D Harrison, local man. against II A Berry, pulp mill worker and resident of Plym outh. The jurist vacated an attach ment. releasing the automobile ol the defendant The eir-e or hp naiad several weeks ago when the plaintiff drove into the defendant's parked car. Har ruon was charged with reckless dnv trig and fined $500 and taxed with the coats by the Washington Coun ty recorder He appealed, and in the meantime Harrison brought suit against Berry for $750 and procured a court older attaching the Berry Attorneys Whitley and Bailey were here from Plymouth represent Prices for Common Grades Are Higher Than hi Past Season Farmers Said To Be Very WeN Pleased with the Early Sale Prices Tobacco was reported to be sell ing "good" on the border and South Carolina markets today, early re ports tndirating that uie prut? avct* age would approximate a -S cent average at the dose of the first-day sales The price was reported just about the same as sales got under way on the sixteen markets a year Individual market reports were not SO eiiftiui aging as those fur tha uAt, as a whole Conway. (S. C.) reported an average of between 17 and 18 cents, based on early sales there this morning The quality of the crop was said to be only fair, and the offerings were heavy Lumberton. with its houses block ed?wtth?what was described aa? medium tobacco, averaged around twenty three cents during the early sales Later reports from the mar ket there showed a slight improve ment At noon the price had climb ed to twenty five cents on an aver age Holt Evans, proprietor of the New Farmers Warehouse here, said in a direct message that medium arid' poor grades were commanding higher prices than they did last year Mr Evans estimated that the average there would approximate twenty-five cents. The market at Mullms with a large "break" of quality tobacco re ported an average of twenty-three ?.?v ? ?? ? of this State and those in South Carolina placed on the floors of the warehouse in the sixteen markets one of the gtentest poundages ever offered on an opening day before. Most of the markets at noon today reported that there would be block ed sales generally throughout the marketing area Farmers mere said to be very well pleased with their sales, and lew tags were "turned" during the early sales on most of the markets. The k>w average at Conway was partially explained by the unusual lay low quality of the offerings It was pointed out. however, that the medium araf rvoorrr uaulity were higtier than a year ago when numbers of sales ranged around one. two and three cents a pound. Many piles were passed by*lhe buyers last year, but if any of the offerings had been refused this morning, the re ports did not mention them last year, the South Carolina crop averaged $19 88 a hundred poundx. ; ' ? farmers* and business men from this section are on the markets to day seeking first hand information on puce trends The border belt is composed of sixteen markets, seven of which are in this State The belt ts expected to sell around 25.000.000 pounds this season, or a bout 15 percent of the amount mar keted in the bright areas. Riwanis and Lions Plav Scoreless Tie Depending upon little donkeys to do the heavy work, members of the local Kiwanis and Lions Clubs play ed to a scoreless tie in seven in nings of fast donkey baseball here last evening The Lions Club out played their opponents, but the run ?core by Warehouseman Holt Evans was ruled out because he passed an other baserunner and reported at home out of turn. Several bad spills without serious injury featured the fame, along with the uncertain umpiring by Mr. 'Fatty** Knox Bill Wingate, the social security man. starred with his masterful handling of the obstinate A $76 gate witnessed the game, the two clubs sharing to the extent of about $10 each in the receipts. Increased Alfalfa Plantings Predicted in State This Fall Eilnan specialists predict a > in tke planum al thn tall
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