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ESS the enterprise VOLUME XL?NUMBER 66 Williamston, Martin County. North Carolina, Tuesday. August 17. 1937 ESTABLISHED 1899 Martins Again Hit Skids, Losing Last Hiree in Succession Kinaton Wins First Game From Martins Monday In Elevent Starts Into in arm day*, the la* three in a raw. But the Martina cantata to hold an to second place, the rat ing today them aeven fames behind the league-lending Snow HiU t and three and a half games of New Bern, in third place. to play in the Coastal Plain's piwl ami aeries, but Skip per Hauger is not worrying about that: at least, not now. for he tig urea an the club r*illlnf out of its slump and entering the finals with > Snow Hill lai the Martins outhit the Billies but came home with the *>ort end of a M score. Ace VUkpique accounted for two at the seven hit*. Earp, Vic The boy* had one at their worst day* here Sunday, when they went down to a 1 J-to-S defeat in a rotten game Up to the ninth, it was a pretty fair baseball game, but in the moth things went to pieces, and the * hit and run and turned t into a raw. Earp was ut m the eighth when he triad to show an umpire the error of his ways as a result at a derision at second base. McCay and Earp. with two hits each, accounted for half the stick work for the Martins, the viators touching Fields and Strunk tar 1C safe blows. 7 of whim came off Strunk in the ninth. Yesterday. Kinston won its first gaaae from the Martins in 11 starts this season, and one of the Fagles had to a duck in the tenth inning to break a -Sail tie and win the game 4 to 1 Wade, after holding the rsglrs to ? hits in ? 1-3 innings, was relieved by Rollins. Gillenwater was an aocawd whan Wright, with two strikes again* him. dodged a pitch In ducking Wright got his hot in the way. and knocked the ball by Or* base far a safe hit. scoring Gillenwater. Stevens, with two hits, led the Martins at bat. Eight Arrests Made Over Past Week-End By County Officers Indications Now Point To Record Number Arrests For Month of August COUBty I w enforcement officers, including use coroner, had a busy ptriod la* week-end, when a drown mg was investigated at Jamesville and 11 arrests for various alleged violations off the law were made over the county The eleventh arre* made during the week-end wra the twenty-eighth so far this month During the fir* IS days of August, MSg. the same number of arrests were made in the county, the total lor August a year ago running to 4R Coroner S R Biggs and Sheriff C. B Roebuck dropped the mvestlgs ?? off the drowning at Boy Keel, when they learned there it Roy 1 rawT. colored ma arrested at the dinner table of Mrs L. T. nuasiiii in Oak City la* Sat urday. ? now in the county jail a r trial Lanier, said to have mid to have been help to food when the s. He is facing a < Ray. Lafayette Tobem* and the county jail Sat* tout 10 o'clock, whs siting trial for alleg tnesf Mam To Brave Huge Crowds To See President Observe Final Half-Holiday Of Summer Here Tomorrow Change in Bus Routes Is Approved by Board Attack V ictim Dies In Hospital; Still Holding Crimes Gus White. Colored Man. Dies In Hospital Result Of Attack Week Ago Gus While, 39-year-old colored man, who was mysteriously knocked in the head with a blunt piece of iron at his Main Street home here last Saturday night a week ago, died last Saturday afternoon in a Wash ington hospital Miles Grimes, young colored man. was arrested the fol lowing morning in connection with the attack, but a hearing for htm wn delayed pending the outcome of While's condition- The case pies be fore Justice J. L Hassell today. White, a care-free fisherman and banter in the Roanoke Swamps, was buried here Sunday afternoon with out formal ceremony. Early farts gathered in the case by members of the local police de I artmenl centered suspicion on Grimes but so far only circumstan tial evidence has been uncovered the man. who denies the According to officers. Grimes and King Stalon were planning a small party with two women in Staton's shack, near the river, on the night of August 7 Grimes was to go to White's home and buy some liquor. He is said to have entered White's home and mqdc arrangements for the delivery of the liquor At that tune Grimes explained to White that he had to go and see another girl, that he wanted the liquor delivered White, a short tune later, went out of his house into the back yard. A fern minutes after that his wife heard someone moaning and when she went to investigate Grimes met her ?i - hark *-|iiA|s- "vt awicint jiy .riding White and moving him to a local A*4n*'i tffita He later cur i led White to the hospital Courtney White, the widow, told officer that she asked White who hit him. "I did it myself." was his answer, but he later said. "That boy. Miles, did it." He lapsed into un consciousness soon after that, and | was not questioned further 1 A pocket book, said to be that of White's, or one just like it. wa found on Grimes' person when he r is arrested the following morning Other evidence is expected at the preliminary hearing today, some be lieving that it will be favorable to Grimes and that the mystery will never be solved Town Board Calls Off August Meet Postponed three times, the August meeting of Wilhamston'x town c was finally called Mayor J. L Hassell stating this ning that all official town busi i will await consideration at the regular meeting the first Monday night in September Postponed pending the completion of the psupoeed new budget, the s scheduled at three dif i after that, but addition al delays were ordered, several of explaining terday that they 1 In 1 nts have been ma nspect and pay the current bills, I i lis likely thai the treasury will the end of this Pfaa Week's Services At Maple Grove Church Sooa Delegation Protests Changes Suggested By State Authorities Reports State Patrons Willi Provide Private Travel For Their Children In a special meeting here yester day afternoon the Martin County Board of Education by a 3-to-2 vote approved changes made by the State School Commission in the operation of school busses in the Macedonia section of Bear Grass and Griffins Townships The action, which pro poses to shdt about 26 pupils from the Williamston school to those in Bear Grass and Farm Life, is con sidered final, closing all channels of appeal to those patrons who voiced a strong opposition to the board at the venal meeting Unofficial reports received here this morning left little doubt but that the several patrons affected by the change would provide private conveyance for their children and continue to send them to the Wil uamston school. Messrs. Henry C. Green, Oscar Peel. State Revels, Joe HoUtday. Henry Peel, Amos Perry, Garland Perry, Cleve Gardner, an! Marvin Jones appealed to the boai.t in an effort to have the route con tinued as it was before the state commission ordered a change. Prin cipal T O. Hickman, of Bear Grass, was questioned by the board dur ing the meeting that lasted the j greater part of four hours One of those opposing the action of the State board explained that the route maintained since the con solidation of the Macedonia school had proved very beneficial in that the truck operated almost entirely on a hard surfaced highway, that w hen his children left home he felt certain they would get to school on time and return home that afternoon "We thought the argument was set tled several years a*o, that the sore had healed, hut now they have scratched the sure spot again, and I am not going to let my children go to either of the other schools," he | According to reports, the change in the bus routes will not effect any [grsal avim in the operation oT the busses, that the action was foreign ! to the wishes of those people whose | children attend school 'Gin Inspector for State Appointedj Appointment of Fred P. Johnson, of Hoke County, as the North Caro lina Department of Agriculture's first gin inspector was announced | today by Commissioner of Agricul ture-*. Kery Scott.? "In view Jiat cotton farmers an nually lose thousands of dollars be cause of improperly ginned cotton, the appointment of a gin inspector to aid farmers by promoting better ginning methods and relationships tjtween the ginners and producers is isamtisl at this time." Commia ixocr Scott said. Johnson will be attached to the staff of the Depart ment of Agriculture's state ware house system, at which A. B. Fairley As gin inspector tor the depart est. Johnson will give technical! (advice to ginners. aid them troubles, discour age the ptoceming of wet or green cotton and "generally aeek to make the standard at North Carolina cot ton better." Fairley said, adding that "the inspector's work will also in clude a fugiam to inform the farm jets of annual loss they sustain by I wet and green cotton to be of the value of patron equipped gins cotton may be af the impector will be| i Department of Ag Division I W illiamstou Holds Advance Claim To Postoffice Building Postmaster Believes Actual Construction Will Be Started in Early 1938 Williamston has an advance claim to a new postoffice building. Post master Leslie T. Fowden said today following the announcement that the House Appropriations Commit tee had listed a large number of buildings for proposed construction under a $70,000,000 public building program. According to Mr Fowden. Wil liamston's claim is more than a year advanced over those mentioned in the house committee's list. Howev er, it is possible that the recent list of proposed buildings will be in cluded in the next contract letting. "I believe that action will be taken within the next few months to start actual construction of a new post office here.** Mr Fowden said to day. Inspectors have- been here looking over possible sites for a new postoffice building, but so far no lot has been chosen: The projects included in the com mittee's list of yesterday are on the recommended list from which the treasury and postoffice department will select those to be undertaken. The third deficiency appropriation bill provides a $23,000,000 lump <snm for public buildings. The projects actually selected for immediate construction will be an nounced after Congress completes action on the bill. The list of new authorized proj ects from which will be selected' those for actual construction include I a $75,000 building for Plymouth and j a $70,000 structure for Farmviile in j the First Congressional District. Jamesville Colored Mail Is Drowned in Roanoke Saturday Body of Roy Keel. 30 Years Old. Has Not Yet Been } Taken from River Roy Keel. 30-year-old colored man. lost his life in Roanoke River at Jamesville late last Saturday aft ernoon. reports reaching here stating that it could not be determined wheher he broke his neck diving or drowned. Officers, investigating the case, are of the opinion that Keel's neck was broken when he jumped into the water and his head struck a submerged log- Witnesses stated the water, that it was quite a while before they saw any sign of him again and then the top of his head was barely visible in the muddy 1 water. Several Jamesville people started dragging the river for the body, but last reports reaching here stated it had not been recovered. Coroner S R. Biggs and Sheriff C. B. Roebuck investigated the death, but finding there had been no foul play, the coroner considered an inquest unnecessary. Accidental drowning was given as the cause of the man's death Keel was a Robersonville man, but during the past year he had been employed at a lumber mill in James ville He is said to have gone bath ing in the Roanoke on previous oc casions, and it was certain he could swim. Army Forces Move Thru Williamston Around 200 picked men of the United States Army moved through here at 6:30 o'clock this morning from their post at Fort Bragg to Manteo. where they will be on duty during President Roosevelt's visit there tomorrow. The men. forming Battery "C" of the 17th Field Ar tillery, traveled in 17 special army trucks under the command of Cap tain Stephen C Lombard, and car ried three guns mounted on special trucks The soldiers will be stationed round old Fort Raleigh during the performance of "The Lost Colony" on Roanoke Island tomorrow eve ning at 7:30 o'clock. Arrangements have been made for a special show ing at that time, a second to follow after the President's departure. The caravan of armed forces was delayed on the Conine Creek bridge when one of the trucks tore into the guard rails- No one was hurt, but the truck, badly damaged, was ra turaad here for repairs, the remain ing units and men continuing their trip to Roanoke Island. 50,000 Expected at Roanoke Island for Visit of Roosevelt Highway Patrol and Army Move Hundreds of Men Through Here Today Fifty thousand people are expect led to crowd Roanoke Island Wednes day, when President Franklin D Roosevelt goes there to participate in the celebration commemmo rating the birth of Virginia Dare and the 350th anniversary of the Lost Col ony. It is one of the few if not the only visit ever made in this section of the State by a President of the United States. Acdmpanied by five Represent a tives and five Senators, the Presi dent leaves Washington early Tuev day night on a special train. The party will reach Elizabeth City early tomorrow morning. The President |and his party will detrain there aiui board a Coast Guard cutter for Man teo. He is due to reach Roanoke Island shortly after the noon hour and continue to Fort Raleigh in u White House car. He speaks soon after his aiiivaL Plans fui the Pre* ident's afternoon program have not been made public, but he is planning to witness Paul Green's "The Lost Colony" that evening at 7:30 o'clock Following the Lost Colony presenta tion, the presidential party will re turn to Elizabeth City and continue on to Washington . . Visitors from western North Cai olina and from many other states are traveling through here in con siderable numbers, and reports from the northern routes state that traf tic going into the resort and histon cal counry ** heavy. More than half he personnel of the highway patrul is being centered on the island an.I along the routes leading there Groups of 5 and 10, some coming from around Asheville. traveled thru here late yesterday and during most of last lught. Two hundred mem bers of Battery "C" of the 17th Field Artillery from Fort Bragg passed through here early this morning'to" otter the President protection and aid in the handling of the thousands expected in the coast country to morrow. Quite a number of people in th community w ill attend the celebn tion feature tomorrow, and larg numbers of others would go dow if the knew the island would n< be crowded. Postmaster General Jim Farle: addressing a convention of Norl Carolina postmasters in Fayettevill today, w ill join the president in Eli abeth City. "Hie general in the po office business and recognized pa mnage distributor is expected t thts way late thlS~afiernobrT"< early evening Plans for his tri horn Fayetteville to Elizabeth Cit ii'uld not be learned, but PostmasU Fete Fowden is on the lookout ft ihe boss, and he, no doubt, will giv him a warm welcome as he pass< through here. Slight Decline for Tobacco Crop Seen Washington, August 10.?The nculture department's August c production report showed toda; slight decline in the indicated y of tobacco. Production as of August l estimated at 1.417,015,000 pounds compared with an estimated ii rated yield of 1,420v943,000 pou on July 1. The condition of the crop was ported at 74.9 per cent normal, c? pared with 61.7 per cent the ? time last year and a 10-year ai age of 67 per cent. Although total indicated tobs production showed a decrease, ai ( rease of nearly 10,000,000 pou was reported for flue-cured over Flue-cured production, as of August 1 condition, was estimates 777,475.000 pounds, compared v 767,215,000 on July 1. Bur ley yield, as of August 1, indicated at 352,036,000 pounds, c pared with 360.830,000 pounds July 1. while the August 1 indi ed yield of fire-cured was estin td at 112,274,000 pounds, com pa with a July 1 report of 114,635,1 Two Tobacco Barns In County Burn Monday\ Two tobacco bams burned in ( county Monday, increasing the nu ber destroyed by Are in the cou SO far this season to six. Pour ba were destroyed on Tuesday of Mr Lonnie Peel, prominent far er of Bear Grass Township, lost barn of food tobacco, and one s said to have been deatroyed by < T obacco OpeningOnly Little Over Week Off Complete Selection Farm Life Faculty For Com in* Season Operators for Teachcrage There Have Not Been Named. Principal Says The selection of the Farm Life I school faculty personnel was An nounced complete this by Pnn opal C. B Martin, who added that ! no one had been named to. succeed Rev and Mrs W B. Harrington as operators of the teacherage there Many applications for the teachers jobs haVe been received and con sidered, reports from the school com nuttee indicating that a selection would be made within the next few \ ? <gJ*L _ _ ' """ ' Three new elections were made in ! "if facility In ?|| , |?adp , _ r i ndur t#' cant by resignations in the first- [ second and liffh-sixth grades and in the mathematics-science department in the high school. The names of the faculty mem bers and their assigned grades and subjects are: First second grades Miss Bettic Haywood, of Candor. Third grade Mr, C B. Martin, of farm Life Fourth grade Miss Marguerite Cooke, of Williamston Fifth-sixth grades Miss Thursa Coyle. of Wilson. Seventh grade Miss Helen Gunter. of Coats. High school: mathematics and science. Mr Earl Livingston, of Pros penty/ S C\. English and French. Miss Selma Gurganus. of Roberson ville. history and science. Principal C. B. Martin, music. Miss Melba Kuss. of Washington. Misses Haywood arut Tuyle and Mr. Livuigslon are new members of the faculty. Jamesville Liquor Store Is Moved I The county liquor store in James vilie is being moved this week from its old Main Street location to the highway main street, the authori ties explaining that the store would he more convenient to the trade at the highway-street intersection loca I u.n Tl lion The rent remains about thi tame, it is undei stood the Jamesville store dropped abtx 55 |?er cent, the county ABC boai decrease was ?- " ? ease was traceable to the open ">g <>f a store in Washington Coun tv ut PK... . ... ly at Plymouth on July I I.kjuo sales in June were in excess of $2. """ and last month they droppe, to around $1,000 State Treasury Handles Big Sum of Money These Days Fot.Jlhe fiscal year 1917. 20 years ago, there was $6,424.268 11 in cash handled by the State Treasurer's of fice, it was announced by State Treasurer Charles M Johnson. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, including the amount handled by the treasurer to pay interest on iKtnds of local units which are ex changed, the amount handled was $99,733,403 06, or more than 15 times as much as was handled 2o years ago Twenty years ago, of course, there was no highway system and that year only $792,727 08 was ap propnated by the State for public schools and this amount was paid over in lump sums to counties During the fiscal year just closed. $22,039,092 34 was spent by the State for schools and every single voucher issued for the operation of the eight months' school term war paid directly through the Treasur er's office, as well as every voucher issued by the Highway Commission Mrs. Anderson Continues . Seriously III in Hospital | Mrs. O. S Anderson continues quite <11 in a Richmond hospital, re ports reail.ing here last evening staling thai her condition was be lieved to be gradually growing weaker However, the was thought to be better than a week ago whan the family was called to her bed-. Mde She underwent an operation | last Friday and teemed to be na I letter during the week end. Mrs Helen Poteat Stalling, of I Yanceyville and Miss "Tiny" Booth,I of Danville. Va.. visited and friends here la Plans Are Nearing Completion for Big Season Locally Indications Point To Sale Of Ten Million Pounds In Williamston Plans are fast nearing completion for opening Williamston's tobacco | market on Thursday of next week. ! present indications pointing to one of the most successful seasons the .market has ever had The poundage in this territory is ! relieved far greater than it was a > ear ago. and the price trend on the ; border markets is possibly more en couraging than it was last season. .Probably the bright spot in the ad I \ a need reports centers around the stronger demand for the common and medium gradcj of tubactu and the increase in prices for those j grades. When common tobacco sells good, every farmer shares in the teturns It is a recognized fact that Wil liamston has the strongest ware !jwrsiinncl?in till?its lllStUiy, and these experienced men are ex pected to set a new high record this season Considerable interest is being cen tered on the local tobacco market ! this season, and reports state that farmer* Irum a larger territory will *ell tobacco here than ever before. "D?e market is expected to push the HHHifl.tlttO pound goal -this year, the poundage mark having been predicted by conservative estimates Considerable work has been done in the territory in the interest of the market, and things are looking un usually bright for a successful sea son in WiUiamstens three big tobac cu warehouses ??? Special Officers Are Kept Busy Raiding In (loiiiitv Recently Still Captured and Three Persons Arrested During Past Week-end Enl.-nemeftt officers, headed by -:al Agent Joe H. Roebuck, re 4 rted a busy week end in this co un ity.- fcast Pridav the officers captured I and destroyed a 100 gallon capacity j copper stHl in Williamston Town ship. near Williamston. The_plant_ 'was td!e. ind 7 eparations for con tinued maiuii a during had not been I completed Saturday aX^erooon, the officers raided in the town of JamesvUle, land ai.ie?ted Nick Baker, J. C. John son. and Travannah Wynne, all col lored. for pc^sessionjof illegal liquor for *ale The officers found about one-half gallons of liquor in the [raid Baker was sentenced to the roada for tiu days, and the Wynne a-.fi 1': ordered to jail for 30 days. Judge Peel, in the county court Monday morning, suspending the sen tence upon payment of the costs when it was learned the woman had a young baby at her home. Going on down to the Free Union section of Jamesville Township, the officers entered their old ^fertile hunting grounds around Jeremiah Peel's store and found several pints of liquor hid tn the bushel. "Every time we went there?and we have been there many times?we have al ways found liquor.** Officer J. H. Roebuck said The store operators are not believed to be connected with the illicit trade, but the boot leggers apparently make it their headquarters, the officers failing so far to catch them. Sunday morning before 3 and 4 I o'clock. Officer Roebuck assisted by Chief Edmund Early, of Oak City, attempted to catch a bootlegger near I Oak City The did not get their [man. but they found about 6 gallons of whae liquor in a cotton field. AU Positions in School Faculties Not Yet Filled No appointment* have yet been made to the position* of principal in the Everett* school and teacher* in the Williamston High School, but the iiuons will be filled shortly, ac cording to unofficial information re ceived this morning. Several applications arc baang cob uderod, ami meetings of the will be held at
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