THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME XL?NUMBER 89 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 5,1937. ESTABLISHED 1899
Plan Fourth Tobacco Warehouse for Williamston
Handle Nineteen
Cases In County
Court This Week)
Judge Peel Sounds A Last
Warning to Liquor
Law Violators
A hard season ahead was promis
ed all alleged violators of liquor
laws brought into his court by Jud??
H. O. Peel last Monday, the jurist
explaining that he did not altogeth
er approve of the methods followed
in the recent wholesale liquor round
up, but that any defendant brought
into his court by county enforce
ment officers had better prepare for
the worst. Actum by the judge last
Monday caused some weeping and
wailing, but he stood firm and meted
out sizeable fines and substantial
sentences.
The case charging John Thomas
James with violating the liquor laws
was nol pressed James was one of
the 24 arrested in the round up by
special detectives, but there was
some doubt as to his identity, and
the case was dropped Detectives,
making the arrest, were not here to
prosecute the case.
Probable cause appearing, the
case charging Geo. Beck. Jamesville
policeman with breaking and enter,
mg. larceny and trespass, was sent
to the higher court with the defen
dant under a $250 bond The officer
is said to have been searching for
evidence in connection with the dis
appearance of Dan Blue when he
entered the heme of Curtis Arnold.
The case charging Jeremiah Ful
ford with bastardy was continued
until March. 1V3S. or until the birth
of child.
Isaac SpruilL charged with d
lurmng religious worship, was Touhd
not guilty.
The case charging Primus Wil
liams, Johnnie Austin and Buck
Bryant with an assault with a dead
ly weapon, was nol pressed
Prim Sherrod was sentenced to
the roads for 90 days ui the case
The case charging Edward Cof
field with violating the A B C. act
was continued one week
Sylvester Roberron. charged with
drunken driving, was fined $50 and'
taxed with the cost. His license to
operate a motor vehicle was revoked
for one year.'He was sentenced to
the roads for three months, the sen
tence to begin at the direction of the
court
Judgment was suspended upon the
payment of a $10 fine and costs in
the case charging Jesse Atkins with
being drunk and disorderly and re
sisting arrest
Charged with abandonment and
noosupport, Arthur Lee Whitley was
directed to pay $5 a month to the
court for the benefit of an illegiti
mate child. He appealed and bond
was fixed at $100
Charged with the theft of tobac
co. Eddie and Sam Moore, colored,
were sentenced to the roads, Eddie
for three months and Sam far two
It being shown that defendant
died on October 31. the case charg
ing H. L Staton with violating the
bad check law was ordered off the
docket.
Horace White, charged with vio
lating the liquor laws was sentenced
to the roads for 00 days.
The case charging Kobt Williams
and G. T. Young with breaking and
entering and larceny was remanded
to the justice of peace court for cor
Patsy Taylor, facing the court for
the second tune m about a week for
alleged violation of the liquor laws,
was fined $50. taxed with the coat
and jailed for three months
Viola Forrest, charged with vio
lating the liquor laws, was sentenc
ed to jail for 00 days
Clarence Ted, charged with pub
lic drunkenness was sentenced to
the roads for $0 days It
to the court that Ted had
lenced to work at the county home
ordered attached to
Important Meeting
Legion Post Monday
North Carolina Equipment
Firm To Locate Branch Here
I The North Carolina Equipment
I Company, one of the Largest machin
ery distributors in this section at the
United States, will locate a distribu
tion plant in Williamston within the
near future, according to reliable
information received here th> - > 1
General Manager A. L Fink uai
here a few days ago from the asne
office in Raleigh and is said to have;
completed plans for establishing the
plant here.
A lot between Payton's colored
poolroom and Dr. Williams" office
on Washington Street was purchas
ed this week by the company The
lot has a 175 foot frontage and ex
tends back about 144 feet, reports
stating that the purchasers plan to
cover most of it with a modern
building. Construction plans are now
receiving consideration, and build
ing activities are likely to get under
way within the next few days.
At the present time, the equip
ment com. an. is operating plants
at ..*1*1. .'.Hi S.atcs\'llc. and it is
uniiutiM. .hat the plant nere will
serve much of the northeastern part
of the State. Several men w ill be
stationed here or make Williamston
their headquarters, according to in
formation reaching here.
The company handles road ma
chines, road rollers, motor graders.
International power units, tractors,
mixers, pumps, wood-working ma
chines and other types of farm and
road machinery
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Eye Clinic Held
Here This Week
is Very Successful
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Many Children Are Found
Handicapped by Poor
Eyesight
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Thai many Martin County chil
dren are handicapped by physical
defects was disclosed in an eye clin
ic sponsored here Wednesday by the
Martin County Welfare Department J
with the cooperation of Miss Mary
Williams, medical social worker of
the State Blind Commission, and Dr.
C. J. Sawyer. 1
Thirty-three children from six j
schools in the county had their eyes
examined, and the finds are really
startling Two of the youngsters
were so near blind their removal to
the State School for the Blind was
advised. Each of the 31 others need
ed (lasses, it bong quite evident
that these children, or moat of them,
had had little chance to advance
with other children in their school
work Several had repeated their
grades, and two or three had never
reached the second grade after sev
eral tries in the first.
Thirteen of the 33 children were
sent to the clinic held in the office
of Dr. Sawyer Wednesday from the
RobersonviUe school Twelve were
from the territory served by the
Williamston school Four came from
Hamilton, two from Dardens and
one each from Jamesville and Ever
etts.
Finding that possibly not more
than one or two will be able to buy
glasses, the welfare fames are ex
pecting aid from the Williamston
Lions and Kiwams dubs, the Sen
ior and Junior Woman's Clubs
possibly other organisations. Must
Mary Taylor, welfare aid. stated that)
every effort is being made to equip
the children with necessary I
that funds available sat not
inadequate to meet the cost.
The findings in the chaw Uus
week show that additional chmcs
are necessary in this county. Only
bi of the It white
county
r.?*i??cM. WUVlIlg
many in all of them who may pos
sibly bf m need of glasses or the at
tention of
Fire Company Gets Call .
To Business District]
The local volunteer fire <_
was called owl at 7 It Mai
when a Hue in the radio i
Transportation For
Colored Children Is
Provided In County
State Agrees to Operate!
Bus Purchased by
School Patrons
Transportation (or colored school
children will be provided (or the
first tune in this county next Mon
day when it is proposed to start op
crating a bus from Hassell to Oak
City to Hamilton to Robersonville
and into Parmele where approxi
mately (orty pupils will be odered
high school instruction in addition
to the present enrollment in the
higher grades there. Final arrange
ments are now being made to ooer
ate the bus over the route of approx
imately 26 1-2 miles.
Appearing before the Martin
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?niniy dobiu oi LuuCBiion in can
ed meeting last Tuesday afternoon,
a delegation o( Parmele school pa
trons explained to the authorities
-that they would buy a new bus if
Ir.e State would agree to operate it
Final decision, it was pointed out.
rested with the State School Com
mission which the follow ing day ac
cepted the operating coat. It is now
planned to start the bus on the new
route next Monday.
According to information coming
from the county board of education
today, the transportation was made
possible only through the efforts of
the Parmele school patrons, that
under the State school set up. color
ed children are served by schools
conveniently located over the coun
ty At the present time there are
only two recognized high schools in
the county for the colored youth, one
at Williamston and one at Parmele.
High school subjects are offered
eighth and ninth grade pupils in
Hamilton and Oak City and to a
certain extent at Jamesville. the
majority of the colored youths quit
ting school long before they reach
their grades
To handle the increased number
of pupils the transportation arrange
ment is almost certain to add to the
Parmele high school enrollment, the
State School Commission has or
dered the transfer of a teacher from
the Oak City district to Parmele.
As long as the colored school dis
tricts remain decentralized as they
are now. there will be little need of
tran5portatwa for colored children
other than for those pupils attend
ing high school. The operation of the
Parmele bus cares f .* nearly one
half the county as h as the negro
high school youth is concerned. It
B believed that a second truck could
handle a large section of the remain
ing portion.
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Martin County Club At
Campbell Elects Officers
The students of Martin
at Campbell this year met recently
and elected officers for this
These students are also active i
hers in other college activities They
are as follows S W Manning, of
William Hon is president of the Mar.
tin County club and useful member
of the football squad; Luther Hugh
Hardison of JamesviDe, is vice pres
ident, member of the football i
captain of this year's baseball
secretary of the monogram dub.
and an active member of several so
cial societies; John llssarll of Ja
ville, is secretary and treasurer,
tarn of the basketball team, nee
president of the monogram chib, and
of several of the re
The dub is
Wg
hopes to bald the name of Martin
Mrs. S. H. Grimes
v Dies In Hospital
Early Yesterday j
Funeral Services for Promi-]
nent Young Woman
This Afternoon
Ha S. Han um Grimes, promi-)
i-ent local youn^: woman, died in
Rocky Mount hospital at one o'clock |
yesterday morning following an op
eralion performed last Friday She
had experienced ill health for some
tune and had received hospital
treatment during several weeks
within the past twelve or eighteen
months
Miss Martha Louise Anderson be
fore her marriage last May. Mrs I
Grimes was the daughter of the latc|
Arthur and Lula Hardison Ander
son She was born here 35 years ago
the 19th of last July and her home
has been in Williamston all her life
She attended and was graduated
from the Greensboro College for
Women, earning her degree there in
1924. The following fall she entered
the teaching profession and was
member of the local school faculty
for two terms In 1926 she went to
IXinn where she taught in the
schools there fur five years, return
ing here as a member of the faculty |
in the fall of 1931 She held that po
sition until her health began to fail 1
some over a year ago
A member of the Baptist church
here a greater part of her life, Mrs.
Grimes was a devoted worker Her
short walk through life exemplified
that of a true Christian character,
and her work in the school room
made lasting and worth-while im
pressions on the hundreds of young |
boys and girls who received train
ing at her hands. The sorrow of a |
and her joys and happiness were,
willingly shared with others.
Besides her husband, the deceas
ed Is survived bjr one brother, |
Mr O. S Anderson, of Wilbamston.
her parents having died within a I
few days of each other about six |
years ago.
Funeral services are being con
aucted from the Baptist church this |
afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Wm
R Burrell. of Asheville, a former!
pastor here, and Rev. Jas. H. Smith, I
pastor of the local Baptist church. I
Interment will follow in the family |
plot in the local cemetery.
Benefit Play For
Parent-Teachers!
"See You Later," three-act musi
cal comedy sponsored by the Lions
Club will be staged in the high
school auditorium here next Wed
nesday evening at 8 o'clock, the pro
ceeds to go to the parents-teachers
association for use in financing a
school lunch room project.
Members of the cast are Misses
Nancy Glover. Mildred Tally, Elva
Mishoe. and A B Ayers, Ernest
Mean. Bill Howell, O. V. Clayton.
W S. Hatclctt. Joe TTugpen and
Wynne
In connection with the play, the]
club is sponsoring a baby popular-1
ity contest, the winner to be pre
?enled a silver loving cup next Wed-1
nesday evening Names of the en
trants Billie Chase. Harrell Ever
ett. Beetle Jane Moore. Jane King.
Barbara Gurganus. Elizabeth Brit
ton. Ann Woo lard, Annie Patricia
Wynne. Janet Ross, Janice Manning.
David St raw bridge. Ann Jones. Pa
tricia Taylor", Maxine Hopewell and |
Start Widening Bear
Grass Road Shortly I
Plans are virtually complete for
widening the road from Bear Grass
to Highway 17. neer R L. Perry's,
preparatory to surfacing the route
early next spring, according to En
gineer Geo. Mack who was here this |
week from his Murfreesboro head
quarters
It ia understood the road will be]
similar to the one between the Ever
ett farm and Hamilton in this coun-|
ty
Plans fur building other farm
to market roads in this county have
not materialized at this time. It is
believed, however, that citizens in
the Griffins and Hassell sections
have valid claims to improved roads
and that the building program will
1 continued just as soon as the
sr Grass project ii completed
Reports coming from her bedside I
m a Wellington hospital at noonl
today stated that Mrs Joe Cowenl
continued gravely ill at that time^
that her recoiery was not expected.'
Site Purchased lor Building On
Washington Street Thursday x by
Lllley, Gurkin, Ingram, Langiey
A Proclamation
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Pursuant to an Act of Congress and the execu
tive order of the President of the United States, a na
tional census of the unemployed and partly unem
ployed will be taken through the Postoffice Depart
ment beginning with the distribution of blanks to all
the homes in the town of Williamston on November
16th., and 17.. 1937.
The unemployed and partly unemployed will
be expected to fill out these blanks and return them
to L. T. Fowden. Postmaster, by midnight. Novem
ber 20. 1937.
A Citizens' Committee has been appointed by
me with Harry A. Biggs as chairman.
This is a very comprehensive undertaking and
it is my earnest desire to impress upon our citizens
the necessity of obtaining this census not only for the
information of Congress and the President of the
United States but also for our own local guidance.
The cordial cooperation of the citizens of Wil
liamston is earnestly requested.
J. L. HASSELL, Mayor.
Commissioners In
-Regular Meeting
Tuesday Evening
Town Board Names Group
To Investigate Need
For New Cemetery
Meeting in delayed session last
Tuesday evening, the Williamston
Town Board of Commissioners nam
ed a committee to investigate the
need of locating a new public cem
etery or possibly enlarging the pres
ent one Orders were also given to
proceed with the paving of two
sidewalks, and the town attorney
v. as instructed to take a non-suit in
the case brought to condemn part
of the Cherry property for the ex
tension of Smithwick Street.
Appearing before the board, Mr.
Leslie T Fowden pointed out the
deplorable condition of Williams
ton's cemetery, and after explaining
that it was almost filled he offered
for sale approximately 16 acres of
land just outside of town on the
right side of the Hamilton road. No
price was mentioned. Messrs. N. C.
Green. G. H. Harrison and V. D
Godwin were named a committee to
investigate the need for opening a
new cemetery or possibly the en
largement and improvement of the
present one The condition and ne
glect of the present cemetery came
in for much discussion during the
meeting, Mr. Fowden explaining that
he was not so much interested in
selling land as he was in helping to
provide this community with a cem
etery that one need not be ashamed
of.
Supported by civic organizations,
the movement to open a new ceme
tery or improve the present one here
is expected to gain momentum and
definite action is looked for in the
near future.
R. E Manning, superintendent of
streets, was instructed to purchase
a second-hand or rent a cement
mixer and start construction as soon
as possible on two sidewalks, one
on Elm Street from Mam to Church
and the other from South Haugh
ton to Park on Warren street. The
purchase of a mixer is now pending
and construction work on the two
projects is expected to get under
way within the next two or three
weeks.
Considering $700 too much for a
piece of property the town would
condemn for extending Smithwick
street into Marshall avenue, the
commissioners instructed the town
attorney to take a non-suit in the
case. The attorney is expected to
proceed with the rase by appointing
another commission of three men to
appraise the value of that piece ot
Cherry property the new street
would croas. Expressing their own
opinion, the commissioners were of
the belief very little or no damage
would result to the property, that
the street extension would add to
its value.
PICKER LICENSES
I.Urnsrs to operate peanut
pickers in this county have been
issued to 46 owners so far this
season, as compared with the
record number of to- - IM
in 1934, according t? . . urmalion
fuming from th ofii e of J.
Sam (ietsinger, .c^.stcr of deeds
for Martin County.
While a conir 11 air. ely large
number of peanut pickers is op
erating, it .s lielicvrd that some
of the o\? ners have not procured
the permits in ariordance with
state law.
Jury Tor Dwfmher
Term (lourI Drawn
By (loininissioners
Judge Walter J. Bone Will
Preside Over One
Week Term
'lliirty-six Martin County citizens
were drawn by the board of com
missioners last Monday for jury
service in the superior court con
vening in Dec-ember for the trial of
criminal and civil cases during one
week. Judge Walter J Bone, of
Nashville, will probably preside over
the court, reports stating that the
jurist had exchanged courts with
Judge Clawson Williams who was
scheduled to hold the court in this
county.
Names of jurymen are
Jamesville Township: J M Jones.
Griffins Township: Kader Lilley.
Herbert L. Manning.
Bear Grass Township Robt S.
Coltrain, Ben F. Whitehurst. Jos.
L. Holliday, Thurston Wynne. Carl
Lee Beacharn.
Williamston Township L. P.
Lindsley, W. H. Harrison. H. L. Ev
erett, Raymond Cherry. J Sam
Jones, J. Haywood Rogers. H. L.
Barnhill, Jesse T. Price
Cross Roads Township John Jack
son.
RobersonVille Township J. E.
Coffield, Arch Griffin. S L Ruber
son, C. L. Green, Jasper Johnson.
C. D. Taylor. T A Bunting. J M
Highsmith, I. M. Little. Lin wood
Johnson and J. O. Rogerson.
Poplar Point Township II B
Smith.
Hamilton Township: Willie B Ev.
erett, G. H I-eggett. W J Beach
Goose Nest Township H. E
Brown, Ruper R Raw Is. Elwooi
Bennett.
The December term of the super
ior court, convening the second Mon
day, generally adjourns after com
pleting the trial of the criminal
docket and is seldom in session fa
more than two or three days.
CHL'RCH SERVICES
Theic will be services at Um
Primitive Baptist church in James
ville, Sunday, Nov. (, at II o'clock
The public is cordially invited.
Construction Work
To Get Underway In
Early Part Of 1938
Will Be One of the Largest
Warehouses in This
Section
A site for the construction of a
fourth tobacco warehouse in Wil
hamston was purchased this week
by Messrs. Sylvester Lilley. John
nie Gurkin, W. K. Ingram and Car.
lyle Langley, reports stating that
present plans call for building ac
tivities to get underway the early
part of next year. Few details in
connection with the building plans
have been released, but it is under
stood the new house will be one of
the largest in this section.
The site is located on Washington
street just in front of the Elm Street
intersection and lies between the
Green Oil Company filling station
and Payton's colored pool room. The
lot has a frontage of approximately
200 feet and extends back around
300 feet. Sid Mobley, in selling the
property, agreed to clear the lot of
his garage and two tenant house? by
the first of next January. Mr Mo
bley has not announced his plans in
connection with relocating the ytr
age. but it is possible that he will
open a street io connect Washington
and Warren Streets and move the
buildings there The purchase price
of the lot was not made puokic.
Addition of another warehouse
here pushes Williamston in line with
many of the leading markets of the
belt, and places it in a position to
handle two sets of buyers. Witness
ing the rapid growth of the market
and realizing that there is a bright
future for expansion, several par
ties are said to have considered the
construction of a fourth and possi
bly a fifth tobacco*warehouse here.
The market is selling around nine
million pounds here this season,
and it is generally agreed that the
sales could he easily pushed to
twelve or fifteen million pounds an
rually. Action by Messrs Lilley,
Gtit4rm-. Ingram TmrtLnTTgtry, lead,
nig and well-known citizens of this
county, adds interest in the tobacco
marketing field that assures Wil
hamslon a prominent place in the
march of progress.
Plans for the new building will
be formulated within a short time,
and it is thought that arrangements
will be completed to start construc
tion work just as the lot is avail
able.
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Many Unemployed
Registered Here
Tlx- Williamston office of the
State Employment Service has reg
istered 90 workers in various trades
and occupations, during the past two
weeks. These include men and wo
men of both races in counties of
Martin, Washington. Beaufort. Tyr
rell and Hyde.
Jobs have been found for JS work
ers in the past two weeks. It has
come to the attention of the local
office that people sometimes have
the impression that the service is
perhaps limited to certain occupa
tional groups or types of people
Such is not the case. The service is
operated by the state and federal
government to serve every citizen.
The Williamston office has register
ed many of the highest type of ap
plicants. including teachers, nurses,
salesmen, office manager, dieticians,
marine engineers, clerks, stenogra
phers, bookkeepers and other pro
fessional and skilled workers, along
with workers in less specialized oc
cupations.
The Williamston office has been
called upon for carpenters, laborers,
farm workers, cooks, delivery boys,
mechanics, salesmen, clerks, machin
ists, and other workers, in the past
few weeks. Regardless of
tun or race, any person may
ter. without coat, at any time, at the
Williamston office, in the town hall
building The service then
over Job opportunities, local I
over the State, in order to ftod
employer needing the worker
that particular occupation or ?