la THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XL?NUMBER 90 Wilhamntom. Mania County. North Carolina. Tuesday. November 9.1937. r ESTABLISHED 1M District Meeting Here Will Study New Farm Setup Community Meetings Are to Be Held in This County Soon County (inn ; in fare ties will study tine new ISM soil conservation program m the Martin County Agricultural huitrting on Thursday at this week, it was an today by Agent Tins. B Plans for the next year program have just been released to agricul ture nfTu-iats in this Stale, and they will be discussed by Murphy L Barnes at the meeting in this cos ty beginning at ? JO Thursday na ing The meeting will continue a greater part of the day. and a a important that all county committeemen and chairmen of the various community committees the count ?rs of Bertie. Hertford. Martin. Washington and Tyrrell he Plans that will be advanced at the meeting in this county are not at all dependent upon actum by the Congress, and the pa nag I fr of control hgislitmn will | not affect the soil conservation fe lures of the 1838 program. This meeting will be followed i by community meetings at farm agents and the committi will present details of*the _ _ and explain the background to the | Dates and places for the ?ty meetings will be soon, said T. B Brandon. E. Y. Floyd. State AAA executive officer, has pointed out that the meetings are being held this fall to give farmers ample tune to umnder they plan next year's crops. He also said state AAA officials "goals'" trill be asiahlwhed at early dale so they will have a del nite objective to guide them in plai r.ing their work. The IMS program differs fro this year's program in details, bi the fundamental objectives of a couragmg the growing of soil-ra serving crops and limiting cash cro| remain the smne. Series Of Services m i In Local Churchl ? The series at evangebstir service conducted by the Willsansston Chris tian church was begun an Sunda] with two large congregations. Tbi feature at congregational singiry was very much in evidence in Um evening su sue. The pastor, the Rev John L- Goff is doing the preaching On Monday evening the attendance was nmsiiliuil One tor the fast Monday evening of the meeting. The pastor spoke on the subject at "Sou Winning as Art Taught by Philip." Rev. L B Scarborough of Bat! will arrive this evening to lend tin song service and to swirl in tlx formation at a "Sunbeam Chorus' and solicits the cooperation at par ents with their children m or del that they might have this fine par in *i sins from night to night Mr. GofT will use as his subjed tonight. "The Secret at a Victorious Life will be a few it will he Aram is invited to this and all at the i vices held during the meeting ? Firemen Are Called Out Several Times Recently \ Jobs Go Begging For Workers In This Section of the County According to reports coming from the district employment office in Wtlliamstem. there is no uncmploy ment prohlem in this immediate area, the reports further stating that there is actually much difficulty in filling johs that are calling for aonkers m fifteen or more vocations. The following statement was re today by Manager Cyrus W. "The Williamston unit of the State Employment Service has beri: loos ing for qualified help lately .o I ill some of As orders from employers in this and other areas of the State. Present open jobs for which there seems to be a shortage of applicants m this section, include the follow "Cooks, colored, boy. salcsmei work. 56c hour. Saturday desks, tile it-need. roofers, experienced. ~Shortar?- of certain kinds of la bor ars be-..1 i-Torted frur, the Wil ! . ' on ? cuon teecotly Farm wot ?m. and day laboiere have been hard to locate Work opportunities exist in many lines, lor qualified ap plicants. and the employment of fice in the town hall will supply full information to all thoar interested " Lunch Room Fills Big Need In Local Schools CLOSING DATE I i ml thrir cnp, mad It is thai mil at it will hare irfcctad by mm mm Friday Local Schools To Hold Often House In observance of National Educa tional Week which is being celebrat ed throughout the nation from Nov. 7-14. the local schools will hold open house on Thursday. Nov. II. The Williamston Parent-Teacher associa tion through its president. Mrs. W. K Parker, is urging parents of school children and interested citi zens to visit the classrooms at the three buildings between 8 30 and 3 JO on that day Regular school ac tivities will be earned on during the day and visitors will have an opportunity to observe pupils and teachers in typical classroom situa tion?. It is hoped that many parents anil show their interest in the school program by visiting the classrooms on Thursday A regular devotional program with Rev. Goff as speaker will be held in the grammar school auditorium at 0:40. The special Edu cation Week observance program will be held in the high school au ditorium at 10J0 Feature of the program will be the following ad far Peace. Elbert S. Peele What North Carolina Offers in the Way of Educational Opportunity. Supl James C. Manning. All parents and friends of the school are invited to attend these and visit the school some during the day Miss Best To Address Woman's Club Meeting Maiyone Bpl representative of the State Library Extension de partment. will address the regular of the Woman's club here afternoon at 3 30 o'clock, the president announced today. Cmuahialilr importance is at tached to the meeting since it may be iinmilih to formulate plans at Williamston Native 111 At Home In Belhaven Indernourished Children Receive Their Lunch Free Sponsored by P. T. A? Proj ect Is Feeding Seven ty-five Daily Sponsored by I hp local parents teachers association. the school lunch room in the basement of the grammar school here is filling a great need in the school reports stating that the project a accommo dating on an average 75 pupils each day and that its operation is proving unusually 111111 mful Recognizing the need for a lunch room the W-.ll._-.? Paren Teachers group under the conn tee composed of Mrs J. F. Thigpc_, chairman. Mrs W E Mtshoe. Mrs J B Taylor. Mrs John g. fed. Mrs E F. M nee ley. Mrs J. E King and Misses Ruth Mrnnng and Mary Whitley, has expended much effort ?n effecting arra^onenu for the lunch room and its operation Start ing the first of fast month, the com mittee formulated extensive but i-ecessary plans for opening the | lunch room after a ts?ua of condi tions revealed the urgent need for ruch an undertakn^. One of the and the committee went to work. ?>me taking the paint brush, others a hammer or a saw in locating the project. Drains and cupboards were built, and in addition to the dishes, rooking ntennli ami _ lllili I the room a equipped with an electric water healer, ice cream cabinet and refrigerator Careful r*- c ~.i.~ it possible for those m charge to serve 75 or more vounester* in a very few | Organized taking, the huwh man caters to| undernourished children, and while [quite a few are guests of the par ents-teachers moat of those patroniz ! mg the lunch room are served at an average cost of ten rents a meal Numbers of children from the ru ral sections supplement their own lunches with a five-cent bowl of soup Many town children find it [more convenient to patronize the lunch room than to go to their homes for lunch Under the management of Mr. W Warren, the project n now meet ing all expenses, but the number of children qualifying for free |B expected to increase and the qmn foring organization will be forced |U> turn to an mlererted public I continue the undertak ,yg The project, whifc out ened In July. 193; Net Profit to County at the End of 26 Months Is $52,000 *? l.Mjut-r sale? tn the four Martin County Alcoholic Beverage Control stores amounted to ?30.259 05 during the third Quarter, bringing the total) sales since the stores were opened in July. 1935. up to ?270.750.47, ae- ? cording to an audit released recent- > ly. A year ago. the system reported sales amounting to ?27.864 59. the ! third quarter sales this year being greater by about $2,500 than they were in 1936 aiid about ?8.000 great er than they were for the same three months in 1935 Total expenses for ! handling the sales in the thfrcTquar ter of 1936 w ere ?3.557 36 or 13.15 per cent of net sales as compared with ?4.336 76 or 14.35 per cent of net sales last quarter. While the op erating expenses were greater in July. August and September of this year, the audit explains that bonds were renewed during the period at a cost of nearly ?900 Cost of purchases lias increased a fraction of one per~cetiT met?the cost of a year ago. the audit showing that just about 66 cents out of every dollar spent for whiskey go to the manufacturers The profit received by the county for operating the stores from July. 1935. to the first of last month amounts to ?52 000.10 Profits have run as high as ?11.661 14 in a single quarter, but with the State reced ing a greater share?seven per cent on gross sales?and the "store" learns participating to the extent of 25 per cent of the net. profits to the county are now* and will continue smaller even though the volume of sales continues to increase. Since the stores were opened the State has collected as sales tax. first at the rate of 3 per cent and late 7 per cent, nearly ?10.000. The towns have shared at the rate of 20 per cent of ret profits during the last tt quarters a total of ?1.881.01 divided as follows Williamston ?1.031.67; Robersonville. ?43141; Oak City. 1134 79. and Jamesvilk. ?283 14. In addition to the approximately $64, 00000 profits, the system has set aside ?3*311.87 for law enforcement. Sales by quarters since the first store Was opened and the profits ac cruing to the county in those periods Srpt_ 1*35 Dec. 1KB March. ISM June. IOC Sept. ins Dec. ins March. 1OT Ft. in? , 1*37 Totals $ 22 249 25 37.379 29 25.274 96 21.584 05 27.884 59 44.727 00 28.771 20 31.840 98 3025905 <270.730 47 $ 2.743.11 9.887.99 4.759 91 3.425.70 5.4191 11.961.14 6.583 07 4.494.77 2354.43 9S2.000.10l Opening of new stores first j ? sod later m Washington County las affected sales to a i ent a this county, but the no cast, but the rate of s R H Goodmon is in { HEALTH BOARD 1 Members of IW Ibitn fan l? Baud of HrilU a ill mrt.( ?? **c?al m IW rwurt herI Umtm llldWMHI at IWrr ertorfc whra Uki will ?Wliiili.ai far tw Waltii officer (consider P'ciiiut FontnJ Vi Meet! Martin County farmer; and oth "ajxian 31 pcanu: growing coun ties have bran railed to meet at 7 30 Wednesday Light at WiikWt to cooler with Congies?man John II Kerr of the xnmd district on a pea nut ?ln, t? be drafted in a gi n. eral crop control bill, n was an I noumed here la-t night by E. F Arnold, secretary of the North Car i lina Farm Bureau Federation Congressman Lindsay Warren of *',J> du'cict a a- innliil tn 3? tend, but advised K C Holland of Edeni.*!. who arranged the confer ence. that he had utliet engagements Holland said last night In- would have a rough draft of the desired peanut section ready w hen the farm ers convene and evpfc -?-d the hope it would be polished sufficiently In be presented to Congress fotaio growers, who have voiced demands fur control legislation. al so have been invited to the confer First Forrsl Fire Of Season Is Reported! The first forest fire of the sea son m Uus county was reported in the upper part of the County last week by County Warden S J. Tet terton No great damage resulted, ?he warden stating that Towerman ^ E Goodrich and assistants brought the fu* under control be fore It had burned hardly fifteen Refusing to take a date fnon her school playmates. Mavaugn Bell, II y ear-old colored girl is said to have started the rare Her father. Tom Bell, accepted the oust of cheeking ?he fire and IW Slate will nut piuoc cute IW case. Warden Tetterton said It is a bit early for forest fires in ?he county, but IW forestry group ?s making preparations to go into let ion within IW next few weeks. Episcopal Church Will Hold Day Of Prayei On November II. the Church ol ?W Advent mill join with many other churches in the day of pray. ?r for peace TW church will be open all day and leaflets, prepared far Che occasion- will be found on ? tW vestibule of the of November 11 ? urged to attend -W ?i me at the where a wiU be | Accident Claims Life In County (her 1 eek-end Several Serious Wrecks Re ported in Section During Week-end Death stalked on the ! Martin County again during the week-end when Charles L Cjam inu. young white man. era near Gardners Creek on the . ville Highway CanM morning in a Washington from injuries received when kus car went out of control and turned uiu on a curve just this side of the creek late Sunday night The accident was one of several serious ones reported in this and ad joining counties during the week end Calvin Pntchard was htsffy hurt in Bertie and his son lies criti cally injured in a hospital as a re sult of an auto wreck on the Aulan der road near Windsor Sunday night. Several people were hurt, one seriously, in a wreck Saturday afternoon. Leon A of the car drivers figuring n a 1 on collision, was badly hurt and his fourteen year-old son ts m a Wash ington hospital with a skull fracture and other injuries. Driving alone toward Plymouth late Sunday night. Cameron is said to have been driving rapidly. Mr. Joyner. express messenger on the train operating through here, was driving the same road and accord ing to information Cameron passed turn tame from the scene of the wreck | traveling about 65 to 70 miles an hour. The Cameron car. a new De Soto with just over l.ww miles on the speedometer, is said to have turned over possibly eight tunes. jThc man's skull was fractured in three places and he was badly cut and bruised on other parts of his bodj. Tlig iqi tii drtnolwhrd: Cameron, about 30 years old. was native of Goftdsboro He mas rail way mail clerk on the tram operat ing through here, hasuig held that l*>sitj<>n for about four years He is survived by one sister who is m the State Sanatorium Funeral ar rangements had not been ed at noon tudfey but it ts the funeral services will be held in Goldsboro tomorrow and that inter ment w ill follow in a cemetery ' there. Plan No Program For \rmistice l)av r k No piogravn wilt be I connection with the Thursday, but Martin County. Le gionnaires and members of the Le gion Auxiliary m tka oounty plan to participate in a lug program over | in Windsor it was announced today by J E Boy km. commander of the jjolm W Ilassell iV?t m this ty Williamston will fly it. flags. ; I programs w ill be held cri she J I hut busines. will g?> forward i ual here An interesting program has arranged for the celebration in Windsor and hundreds of soldiers fnen Hertford, ton. Bertie and Martin are expected to attend. Registrations will get un derway in the Bertie courthouse at 9:30 that morning A parade will form at the courthouse and led by the Robersonville High School band will continue to the high school where the exercises will be held. Judge W. C. Morse. Jr, will deliver the main address Dinner will be l-orved all registered wives and friends. November Gardening Is Reported Here November ported here by a lot farmers who are able and juicy of which -long before this "Farmer" J. G. recently harvested a to crop from a fi his home in Near Town. ?ther families are utiles from vines ? Legion Post Makes Plans For Completion of Hall The John American' raise enough Letters have ben wnta ? haK who have not paid thrw pie ing them to pay aad a dab has baan darted known as fsujl TV? ok.K Ig tn ftw of tvw. i n is cwo w mg ffff* ar |kv