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Our Very Best Wishes for a Most Happy and Prosperous New Year to All of Our Family of Readers I THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XL?NUMBER 104 Willuunstan, Martin County, North Carolina. Friday. December 31. 1937. ESTABLISHED 1899 Abandon Plans For Storing Additional Peanuts Locally Reports State There Are Few Peanuts Left on Farms After every factor i efforts to provid for the storage of peanuts with the North Carolina Peanut Stabihzataon Cooperative were withdrawn at this end at one time to rent the Roan oke-Dixie warehouse and store j nuts there, but the plans were al dotted when it eras learned the surance rates were unusually high, that the present ttmtliliiai of the house would limit storage to a < parativety few hags It was also pointed out that storage available to farmers of this county and lection at Everetts sonvillc. Up until Wednesday government warehouse at Everetts had received and stored a few i than 5,000 bags of peanuts, suite it was opened the esrty part of week. The house will close Friday or Saturday when its pacity is exhausted. 1 Barnhill stated yesterday. Light de liveries have been made to the house there during the past few days, and it is the opinion of many that the crop has been moved almost j its entirety. No report is available Just no from the cooperative warehouses Robersonville, but it is understood that ample storage lpace is available current crop, that it will be mint esaary to open additional houses the county this season Unofficial reports indicate that >0 per cent of the crop in this county fanners holding the per cent have their own : cilities and are aa ments on the open market Few movements have been re ported, but the open market was re ported stronger this week, the pnees ranging to 3 20 for good bunch and 3.25 for the best J umbos 1 are offered the gruuei at his farm. Series Of Wrecks During Holidays No one was senoaly hurt, but sev eral people were painfully injured on the highways of this section dur ing the holiday period. Late last Thursday m car belonging to Prank Perry, crashed into another car an Main street, causing rtsmagr to both machines, but injuring no Friday morning, a pick-up truck skidded on a slippery road Sweet Water Creek and tore the front of Oscar Bland's ess juring Mrs. Bland internally bruising the knee of C. B..] passenger in the Tllsnd car. Ray Moore, colored driver of truck, was not injured He booked for ratiless ili'uing. Christmas day pasaed withou serious accident, but li lag young son of Mr. and Mrs. Diaon. of Parmele. was run and painfully hurt by a car by Cortes Winters, of boy. hurt, however Jarksnn i injuries and leas driving. A cow was struck and killed by a car near here an flu nlmas Eve; I age waa done to the ci to Bill Peel but diiven by The an of Mr. S. J. LUley only slightly hurt when has car I ed W. C. Manning Coat. Quite IU At Hon Wbil? ha *??#-?? cat w Here during th? (tejr, ad "a a Hundreds Made Glad By Cheer Movement HOLIDAY Sataiday, New Year's Day. by v. ?- p. rUl be aa ? Sa tardaj The to at Ma e ml Ms pli? ? get New Tear M la ' Everetts Man Sets Record For Holding Large Number Jobs B. Riddick Is Now on His Seventeenth Assignment He may not crave work, but it ?* quite certain judging from the num ber of jobs he has held that Mr. C. B. Riddick. Everetts man. has never iuii fiurn work, that no matter what presented itself, he would tackle it Starting as a water boy in a log woods. Mr. Riddick has held and worked seventeen jobs. **I cooked my own flour bread and sopped molasses as a veteran on that first job. but it was a tough one and the pay was mighty, mighty small. In 1907 he moved from Williams Township to Everetts, and was ujuii made chair man of the road district committee A short time after that he gained a justice of the peace appointment, catering to the marriage business in particular but handling most any old tangle that came along. During 22 years as justice of the peace he has married 172 couples, and Christ mas time always adds a few more to the list. He is serving his 20th year as a notary public, and while that is recognized as an office. Mr. Riddick merely considers it as just another job. He served with Mr Joe. L. Hoi hday, former and first Martin Coun ty farm agent. He did a lot of hog vaccinating, and more recently he vaccinated dogs in the drive to check rabies in the county During ihree terms he served as mayor of Everetts. a position declared vacant just now His first mercantile experience was with the late Noah Riddick in the Everetts Mercantile Company "He paid me $10 a month and board, my trashing roming in as an extra remuneration." Mr. Riddick and. Af ter a year with that firan. ids Si ployee sent him to school Later jobs were held with a rail as a general man. peanut buyer, fertilizer man. cotton buyer. Irish potato in spector and Irish potato buyer. "And now I am inspecting peanuts for the government" Mr. Riddick did not know which job be liked best, but be i the task of inspecting about the most than any one he Ten School Teachers Marry In This County The (all term was i ?od for teachers in this county, reports stating that had turned to matrimony ? Thanksgiving. Experiencing a stu age of teachers already, the scho with two exceptions, will hold eight of the married it is understood The names of the i Pi iifi n? Leidy and Misses BerJ ee House and Ruth Rogerson. of the Robersonville school SBsa Eva Haggard. Etbelyn d Dorothy Elliott, of thi Cheer Committee Says Undertaking Very Successful Pathetic Cases Draw Money Prom Pockets of Distributors The hearts of more than 200 little children wctt made (lad and the by empty larders at in seventy-live eras relieved for a short while at least, when a Christian people in this community combined their ef forts in support of the recent Christ Cheer movement sponsored by the local Kiwams dub The under taking was unqualifiedly declared successful by Chairman Ed F Mosrley and his assistants who add ed that its value a as firmly estab lished as one of the most worthwhile and " h.-f projects they had ever participated in More interest was shown in the movement, the third sponsored in this community in the past three years, and more good was accom plished than before Local people re sponded nobly to the call for help, and many accepted cases for indi vidual handling. Every effort was made to care for all the cases, and even after the distribution center was tlustil Christmas Eve morning. from the Haughton Street rectory That some cases were overlooked is not doubted, and an equal distri bution m as hardly possible, but the sponsors of the movement and those who willingly offered fheir services j in the collection and distribution of the toys, fruits and foods feel cer tain much good was accomplished task can be handled to and that the task can be .better advantage nex? ye Visiting a hovel crowded with I near-naked children, a distributor of the packages yielded to the silent pleas (or help and pulled money from his own pocket to supplement aid offered through the Christmas Cheer undertaking. Many cases were pathetic, but the delivery of the bundles filled the hi arts of children and old people, too, with hope, and somehow or other, seemed to renew their hope in their fellow-man In connection with the movement Chairman Moseley said. "The committee in charge of the Christinas Cheer wish to thank all who had a part in providing for the needy during this past Christmas season A total of <203.76 in cash was contributed. While this community may not have as many persons in need as other communities, there are many in it who are dependent upon others for help, and it was a source of satisfaction to the Christmas Cheer committee to be able to make Christmas more happy for these than would have been the case with out the money and services offered "Of course many people are help-, d directly by their friends, but there are those who need special aid at Christmas time, and there is much 1 given of which no public a knowledgement is made. But the pouit to be emphasized is that there e people in need and it is our Christian duty to share of our abun The Sunday school das of J t Boykm handled three case* and Mrs. F. W. Haft and Mrs Bill Glover handled a casr in addition to sever al other* that were not recorded in I regular Christinas Cheer pro Late contributions were made by le following Mrs A R. Dunning. SI: Mrs* L K Sleeper. 52 cento; Mrs J. T. Bamhill. SI; Mrs Dewey Hay 50 cento. V. K P. Company SC-35. J. C. Manning. IMS The Fanners Supply Company mated a box of oranges In addition to individual contri $14.29 was placed m jars on the counters of Mr Town To Take OH Its Holiday Dress Monday Mrs. Minnie Rogers Passes At Her Home Near Here Thursday Funeral Services Will Be Held on Friday Afternoon Mrs Minnie Rogers, wile of W Henry Rogers, died at her home near here on the oid Everrtis road about one o'clock Thursday morning. She had been in declining health for the past two or three years, but her con dition was not considered critical until a lew days ago when pneu monia developed and resulted in death Mrs. Rogers, the daughter oI the late Amlicke Askew and wile, was born near WiUiamston 63 years ago She lived all her life in the commun ?ty where she was born. In early womanhood she was married to W Henry Rogers who surv ives with three sons. Messrs. Haywood. Lester and M>nga Rogers, all of Williams ton. Mrs. Tan Cherry, her only sis ter, died a number of years ago Mrs. Rogers was a member of the Methodist church for a king num ber of years, holding an active mem bership until her health began to tail at Vernon. near WiUiamston. She was a ttioughtful wife and a de voted mother, and was held in high regard by all who knew her She was a good woman, and one who cherished around the family fire side life and valued the friendship of everyone Funeral services will be conduct ed Friday afternoon at I 3U o'clock at the home by her pastor. Rev. R. N. Fitts. of RobersonviUe Inter - mrnt will follow in the family cem etery. near the home . ? Farmers Planning Big Tobacco (Irop ? Martin County farmers are ap parently planning a bgi tobacco crop in 1938. ?w. at least, they are plan, ning to sow plenty of seed for a big obacco crop, according to reports coming from the office of the coun ?y agent Assistant County Agent J P Woodard started cleaning tobacco seed more than a week ago. and to date he has cleaned more than ?nough to sow 107.200 yards of plant beds Wednesday, the agent ran the cleaning machine all day I and seed was delivered faster than i the machine could handle it. As far as it could be learned to. [day. no farmers have planted their [seed beds, but the work will get underway possibly tomorrow or the early part of next week. It is gener ally believed that most of the farm ers in this county will sow their beds e*arlier this year than they did last season. I The general opinion is that the to bacco acreage will be increased ui 1938 over that of 1937 if no control program is effected. Mrs. Martha Thomas Dies In Bertie County Mrs Martha Thomas, mother of Messrs. Guy. Ferlie and Grady Thomas, of Williamston. died sud denly at her home in Bertie Coun ' ty. near Windsor, early Tuesday. ?nomine Besides her three sons here, she leaves the following chil ? dren. Alee. Duncan and Charlie, all of Bertie County. Jamrs Thomas, oi Newport News, and Mrs. W L ' Connor. Mrs W. N Watts Mrs. Geo I Leggett. Mrs Charlie Rose and Mrs hick Smithwiek. all of Bertie Coun ty. Mrs Thomas was B years old. Funeral services were conducted from the late home Wednesday after, noon. Interment was in the family plot on the home farm. LIQUOR SALES | v : ?'I Quietness Marks Observance of Holiday Season In Williamston And Throughout Martin County Record Business Reported By Local Stores During Holiday W llliamston business houses re-1 ported a record holiday trade last week, sales exceeding those of any I other period in nearly every case, i according to preliminary reports 1-eard here this week "We had our largest trade since our business was estalbished more than fifteen years ago.** the head of a local store said Others explained they were well pleased with the sue of their sales during the Christmas season. At the post off ice. Postmaster L. T. Fowden explained that they were t losing the busiest period in the history of the office. Stamp sales for the current period are $300 ahead o; those a year ago. and it is certain ih? sales for the year will approxi mate $23,000 or almost double those of $1932. More mail was handled by the faithful postal workers here last week than : ny other period. Dur ing two day.; > week, the office cancelled appi o.imately 40,000 let ters and greeting cards. More people were attracted to Williamsti n during the holiday sea son than had ever been here be fore Cars were parked several I locks from the business district, and parking space offered the town its biggest problem. Local merchants had prepared fur. a big business, and the patrons' needs were well served. According to preliminary reports, letail business the country over was increased over that of a year ago. A few exceptions were reported, however; in the big industrial cen ters where an alleged business re cession had set in. Give Prizes for Best Holiday Decorations Gty HaH Attrarts Much Attention In Jfc Holiday Attire Judges Offer Much Favor able Comment on the Decorations Here Wearing possibly the most gala holiday attire of any town its size in this sttlHin. Williamston gained in* ch favorable comment from over a wide temtory for its extensive coiorafkms during the Christmas !* riod, the judges of the displaysdie xg very much impressed with the decorative schemes and the interest >hown in the contest by the people of the town, including the court. I house employees and those of the] town municipal water and police de partments. The judges. Mrs J C Sawyer. Mrs Genevieve Freeman and Mrs Tom Gilliam, all of Windsor, made the awards following a close study j of the nearly 100 decorations in store] windows, stores, porches and yards, i The weather was disagreeable for the judging, but the visitors handled | the task well. Prizes, totaling $34. were awarded as follows. Window displays: Clark's Drug Store. $5 first prize. Margolis Broth ers. $250 second prize, and FeeteV] Jewelers. $1 third prize Interior store decorations. Peele's ] Jewelers. $5 first; llavis Ptiarmacy. $2 50 second, and Leggett's. $1 third.; Home doorways Mrs John A Manning. $5 fust prize Mrs L T | Fowden. $2.50 second prize, and Mrs. ; N C. Green, $1 third prize Yards* Mrs E S. Peel. $5 first; Mrs M J. Norton. $2.50 second, and Mrs. H. G. tforton. $1 third prize The courthouse group and the water and police departments were j not eligible for prizes but their dec orations received much praise from the judges. These three decorations probably attracted more attention from over a wider area and from tourists traveling from the North than all the others combined. Chief Decorator J. H. Allsbrooks made a splendid showing with his city hall dome lighting effects. The water tower, with its lighted bell effect in bold relief stood out as a symbol of cheer for the traveler miles away. But the courthouse gang won their way into the hearts of the children with a Santa Claus entering an im pro vised chimney on top of the tower of the old comity hall of jus tin. ? Few New Cases Placed On Recorder's Docket Fewer new mu hare been placed >n the docket during the pnxt week .'or trial in the county recorder'! WARNING / The highway patrol issued a new warning this week when it advised owners that their live -stuck would he killed when al lowed to run the highways. It was further pointed out that the owners would be carried ii to the courts and be made sab Ject to prosecution. Several accidents have follow ed in this section recently when stock was allowed to run the highways. The patrol also warned that all transfer operators must have licenses, that anyone caught operating without a license would be required to buy them and pay an additional sum of $25. Wesley Kay To Play For legion Dance Wesley Kay will bring his broad casting orchestra to play for the American legion dance here on Fri day night of next week, it was an nounced by the promoters today. Miss Frances Delaney, attractive young woman, will accompany the orchestra as featured vocalist, it was also announced. Kay has won acclaim on the air and in many of the country's leading hotels, and comes here direct from New York under the personal diree tion of Tom Broyhill. The ticket sale is progressing un usually well, according to reports heard today, and an unusually large crowd is expected here for the event. The dance will be held in the Roanoke-Dixie warehouse, and an automobile will be given away free. * Personnel For Local UCC Office Is Named Appointment of John Enright. lo cal man. for position of Claims In terviewer, wtth the Hr- G llnem ployment Compensation Commission has been recently confirmed. His duties began about the middle of the month, and he has been in Ral eigh all this week, in the intensive training program conducted there for the State's new force to adminis ter the unemployment benefit pro gram for covered industries. Other appointments for work in this section include that of Mark Ross, as field investigator, and John C. Memory as special deputy, to work in this area. Headquarters for hte workers will be at the State Employment offices in the town hall building here. Ove. 3,000 workers in covered establish mcnts in the five counties served by he local employment office unit wiL be served from the Williamston of fice. Local Auto License Bureau Sells 2500 Tags Up until Wednesday night, t Carolina Motor Club Bureau hi aoid more than 2,500 license*. Death Toll Over Nation Is Larger Than A Year A20 o Few Arrests Are Reported In County During Christmas The Christmas season was quiet ly observed here and throughout the county, reports coming from local and county officers describing the holiday period as the quietest in a number of years. No fatal acci dents marred the festivities, and while there were several minor au tomobile wrecks none was of any serious consequence. Police records show fewer ar lests thi year than last during the Christmas season. Nearly ah of the dozen people arrested in the county during the holiday were charged with drunkenness, the few others be j ing booked for drunken driving or assault I "It was the quietest observance of Christmas I have seen in several >ears.~ a county officer said. "Dis orders were reported here and there over the county, but they were not srious." the officer continued: A >ear ago the automobile claimed a life and another was lost in a fire during Christmas in this county. Much sickness was reported in the county, the number of pneu monia cases, several of them serious. rvceeding a normal overage. Nor-? ma I death saddened several homes in the county during the Christmas sea son. but for the most part, the per lod was one of peace and content mcnt to the vast majority Early this week, the nation report ed a larger death toll from mis haps than it did a year ago. Early I reports stated that more than 500 ' people w ere killed on the highways ? >i h*>t then lives by fire and m otfr fer tragedies. Riding the highways, spurting fir: I gun muzzles, creeping silent ly in the form of carbon monoxide, death of many kinds interrupted the yuletide festivity. Illinois led the nation with 33 violent deaths, including 26 auto mobile traffic fatalities, one tram aulomobile death, two shot and one suffocated Ohio and Pennsylvania trailed with 2u each. California 15. Mary land 14. and Kentucky 13. Missouri reported seven deaths ? a murder-suicide, two drownings, one fell downstairs at a Christmas party, two died of carbon monoxide at a tourist camp Kentucky reported 13 ? seven automobile fatalities, four shootings, one stabbing, one dynamite-cap ex plosion in celebrating Christmas. Mrs. Nannie Murrill Dies In Riehlands Mi> Nannie Mumll, mother of Mrs. G II. Harrison and Mrs R. G. Harrison. Jr . of Williamston. died suddenly at her home in Riehlands Sunday evening shortly after nine o'clock. Mrs. Mumll. 72 years old. was in her usual health when she was taken ill and died of a heart at tack a few minutes later. Mrs Mumll had visited her two daughters in Williamston often and made many friends here. She was held in high esteem by all who knew her. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Riehlands Methodist church of which she had long been a member. Interment was in the family ceme tery on the old home place, near Riehlands Besides her two daughters here she leaves the following children. Sirs. W. D Russell. Mrs. Edgar Kooncr. Mrs. John Rand, Mrs. Leon Sylvester, and Mrs. Stanley Koonce. ill of Riehlands. Record Shipment Motor Oil Is Unloaded Here The largest shipment of motor oils nd gasoline ever received in this ?action was unloaded at the docks 4 the Harrison Oil Company here
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