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r.Ei.'Lix MET) ENTERPRISE Will IW Ou Cat VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 2 Williamston, Martin County. North Carolina. Friday. January 7. 1938. ESTABLISHED 1899 Court Starts New Year With Large Docket For Trial Judge Peel Continues Most of the Twenty-five Cases on Docket ? ?*"" Holding the tint term of the I year last llonday. Judge H. O. Peel found a crowded docket for trial m the county recorder's court- Twen ty-five cases were booked, but time limited the attention of the court to eleven- the 14 others going over for trial next Mooday or oo Man days to follow The court had not held a i since December 20 and considering the fact that a dozen cases were con tinued at that tune and also the ac cumulation of cases over the holi day period, the docket can be recog nized as of no unusual size In fact, reports maintain that the number of cases before the court during De cember and the first Monday in this month is smaller than is ordinarily the case Charged with drunken and reck less driving. Lester Meeks was found guilty on the second count and the court suspended judgment upon pay ment of the case costs. A. D. Johnson, adjudged guilty of drunken and h'tand run driving, was fined $50. taxed with the costs and had his operating license revok ed for one year Charged with driving a motor ve hicle while his license was revoked. J. T. Had ley was sentenced to the roads for 12 months, the sentence to run concurrently with the one im posed for revoking parole. 1 zither Taylor wu found nut guilty of reckless driving. on an alleged count of violating the liquor laws. Oscar Hagan was fined $25 and taxed with the cost. He was also sentenced to the roads for six months, the term to begin at the J: lection of the court. Charged with being drunk and dis orderly and with assault. Hardy Williams was sentenced to the roads for four months. Judgment was suspended upon payment of the cost in the case charging Geo. M. Jackson with reck less driving Charged with drunken driving., Perlie Leggett was sentenced to jail for one day and had his license re voked for one year. Jas K Moore was fined $25 and taxed with the cost in the case charg ing him with reckless driving. His license to operate a motor vehicle was revoked for six months Jas Bullock was fined $50 and taxed with the cost in the case charging him with carrying a con News Of Interest To People Of Parmele <By REV. J. T. WILDMAM We have had real happy holidays and nov we wish to all a Happy New Year. ' Christmas was a little bit above the average for firecrackers and sobriety We must be prospering, for I noticed to many discarded the conventional sox and handkerchiefs for Christmas presents and got bi cycles instead Bicycles were never so numerous, as now. and the kiddies are happy We are settling down to normal The school teachers and college stu dents have come and gone and most of us are broke The biggest event of the holidays to one family at least, was the ad vent of little Miss Elizabeth Brown Wildman She is boarding with Mr and Mrs. John H Wildman. She arrived on January 31. They say the stork brought her, but I anil never believe that. The angels brought her for she is a dream. At least she is dreamy and sleepy. She weights nine and a quarter and seems weii pleased with her surroundings though stae does pro test vigorously at some of the treat ment she gets. Her dad wears a mule and her mother is happy. She is the best looking girl in town. The morning paper says W C Manning a dead Don't you ever be lieve that There is a story in the sixteenth of Luke about a man who was carried by the angels to Abra men like him can never die. He has just gone Home and I am gning to meet ban pretty soon. I am thinking today of the reived in the Glory Patrolmen Check Drivers' Licenses And Aoto Cards 200 Asking Unemployment Insurance at Local Office Busy hours each day this week at the WUliamston employment office, w ith an members of the office force taxed to attend to crowds of appli cants?have featured the activities. This week up until Wednesday nigh:, over 1S5 applicants had been taken care at. mainly in filing claims for unemployment benefits under the new unemployment compensation The closing of the local peanut fac tory. the recent closing of a large lumber and wood products mill in Tyrrell county, and various other layoffs in smaller numbers account ed for most of the unemployed work ers seeking to file claims for unem ployment benefits At Lewiston in Bertie county, and at Plymouth, about seventy more workers will be taken care of in fil ing claims employment registrations. etc.. within a few dai s According to the Wtlliamston office, the local em ploymcnt situation, and in Martin county as a whole, is much better than in some other sections. In Tyr rell and Hyde counties, there are considerable numbers of workers seeking employment at this time Although there are numbers of un. employed in Martin. Bertie ar.<l I Washington and Beaufort counties i as well, no w holesale layoffs have I been reported Bertie was a few days ? ago added to the group of counties 'served by the Wdliamston office Under the new unemployment I compensation act. workers in cover ed firms with a certain period of ser. ; vice and sufficient total w ages to | their credit, are eligible to file claims for unemployment benefits, which i runs to a maximum of sixteen weeks I. in any one year Postal Receipts Reach Record Figure Locally! Sweet Potatoes Moving To Marts From This Point Production in Section This Year Below That of Year Ago Sm rn potato shipments started rmttlig to northern markets?from this point this meek, reports stating that farmers in this county m ill of fer the northern trade around fifty ?Establishing a rr.irVet liere a lew days ago. the Corbitt Package Com pany is paying around 90 rents a oushel for No I offerings, the price ranging around 10 cents above the opening quotations a year ago Farm ers are not very anxious to sell at 90 cents, some believing the market m ill show added strength later in the season. However, two cars were loaded this week and moved into the northern trade channels. Under the direction of Mr L. N. Johnson, the Corbitt Company has located a grading and cleaning ma chine at the A C L Station here and is receiving potatoes almost every Jay The cleaner and grader work about 12 persons. During the next taro or three months, the company plans to handle forty or fifty cars at this point The potato crop in this section is considerably smaller than it was a year ago. and there is doubt if ship ments will exceed SO cars during the season Last year 59 cars were shipped from this point, reports stat ing that the shipments originating here constituted most of those made from the coQcty However, individ ual trucks supplying the near-by mark eta handled quite a few pota ? but bo leiotu onthoae gup cuts B available Commenting on the crop in this this was a good potato territory, but that the farmers had let their seed lun down, that a much better pota to could be had if the seed were un proved Awaiting an expected rise in the market, formers in this area are not expected to move potatoes in any large quantity before some time in February or early March, and it b likely the present buyers will go off the market until that tune Old Christmas Passes Unobserved In County Old Christmas, at one time ob served by quite a number of the older people of the county, passed virtually unnouced this week. The more modern Christmas date has just about overshadowed the old ton of celebrating the birth ol Christ 12 days after the "new" Far a long number of years, the uervaace of old Christmas was ob served by the older people in the outlying districts at the county witti a marked reverence, but the custom is just about petered out now. Along the outer banks at Dart old Christmas is given prom recognition, and a big cdebra vas held there Wednesday '? Local Man Delegate To Rivers-Harbors Congress G. H Harrison was recently I a delegate by Governor Clydi R. Hoey to the National Rivers am ess to be held u City. January ? and 21 as p1 f to attenc (vain Of Almost ?3.000 Is Re|>orted During Past \ ear Increase in General Busi ness Volume Reflected by Office Receipts Experiencing a gradual but steady! business, the Williams j ton postoffice reported record re ceipts during the past year. Post mas'er L T Foaden exnlaining that a;i all-tue.e lcvuid n.?> t-^iabiilShed during tne period The sale of stamps, many of which were in the one-, two. and three-cent class, totaled $20.702 69 during the year 1937 as compared with $17,-1 935 26 in 1936 "You have to sell a whole lot of one- and two-cent; stamps to support an increase of %Xr 767 43." Postmaster Leslie Fowden pointed out During each quarter last year, j stamp sales at the office here show , ed an increase over the sales for the corresponding quarters in 1936 the average increasing standing right at $700 for each period The month of December really established a unique record for in that period, an increase of more than $500 was re ported over the income for Decem ber. 1936. During the first few days before Christmas, the office handled an unbelievable volume of mail As many as 40.000 letters were cancell ed in two days, and stamp sales w ere brisk from early morning until clos g tune each day The increase in postal receipts, ac cording to the opinion of Postmaster Fowden and his associates, is trace able directly to an expanding vol ume of activity in general business here and in the community Of course. Mr Fowden pointed out. the sale of stamps for Christmas cards greetings urn eased "the receipts in the past quarter, but even without those there would have been an increase over the incom for the same quarter in 1936 The money order business showed a slight increase, according to figures released by the office here this week Last year the office sold mony or ders amounting to $134.676 20, or just about $10,000 more than the to tal represented in the sales in 1936 It is estimated that the money-order business in the county will approxi mate $400,000 or more annually. There are nine post off ices in the county, and it is understood that the money order business underwent an increase in nearly all if not everyone of them during the period Officers Capture Load Of Whiskey Making thesr first raid of the year. Special Enforcement Officer J 11 Roebuck and Deputy Bill Haislip captured a had of liquor and con fiscated an automobile belonging to C. B Handlenear Spring Green t Tuesday night about I o'clock The driver of the car and his com panion. shtse identity could not be eitahhdied. escaped They are said to have deserted the car and fled acroas a bag cotton field belonging to Nunn Everett When (be driver refused to hah. Deputy Haislip plugged one of the car tires with a shot from a pistol The driver tried to continue, but the flat caused ban to ditch the car There were 3D gallons of illegal li. quor m the car, officers stated iSenator Reynolds Predicts Stormy Session Congress jwill Attempt to Get at the| Cause of Current Recession The storm signals are out for the current ses-.oo of Congress It is al teady ettlmt that the legislative sailing will not be smooth President Roosevelt has donned his "executive oilskins" and is prepared to active ly and mihtantly direct the ship of state through its rocky Congression al voyage, a role in which he is at his best All this means that the country can get ready for action and :> strong effort to maintain the gains trade during the period from the de pression to the current recession m business. Foremost on the legislative calen dar ?ill be an attempt to get at the cause of the existing recession, with its drop in sales, slump in manulac. lure of automobiles and other fac tors leading to unemployment Are go? eminent policies responsible" Has the undistributed profits and capital gams taxes caused the slump* Is a minority of powerful industrial and business groups carrying the op position to Kuuscvelt policies too far * Answers to these and other questions a ill be sought early in the session It is. of course, too early to antwi 1-ate the Congressional course. There a ill no doubt be sharp clashes of < pinion on the faults and virtues of What has already been done Lanes may be more sharply drawn as be tween supporters id the I "resident I and the so called conservatives than* at any tune since IXC But there I seems to be a united determination | to see that the middle classes, small business men and the in-betweens are not pinched in the fight for pro tection of the little fellow against ???Oil.i.T .!?- 1. . ? . ,|ir nopolislK- and control at-any-prwe conditions. [ Some of the things that now stand out may be summaiLUd as follows: T1IE GOVERNMENT Indications that unemployment greater than has been tliougbt. with fuithet drop in employment if the recession is not checked, may prevent any whole sale moves for economy The Con gress will be fared with demands of citizens for econumy and demands for expenditures As the result, in dividual mcmbris mill find it neces sary to study budget revxmmenda tiuns, revenue yields ar-d learn more about national needs in the light of developments xghin the last sixty days before becoming definitely committed to more or less spending BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY?It is apparent that the capital indus tries, such as steel utilities, rails and Others are not moving ahead as is necessary for the national good. Tax revision, clarifying of irdetal poli cies and charting of a definite course of government action may prove helpful. In addition, it is also appal ent that purchasing pomer is not up to price levels This situaliun was feared by many when prices began | to move upward ai a faster rate than the income of our people AGRICULTURE ? Much of the gains made be agrirultuc higher prices for farm ommodiUes liave been offset by higher tare higher prices for what the farme buys, higher prices for farm equip ment and so on. Thus it i essentia that the Congress art as quickly a possible to assure the farmer aha he may expect ahead THE WAGE-EARNER ? It B t be hoped that all possible will b done to bring wairing labor faction together Continued friction is rec tain to be harmful to the great rank of wage earners A greatly modifm wage and hour bill may be made by Congiess Something must b done to rise low mage levels an bread the jam now caused by low in come and high living costs Unfortunately, all these things fan Congress in an election year Mem hers will be fared with a desire t be with constituents and the call ? duty in Congress As a result, indi ?dual members will be farced to ar according to their best belief of th right course, and let the chips faJ where thy may Albemarle Presbytery To Meet In Williamston * On next Tuesday at 10 a. m the Presbytery of Albemarle of the Presbyterian church m the United States will meet in its regular mid winter session in the Prest>> lenar. hurch of Williamslon The Preaby ery ts comprised of ministers and elders from the 3* or more churches jf this denomination east of Rocky Mount At 11am there will be ar. ?ddress on the subject of the Us ternary Situation m Coma and Ja mn~ The pidilir ts cordially invited to this service. Applications for Soil Benefit Payments Filed in Raleigh Four hundred and sixty-five ap j plications for benefit pavm<^n< iul. der the soil conservation program nave been forwarded to Raleigh for Martin farmers by the county -gent's office, it was learned today from Miss Mary Car>tarphen. sec retary Others will be forwarded within the next few days or just as soon as the farmers sign the appli .alions it was stated It is estimated that there are 200 j jothre farmers in this county who are eligible tor benefit payments.. but most of tnem or about 150 have: not applied for the benefits, it was. pointed out No time limit for receiv ing the applications has been set. but it is certain that those farmers who apply for the payments early will be the first to receive their ben efit checks No estimate on the amount farm !ers in this county mill receive in j benefit payments is available at this | time, but it is believed the total will paid them last year. Ignoring their bases and increasing their acreages to peanuts, cotton and tobacco, sev eral hundred farmers or more than one-half of the 1.400 work sr.eet sign ers surrendered any and all claims to the benefit payments Others par ticipated in the program to a very small extent, leading the authorities to believe that the benefit payments u ill not exceed a total of 5100.000 j m the county this year as against S 187.00 a year ago The benefit checks were received in. this county early last March, and it. is possible that the payments will be madf on or ahn??t th#? om?> time I this year Ask Farmers To Give Information Necessary W For Establishing Goals Inmuilialr Action Is I r?etl To Make Full Allotment? Information Sought Only From Non-cooperators in Program RttciviaC i?rdeii a !**? days afr' IjMIM J ll I.IJK.IH I. dr Washington. County Agent Brandon I and his asAf yl?-> are no* srektnc tnip in(r*rmatK*n from all lh*?sc farmers who did not participate in tire program last yea* or the year !l*f..rv Btlrtt the 193S cotton lo-1 hareo. genctal and h?iI build.ng crop I goals can be determined and alhrlted I tamers in Martin County and those in all i*ther cxunties in tin- East Central region ltu? information must lie had. Agent Brand.-n explained The non-d-perator in the program * ill not be asked to sign or .bligate himself in any way. and the infor mation will be treated confidential |y. it was pointed .ait If Martin County farmers ate to I share tn the. goals on an equal basts with farmers tn other dainties and U- had. and the facts must I* aceutV ate Cities- work *ill n.-t prove of any great value Plans for obtammg this informa Is* are well under* ay in this coun ty. and non signers are asked to re port to the denmunity dPimittee. man in their rc-pective distorts or I., the cainty agent's office direct Th.sc farmers who signeaf work si wet s lad year and In ISJ6 do iioT have to rrpat. f.a their crop red?rds are already available Farmers in the van.his townships are urged hi rep"at and do hi in. mediately to the canmunity dan mitteemen. as folio* s James \ ille T.vnship Clarence Stalling- (irif fin W B Harrington Williams Chas L llaniel Bear Cirass. A B Avers. Williamstoci and IVplar Plant county agent's offue Cro> Roads Andre*- Claik. R.Person rillr. J R Wind"* Hamilt'-n l> R Edmondson. arid G.-?se Nest. J 1 Crisp It is again pointed out that those farmers participating in the soil program are tot aiAed to re. port to the danmitteemen their crip arreages If farmer s fail to cwperate in niak irg an accurate survey, then, in all probability, the allotments to the dainty will be tndirrectly made: and if. by chance. If* allotment .1 C"t ton. tobacco and other crops is less than what it should be. not only will the farmers who fail U* coper ate in giving this information but all oth ec farmers * ill suffer a loss in acre age of cotton and tobacco and pos sibly peanuts which otherwise would liem o be rightfully due them immediate action on the part of non-participating farmers will make possible the determination and re lease of allotments to the county at an earlier date Ulan mould be the Short Time To File Claims For Gas Rebate Saturday. January 15. m the last lay operators of peanut pirkers may tie claims for tax refunds in gaso . Mr C H Harmon 4 the Harmon Oil Company, rays ny has handled many cd EJECTMENTS Si* peer fimibn. anuM ?n mm cm* luir km tHdri fd la tanlr Iknr livuu qui ters in Uu% mail ? far this ns Irm tkf affin ?( Ikt ik? __ iff krtr Mai. TV ikcnff evplained Uut * ?Irani mis afficml In ckar IV bMm. VI IV offlrrr K ml <? mtiu llul V *ill ant have _ In place mrkidi i earthlv be hacnii in the riud before the ejerUaeal einn is spent. The nnmher nf rjerfnrals is nn larrer than it mas last rear.; Sheriff Rnebaek evplainerf Local Office ^ ill Serve Six ( omit ics | Bertie county is t?? be served in the future by the WiUiamston Of fice of the X C. State Employment Service instead off from the Edenton ? ?fffiec. it was announced here this week The change becomes effective a> of'the first of January The Wil instead of the five as in the past to adriiinister the program of the Em ployment Service and also the new Unemployment Compensation pro gram The counties served fr<?m the knal office now include Martin. Washington, Tyrrell. Beaufort. Ber tie and Hyde An estimated total of over 3.600 worker? in various establishments, are ioxered m rtiese six counties. I and o?me under I lie provisions ??f , the art. according to Manager C W Bare more off the Willtavnston office Martin county, with about forty covered firms has about 5W0 work ers affected by the act and its pro visions The files and records for Bertie county were transferred to the Wil liamstufi office "in the town hall tuilding this week, from Edenton BetIie county people will henceforth come to Wilhamston to register and file claims for unemployment bene fits and there will also be given e xtension service to Windsor every Thursday, for the Bertie workers. The -'flice wa* crowded this week as the large number of men and wo men hied their claims to unemploy ment compensation The amounts will be oe.pulol in Raleig ?igb A Mrs. Mamie Bland Passes Wednesday lli> M-imtc- Bland, widow of the late John Bland died at her home southwest from here near the Pitt. Martin County line early Wednesday morning ' Mrs Bland was (S years old. Her friends who knew her intimately spoke of her as one of the communi ty's best women, always a friend and goid neighbor to every one she came in contact with She was a member of the Primi. live Baptist church at Flat Swamp having been a faithful member and loyal supporter of her church for a tong number of years She is sur vived by two rhddrrn Mrs Frank Bennett of WUliamston and Mr H Bland of Robersunvillr Funeral services were held on Thursday Many Tenants Are Moving In Martin (lountv This Y ear Several Schools Report De crease in Their Attendance Packing their earthly belongings on worn-out trucks and crowding their children and family cat and dog into dilapidated cars, many Martin county tenants have already started the annual task ? that of moving from here to yonder. Early reports stale that fewer tenants are moving this year than last, but even then there are many looking for new* homes. An encouraging feature is embrac ed in the reports, this year Accord ing to reliable information received here a goodly number of tenants are moving to their own farms or on land purchased under the instalment plan The majority of movers, how ever. are made up of the shiftless tenants who dram land and landlord thik year and move on to greener fields nest year With few exceptions most of the moving in years gone by was con fined to the several townships m the county, but reports received re cently state that quite a few farm ers are quitting the county Some are moving into Beaufort, others go ing into Pitt and Edgocvmbe and one o rtwo entering into new terri tory around Murfreesbero over in^ Hertford County There has been little moving of families in the towns, and few changes are expected m the future Several schools in the county have reported sizeable Hrmx .r. thPir at ? tendance figures with few pupils moving in to offset Lie losses, n is believed, however, that attendance averages w ill be about the same as they were before the end of the year after all the shifting has been completed. ~ Oak City reports no material change m its attendance, but right close by over in Hamilton, ten or twelve pupils have moved out of the district. Principal Castelloe stating that few hate moved into the dis trict to offset the decrease The school at Gold Point reports no ma terial change, and in Bear Grass. Farm Life and Jamesville few fam llies have moved carrying their chil dren to cause a decrea>e in the at tendance figures Everetts continues into the new year with about the same number of pupils as were en rolled last year Robersonville re ported a decrease of six pupils in its high school attendance and a few were missing in the grammar grades At Williamston, 23 pupils have mov ed out of the district and up until t > eslei day only seven new ones had j moved in and reported for mstruc ! tion in the various classes. Justice Slit her land 9iiits Hi"11 Court Justice Geo Sutherland will re tire from the United folate*; Su-_ pteme Court on January 18. it was announced by the jurist this week The justice's retirement will give already pctssible successors are being mentioned f >r the high post Chief Justice Walter Stacey. of this State, has been mentioned as a possible successor No official action has been taken however in connection with filling me position Justice Sutherland English born, has been a leader of conservative forces in the court during President Roosevelt's administration He has consistently opposed New Deal laws. The resignation leaves the West without a representative, and it is expected the appointment will be made in that section Rev. B. F. Huske Will Preach Here On Sunday * At the Sunday morning service of the Episcopal church. Rev B. F. Huske. rector of St. Mary's Episcopal church, of Kinston. will preach. Mr. Huske is one of the prominent min isters of this diocese, having served as rector of Christ Church. New Bern, before giving twelve years' service as a chaplain in the U. & Navy Postpone Series Of Farm Meetings In This County ? A *i? at farm nxtuifs sched uled m this county for next week have been postponed, the office at the county iftnl announcing today hat they will probably be held week ifter next. Rifi nut lints at the ?gent's office are ninlnig with far