THE ENTERPRISE
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday. February II, J938.
VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 12
ESTABLISHED 1899
Several People Are
Critically Hurt In
Wreck Near Parmele
Track. Carrying Large Hu
man Cargo. Plunges
Into Ditch Sunday
citscally
slightly
cat out of control
into a ditch on the old
Pannrlr-JlobrrsonviUr road.
eyes knocked out and skulls fractar
out of socket.
tar
dus
None of the victans has died,
mdiig to reports icarhind here late
y-sleiday. but the lecusery of sever
al ? considered doubtful
The tat <d the seriously injured in
c:i
Cal Best, punctured tuns
Herbert Ward, serious back in
Jotin Gray, cuts and brunes
Denty Keel. Uyenr-old Cirl.
skull fiat.tare and eye knocked out
u? m linn | broken jaw
Drlls Eaaon. Mar caret Mordecai.
Vrrinlo rt-wu4H and Ethel Mae
Broun, panful ruts and bruises
The group <d about 30 colored peo
pie were returning to their hones
m the Bobersooville cotnmunity
Iron the funeral of Lester Page, new
Parmete Ira Thomas, colored driver
of the track, told officers following
hn arrest Sunday night at 10 o'clock,
that the I"? if rs urged him to
speed up the track to get then ho
before a ram. then threatening, be
gan to fall After increasing the
speed of the track, he started around
a curve and the weight of the load
shifted, cnusuc turn to kme control
of the machine, which swerved i
then tore into several trees and came
to a slop m a ditch. Several of the
dnnkn?. but others maintained he
was -quite" sober The driver was
placed m jad to await the outcome
f the injuries sustained by the truck
Doctors" offices in Robersonville
minded with the wreck vic
To Load Poultry In
County Next ^ eek
Martin County farmers are sched
uled to stup then second cooperative
carload of poultry next week. Coun
ty Agent T B Brandon announcing
today that prices have been slight
ly
month ulna the first cooperative car
of the season was shipped out of
the county to northern markets Col
ored hens are quoted at It cents a
pound, a price that compares with
the hgher received in the county
during the |
A
been effected, the
?L The car will be
I land at Inm 11 ills next Wednes
day where poultry will be received
until late afternoon All-day loading
schedules will be m effect there that
day and at Wdlismston on Thurs
day. Rober-laiville on Friday
Oak Cny on Saturday. Mr Brandon
stated tat he would have his own
car nd trader with crates to receive
i received sf
will be moved
to the car in the next
Divorce Mill In County
Starts Grinding Again
Mam Bays Funeral
la Plymouth
Present Indications Point To
Advanced Season for Tobacco
tin Cpun|y farmers will establish a
new moid in the early transplant
ing at their tobacco crops, reports
from the countryside stating that
plants in the beds are coming up rap
idly and growing in the balmy wea
ther at recent days. The uncertainty;
of the weather is subject to destroy
the plants and result in delayed
plantings It is apparent, however,
that unless the mercury falls be
low freezing and hovers there sev
eral days in a row ft he plants will
hold their own. and that transplant
ing will be pnariblr some time about
the middle at April and possibly
While the present indications point|
to early transplanting!, there are
other factors besides the weather'
that are certain to upset the sched
ule. The blue mold may strike and'
delay transplanting or it may wipe
out all the plants and send Martin
farmers roving over miles of terri
tory in search of them
After experiencing a mild winter
season so far, farmers in this see
tson are expecting a continuance of
warm weather and do not seem to
be worrying over the possibility of
cold striking and killing their plants.
Other fanners have just recently
completed sowing their plant beds,
and they are reasonably sure they
will escape cold weather, and are
hoping the blue mold will not prove
destructive
Many farmers have several beds
some late and some early They are
hopeful if one fails another will fur
nish ample plants
"Some years ago. I transplanted a
tobacco crop on the seventeenth day
! of April, but the plants developed
slowly.' Mr Joshua Coltrain said|
this week It is belief that early
transplanting is not advisable since
1 the ground is too cold
I REPRESENTATIVE I
v /
red. recently
Masonic Lodge Ends
Attendance Contest
Supported by < (piriM contest,
attendance upon the meetings of the
Skewarkcy Lodge here during the
past ten weeks has established
records. oBkeii of the organization |
statins that an average of 4 ?
fcers were pie" it regularly during;
the pi nod
Meeting with marked success in
the precious two years, the attend
ance contest was again advanced by |
lodge leaders last November with
Rev E. F MnicIcy and S II. Grimes
heading the "Whites" and R. H ,
Goodman and L Brace Wynne I
ing the "Blues." It was a close race
from the start, and thr last meeting
on Tuesday night at thi> week found
the Moaatey Gi anes fali< n
by three points Employing every
strategy at battle, the Goodmon
Wynne group made a concerted
drive at the last and lurged
with a marginal victory of
Now. the "Whites" are to pay for
a big supper which will probably be
next Tuesday evening in the
an's Club hall
Little Over Three Inches
Of Rein Falls In January \
rainfall wa> recorded i
January. Bel
on the Roanoke at|
this pesnt reporting 3 14 inches di
ing the period A year ago the si
tkm n pis ml a rainfall of 7 22 inch
the largest for any January on rec-l
HUNT TUESDAY )
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Draw Juries For
Two Weeks Term
Sujierior (]ourt
Judge R. Hunt Parker, of
Roanoke Rapids. Is
to Preside
Fifty .four Martin County cilirens
were drawn by the Martin County
vuanmissionrrs in session this week
for jury service during the two
of superior court con
vening the third week in March for
the trial of criminal and civil cases j
Judge R Hunt Parker, of Roanoke
Bapidx. B scheduled to preside over
[ the mixed term
A preliminary review of the trial
docket shows very few cases have
k**11 -t-hcdulrd su far for tiuil dut -
ln* ,hc term. None of them, includ
ing the civil calendar, carries any
important cases.
, Names of the jurymen drawn to
?erve the first week of the term are:
Williams Township: J. H Heath.
N. P Roberson. J L Hardison. Ben
Griffin and C. L Daniel.
Gnffuis Township: N. R. Peel
Bear Grass Township Noah R.
Wrlliamston Township T C
Cntcher W H Carstarphen. A. T
^"y W D Ambers. W R. Ingram
J D Bow en J. c. Anderson. W D
Mishoe. Jr. W H Everett and F M
Taylor. -
Cram Roads Township. Willie
Ambon and F A. Barnhill
"detwoville Township: J Daw
eon Robenon. J. p. House ' W T
Bunung. W E Vick. E B Van Nor.
wick and J H James
Fbplar Point Township Latham
Bland and Fred Clark.
Goose Nest Township: J M Har
reU. W G Keel. A T. Hyman. J C
H Johnson and E B. Smith
Week
Gnffuis Township: David'T Grif.
fin.
Bear Grass Tow nship W K Ward.
J D Pnce. M. C Leggrtt. M D.
Taylor and J. L Stalls.
Wilhamston Township: J H Dix
on, Charlie Edwards and T M Brit
ton
Robeixaiville Township: J. A.
James. Chas R Gray. E. Smith and
C O. Cherry
?Viftlar Pren Township: J Robert
Roberson
Hamilton Township: H. L. Everett
and H_ L Purvis.
I Goowe Nest Township R T. Carra
?ay and Clyde Bunch
Two Arrested In County
For Robbery la Plymouth
CAarged with the robbery of a
?h*e m Plymouth on Tuesday night.
Hilliary Daniels and Charlie Mack
Swam, two Washington county
white youths, were arrested in Mar
?m by highway patrolmen and Plym
outh officers last Wednesday An ac
cmiil? ?f fhe robbery was broadcast
over Station WANI here, and men
bfn ?* highway patrol and k
f^1 ??* county officers formed
?ocade the boys could not pene
trate The alleged robbers were bot
?tod "P m a woods in the lower part
^ county where they
a heated foot
we returned to Washington
?or trial
Marriage Licenses Issued
To Couples In Plymouth
Griffins Man Dies
Suddenly at ^ heel
Of Truek Thursday I
Allen Baynor. Well-known|
Martin Citizen. Suffers
Heart Attack
G Allen Baynor. highly respected|
Griffins Tonolup citizen, died sud
denly yesterday morning about 9
o'clock shilr driving his truck along
a country load in Williams Town
ship. near the home of Joshua L
Collrain Believed to have suffered
a heart attack or a stroke of apo
plexy Mr Baynor lost control of!
his truck and died almost before wit
nessrs could irach the spot where]
the machine came to a stop 11
ditch
Tlavehng from his home in thel
old Dymon City area of Griffins |
Tonnship. Mi Baynor first attract
ed attention of residents along the
way when he drove the truck from
rne sale of the road almost to the
other, and loft complete control of
the machine which soon came to
stop in a ditch He breathed possibly |
once or Iwice after witnesses reach
ed him Leaving home just a short I
time before, he was in his usual|
health and had made plans to super
vise work at the old I>anicl and Sta
ton mill in Williams Township
During the past eight months oil
mote Mf Baynor had suffered wilhl
heart trouble, but his condition was]
1 not considered grave and he was able
I to continue his varied activities
I The son of the late John Baynor. I
! of Braufurt County, and the late Pol
ly Ann Gelsinger Baynoi of this
county. Mi Baynor was born in]
Beaufort County nearly 60 years ago
! He rnosed with his parents to the.
Dymond City section Which was at |
j one tune a thriving center along the
j old JamesviUe and Washington Rail
road Company After the road was
abandoned the Baynor family con
tinucd residence there, a place thai
is possibly farther removed from the
center of activities than any other
:n the county His ability as a mill
wright and blacksmith for the com
munity attracted the countryside to
his door on frequent missions, hisi
dealings with his felkiwman being
marked by a lasting friendship and
a willingness that earned for him a
place in the hearts of everyone Mr
Baynor was highly regarded as a
citizen He hied peaceably among
his fellow man. doing good in an un
pretentious way
He never married, and leaves four
sisters. Mrs John R Coltram. and
u .. r.ma Baynor. of Gnffms
TownshipL and Mrs. Agnes Tyre, of
Williams Tow nship
funeral services are being con
ducted this afternoon at 2 o'clock
from his late home by Res W B
Harrington and Elder IV E Getsing
er Burial will follow in the Getsing
er cemetery in Gnffins Township
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Enforcement Unit
Releases Rejmrt
The monthly report of the Martin
County Alcoholic Beverages Control
Baud ur.it filed recently for the
month of January shows an active
aoik is being carried on by officers
headed by Special Officer J H Roe
buck During the period the enforce
ment group wrecked an even dozen
stills and poured out ?.150 gallons
of beer and twenty-one gallons of
The reports also show that five al
teged violators of the liquor law
were convicted in the courts of th
county One automobile was confu
rated during the month by the offi
cess
Since the fust of this month, th
officers have wrecked three plant
in the county The fust one wa
wrecked last Tuesday in the Fre
Union rectum where 450 gallons o
beer were poured out On Wednes
day. the officers raptured a 30 galloi
copper it ill in the HasaHl section o
Hamilton Tuwndup There were 20
gallons of brer at the plant Yrstet
day an old steam plant was wreckei
in Bear Gram, the officers pourm.
out 45* gallons of beer
Special Offuer Rorbuck was as
rated m the raids by Deputy Bll
School Secretaries In
District Meeting Here
super in ten
northeastern
were here for a
1 Tuesday J. G.
held in the mm
House Passes Farm Production
Control Bill By Big Majority^
Measure Is iNow Before Senate
To Determine 1W8
Acreage Allotments
Within Short Time!
Owners of Farms Having
No Base. Asked to Re- j
port Facts to Agent
The fiue-cured tobacco acreage al
lotments for farms under the 1938
Agricultural Conservation program]
will be determined at an early datej
in Martin County T B Brandon an
nounces
The national. State and county,
acreage goals under the 1938 pro
gram will be broken dow n into farm
allotments- The farm allotments w ill
be determined in view of the size
i?f the national crop needed in order
to keep the supply of flue-cured to
bacco in line w ith demand
As soon as the individual farm al
lotments are determined by local]
and county committeemen and ap
proved by the State office, farmers'
will be notified of their allotment*!
(or 1938
If pending legislation is enacted, it
is likely that the 1938 poundage al
lotment. or marketing quota for a
farm under such legislation will be*
the normal yield per acre for the
farm times the number of acres in
the farm's acreage allotment under
the 1938 Agricultural Conservation
program
Operators of farms for which a
tobacco base was not previously es
tablished under AAA programs
should report at once to their com
mitteeman the following informa
tion
1 Tobacco acreage and production
on the farm in 1935. 1938 and 1937.
if any
2 The intended acreage of tobac
co for the far nun 1938. if tobacco
was not grown on the farm in t935,
1938 or 1937
Service Quits Offer
Liiieti|is For Camej
Irving Margoli*. manager of th?
Lnms basketball team, will start tlx
follow kg players against The Ki
\ ,n l?ie scheduled fo
?A*
S.2fi .ilglit in the local gyfnnastun
Forwards. Froneberger and Worrel
renter. J If Ward, guards. J 11 E<
w ards and Irving Margohs
Manager llarcum Grimes of tl
Kiwanis club, after making sever
unsuccessful attempts to buy i
trade for promising players undi
fifty years of age. admits that I
tan offer nothing better than tl
following line-up, which he believi
will be proficient enough in the a
?f "basketballing" to turn back tl
Lions forwards. Bill Bobbitt ar
lames Manning, center, Harcui
[Jrimes, guards. Bud Crockett an
Bill Hunt As these players are e:
iiausted (every man will be require
to last at least five minutes > the
will be replaced by Ray Goodmoi
CTortez Green. Reg Simpson. Doctc
Spencer. Jim Smith and Bill Spive;
The Williamston teachers will ei
?age the girls of the local high schoi
tn a game beginning at 7 30 and tfi
toys will close out the triple bi
with Farm Life high furnishing tti
ippositton.
Expect Appointments Of
County Nurses Next Wee
The appointments of two nurs
For the full-time lieallh departme
of this county are expected ne
urck. according to Dr K W Kurgu
son. department head Several app
rations have been given interviei
Ihts week, and the appointees a
rxpected here to enter upon thi
new duties the first of next month
Arrangements have been virtual
completed for opening offices in tl
town hall, and the department
scheduled to start operations I
March I. ?u^r
Preaching And Song Service
At Hassell Church Sunday
Rev J. M Perry will conduct tin
regular preaching serenes in th
H?well Christian church Sunda;
morning at II o'clock and that eve
ning at 7 IS A fecial song servie
has been arranged, with the Rober
"> so lie quartet, the Ladies' quarte
of Roberrunville. taking part in Uv
Purvis will smg a duet at the eve
ning aei i.e. Rev. Pesiy announced
SEED
h rum little acorns. Bl|kl)
oaks (row: and (root littlr srrd
heaps and heaps of toharro
(tow. Oaks (row slow, hot if all
the need . leaned by Assistant
Counts A(ent J. P. Woodsrd in
rerrnt weeks are planted there
will be one hn(r erop of tohaeeo
in Martin County in Jwst a few
weeks from now?unless souse
thin( happens.
The agent has rleaned enou(h
seed for MS farmers this season
lo sow SM.MC square yards of
plant beds.' or about IS5 acre*.
And then there are about IJN
other farmrrs who had no seed
cleaned. Surely, the !U farmrrs
havin( seed cleaned haven't
sowed I hem all. hut if they
planted just half of them there
oucht to be plenty of tobaceo
plants in the county this year to
transplant every ineh ol (round.
inrludin( town (ardrn plots.
There are more toharro beds this
year than at any time in the his
-lory of Martin County.
Interesting Suit Is
Pending In Court
While only $65 is involved, the civ
il suit of K S VanNortwick pending
in the superior court of this county
against William Jones and others
tarries much interest The plaint if i
? ?. suing iwn or rf incpn. ttllfg
ed to have resulted when his milcii
row was.run over and killed by the
defendants' automobile on a high
way near Parniele last month It u
unlawful lor stock to run on the
highways of the State, but the suit is
based on the negligence of the cai
driver. Jones, a resident of Pitt
County The complaint recently filed
alleges the defendant was operatinc
the car with improper brakes and
lights and in a reckless manner
An answer to the complaint is not
icturnable before March 3. and it
is possible the case will determine
the status livestock holds op the
I ighway Warnings have been issued
by the State tluhway Patrol against
the prai >n c of owners allowing theii
stock ? i run Some stock ha.
been killed in this county on the
highway*, but 110 dlear cut " test
case detei mining responsibility has
been carried through the courts, it
is understood
Williams Citizen Victim Ol
Robbers For Fourth Time
Breaking a lock on the door, ro
hers entered the smokehouse of ft
Buck Gardner in Williams Townsh
some time during last night at
stole about a do/en nice hams ai
shoulders. Officers were* called the
this morning, hut they were unah
to establish a single clue that wnu
lead to an arrest
' The robbery last night was tl
fourth at the expense of ftlr Gar
ner. an aged farmer of the coun
who has worked hard for everythii
he has and who has never wrungt
or harmed any man lie has bei
"knocked in the head and robbed. Fi
has been stolen from him. and a ye
or more ago r??hhers entered I
home, threatened his life and to*
quite a few dollars from him.
I net eased Relief F und
Expected Of Congress
An additional 250 millions of dc
lars is expected of Congress to be
ster relief for the increasing nui
ber of unemployed in the eountr
according to reports from the ea|
tal today
[ TO MEET IN HUT j
The John W. Hswell Awni
cma Legion Post Nw. 1(3 will
hold the first meetiwg ia its wew
home here on Watts street west
Monday rvewiwg at 7M o'clock.
Commander J. E. Boykin Mat
ing that a special invitation la
being extended all
arging them to he
Althoagh the hat ia wet.
pieted. the
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Object ion to Certain
Features of Measure
Is Voiced in Senate
Grange Urges Defeat of Bill
and Favors Drafting
of New One
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Passed Wednesday in the House
by a big majority, the proposed 1938
farm control bill is now before the
f niled States Senate for considera
tion. early reports following the
opening of the discussion there in
dicating the measure will be sub
ject to a strong attack as it applies
lo livestock raising and dairying.
The legislation which the. Hniiw ar?
copied by a 263 to 135 bi-partisan
vote was a revised draft which a
| senate-house conference committee
wrote from provisions of bills pass
ed by both the House' and Senate
last December. Ail of North Caro
lina's eleven representatives sup
ported the measure.
Briefly stated, the proposed bill is
designed to level off the peaks and
valleys in supplies of the nation s
major crops, including cotton, to
l aero rice, wheat and corn. It pro
poses to do this through production
controls, induced by loans and bene
fits to farmers complying with acre
age- limitations, and marketing con
trols whenever voted by two-thirds
> of farmers participating in referen
dums
t The provisions for cotton, corn and
I tolwm are?
Corn Acreage allotments to yield
uoimal supply, plus a reserve of 10
l>cr cent Quotas may be imposed
when prospective yields are 17 per
cent above normal Violations of
quotas will bring a 15-cent a-bushel
penalty The 3U0-busliel grower will
. be exempted
Tobacco Quotas may be imposed
when prospective yields are 5 per
cent above normal, penalty for sell
ing tobacco beyond the quota will be
50 per cent of the market price
Cotton The government will fix
national, slate and county acreage al
lotments. sufficient to fill the na
tion's normal requirement: for the
next year, considering rarryuver.
ilTOwers can market all p oduction
fioni their allotted acreage. If the
agriculture department finds pro
-duclmrr w?W exceed -We t?-r cent of
normal, marketing quotas may be
imposed, restricting cotton sales
Above quota sales will mean a 2-cenl
a pound penalty. The 1937-38 cotton
allotment must yield between 10,
OUO.OOO and 11.500.000 bales
The tobacco section of the bill is
not expected to meet any strong op
position. and its provisions are more
extensive than those under the old
AAA program Numerous factors are
to be consider id in determining a
farmer's base acreage such as per
rentage of cleared land planted to
tobacco, the aveiago planted in a
given community to the crop, exist
ing conditions on individual farms,
previous plantings and so on. It will
be quite difficult to handle the al
lotments. but the proposed yard
stick can certainly be used with a
(Continued on page ?&)
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(bounty Tournament
To Attract Crowds
The 1938 edition of the Martin
County High School basketball
tournament getting underway here
next Wednesday evening is expect
ed to attract record crowds, and the
teams from Jamesville. Farm Life.
Bear Grass. Robersonville and Wil
hamston are showing more interest
in the championship race than here
tofore
The Bear Grass boys and girls, de
fending champions from last year's
tourney, are gunning for another
clean sweep this season, but there's
been some mighty keen competition
developed since last year in all parts
of the county It is admitted, howev
er. that the Jamesville boys and the
Bear Grass girls enter the tourney
I as favorites, but they are not assur
ed a walk-away
The Bear Grsas and Robersonville
boys open the series Wednesday eve
ning at 7 o'clock, their game being
followed by that of the Bear Grass
and Jamesville girls. Farm Life and
Willumstoo boys play the nightcap.
Winners m the first round will meet
other teams the following night. s?d
on Friday night, winners in the first
i will battle for the chaW