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THE ENTERPRISE Will Vtmi Ob CM ? Latchkey to tw MM ? ?f Martto OmuUt. Watch the Label ea Year Paper, aa It Carries the Date Tour Subscription Tipliae VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 45 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 7, 1938. ESTABLISHED 1899 Commissioners In Regular Meeting Here Yesterday Considerable Time Given to Varied Schedule Business Meeting in regular session Mon day the Martin County commission ers 'worked until after four o'clock handling a varied program of busi ness, but took action in very few cases. The minutes of the meeting were recognized as the shortest on record, the chairman explaining that considerable time was given to discussion of matters of little or no consequence but ones that had to be heard. The tax books were received from the ten list-takers, the commission ers ordering them left open to pub lic inspection until next Monday when as a board of equalization and review the authorities will hear any complaints property owners may wish to file. No review of the list ings was made by the commission ers, but the property values will be totalled and placed before them next Monday by the county tax super visor Hearing nothing more in con nection with the North Carolina Pulp company tax listings, the com missioners directed the tax supervi sor to start an investigation 'nur>?i^ lately. Apparently the W79'?? property valugtion submitted by the company some time ago is not up to the expsctatieh of -the-county au thorities. "? ' Reports were received from me various county department heads, the commisaioners glancing over them hurriedly before ordering them tiled away. ? The department of welfare bud get as it affects administration, old age assistance, aid to dependent children and relief for the blind, was tentatively approved. The budget calls for, an appropriation of *30, 980 this figure not including the operation and maintenance coat* at the county home Hardly one-thiid of the $35,980 is to be paid by the county, the State and Federal gov ernments paying a major T*rt of the cost for old age assistance and aid to dependent children. The county's share of the cost is esti mated at *12,210. The *6,880 appropriated for ad ministration of the welfare depart ment is listed as follows: superin tendent', saUry, *1.800; ca^e work ers, *2,200; clerical force, *1.440,^of fice supplies, *380; telephone $100 and travel. $900, the county to pay around $4,380 and the SUte and Federal governments around **?' 500. The budget provides for 165 de pendent children during the coming year, the county to pay $2,970 or one-third of $8,910. Provision is made for the care ol 180 on the old-age list, the county to pay $4,860 or one-fourth of $19, 140 * Approximately $750 is to be paid by the county for the support of the sixteen dependent blind. The commissioners are to meet at 10 o'clock next Monday morning to hear compiainU against assessed valuations. Education Board In Meeting On Monday The 1838-39 county school budget was tentatively approved by the board of education in meeting here yesteVday and approved an agricul tural department for the Roberson ville high school. A few minor changes were order ed made in the budget figures which will be placed before the county au thorities possibly at the next regu lar meeting the first Monday in July. The establishment of an agricul tural department at Robersonville will not be attempted before the county authorities possibly at the next regular meeting the first Mon day in July. The establishment of an agricul tural department at Robersonville will not be attempted before the 1838-40 term, the board of educa tion members pointing out that the approval of the county board of commissioners and of the State Board of Vocational Education will be necessary. All members of the board were present for the business discussion^ including Messrs. J. W. Eu banks, ol Massed; G. C. Griffin, of Griffins; E. H. Ange and J. F. Martin, of JgllimlHe. end J. D. Woolard, of Williamston. Supervisor? will attend a achool of instruction here the latter part ol this week preparatory to startini crop land measurements under the soil Commissioners Order Bond Election Held on July 9th Proposing^ a $72,000 general iin- 000 for a recreational center, provement program here, the town Little other business was before commissioners in regular session the board during the last night last evening passed on its first meeting, and the authorities are reading an order for The* holding of expected t a bond election on July 9, the au- early next week to pass the bond thorities directing Town Attorney election order on its second read R. L. Coburn to complete arrange- ing. ments for opening the registration Appearing before the board, J. T. books and handling details in con-1 Price asked that the ditch running nection with placing the program to. from Main to Church street west of a vote of the people. Messrs. J. E. Sycamore street and across private Pope, registrar, and S. S. Brown and property be filled in by the town. C. B. Hassell, judges of election. No action was taken, but the corn were named by the board. The mo-! missioners did order a survey for tion to order the election was made: the proposed extension of Church by Commissioner P. L. Lindsley 4nd; street west one block and opening a seconded by Commissioner V. D. new street from Church to Main. Godwin. Mayor J. L. Hassell and Attorney The proposed program calls for It. L. Coburn were directed to pre a $34,000 street and sidewalk im- pare an ordinance proposing a check provement program, $15,000 for ad-1 on all peddlers and house-to-house ditional water and sewer lines, $15,- canvasses for the sale of merchan 000 for a fourth deep well and $8,- dise. RETURNS H. G. Horton, successful in the contest Ust Saturday, returns to the State Bouse of Representa tives for a third time from this county. Bone Wins J udgeship By A 3,750 Majority Judge Walter J. Bone won the second diatrict judgeship nomina tion over his friend and fellowtowns man, Itimous Valentine, of Nash ville, in the last Saturday primary by a 3,750 majority, the incumbent carrying four of the five counties in the district. The popularity of the two men brought out what is described as almost a capacity vote in sections of the *district8, the count establishing new records in at least two of the counties, it is understood. Leading in Nash County by over 1,000 votes, Mr. Valentine ran close in three of the other counties, but lost, by more than two-to-one in Wilson. The vote by counties: Bone Val'tlne Nash . 3001 4026 Edgecombe . . . 3529 2180 Wilson 5349 2581 Martin . 1883 1378 Washington 813 660 Totals 14575 10829 Garage Burned In Aulander Saturday Fire, its origin not definitely known, wrecked the large garage building of Chas. H. Jenkins and Company and that of the Marsh Chevrolet Company in Aulander last Saturday afternoon. The loss, estimated at $54,000, was partially covered by insurance. One new car and about 25 used cars were burn ed, employees of the company driv ing several new automobiles from the building through plate glass windows. ? Expecting the fire to spread to a' row of 10 or 12 wooden buildings, Aulander officials sent out a gener al call for help, fire companies from Ahoskie, Roanoke Rapids, Scotland Neck, Williamston going there. Oth ers were said to have started but u;pro lurrukH hark WilliAmatAn firo_ w ^a ^ %ae a ? T^&XM WWWSJ vmnmiWvIl gSi V men connected the apparatus to the mains and threw water on the fire a short while, but the building was virtually ? burned down whey they reached it. The truck and seven men returned here at 9 o'clock that eve ning. Announces Meeting Next Week At Swain/and Chapel Beginning^ next Monday evening, Rev. Edgar Harden, of Norfolk, [ will conduct a series of religious services in the Swainland Chapel [ (Christian) at Batta Cross Roads on i U. S. Highway 17. The public is in vited to attend. Tim Council Faces ? Highway Robberv Charge In County Holds Up Three Men at Point of Gun and Takes Clothes a??? Tim Council, young Hamilton Township colored man, was arrest ed and placed in the county jail on Monday for alleged highway rob bery, reports from the sheriff's of fice stating that the arrests of at least two others in connection with the robbery are expected momen tarily. Returning from their homes in Duplin County to a manufacturing company in Bertie County, three colored men, Johnnie Stokes, Chas. Hall and Charles Savage, took (he wrong road at Bethel and followed Highway No. 11. into the Haatell section and got lost. While trying to find their'way to Highway No. 125 and continue on to Williamston, Tim Council and several others stopped the men and held them at the point of a gun while their per sonal effects including twp suit cases, several suits of clothes, a watch and other articles were tak en. -a ? The men, pnharmed, were allow ed to continue in their car, and the holdup was reported to officers. Sheriff Koebuck yesterday went in to the Hassell section and recovered much of the property. Heports state that there" were about 50 colored people at a dance hall on what is known as the Coun cil Road, near Hassell, that , they were having a gay time when the three victims came along just be fore midnight. Pending the arrests of .others al leged to have participated in the holdup, no hearing has been defi nitely set, Sheriff C. B. Roebuck said today. Martin Man Figures In Fatal Truck Accident ?* Praise Lee, Jamesville Township farmer whose truck figured in a fa tal crash near Washington Sunday morning, was reported" not respon sible for the death of Albert N. Mc Kinley who died a few hours later in a Washington hospital from in juries recefved in the wreck. McKinley, ? a natiye of Indiana, was riding on the -left fender -of a milk truck when the two vehicles crashed. Reports state that the milk truck was two feet over the middle line of the road when the trucks crashed. Several passengers of the Lee truck were thrown off, but none was seriously hurt, according to reports reaching here. Attorney Clarence Griffin is visit fnf in Chapel Hill this week: Committees Plan Teacher Elections In County Schools Fourteen Vacancies Report ed in the County Faculties Planning meetings this week, the several local school committees are expected to name teachers to those positions made vacant by resigna tions since the term dosed a few weeks ago. according to informa tion coming from the office of the county superintendent of school to-1 day. A total of 14 resignations was re-i ceived by the several schools. Jamesville being the only school in the county to announce no changes in its faculty for the coming term i Vacancies have been reported as follows in seven schools: Oak City 1; Everetts, 2; Gold Point, 1; Wil-j liamston, 5; Farm Life, 2; Bear Grass 1 anij Jamesville 0. Tin oo sitions have been filled at Oak City, Everetts and Robersonville. it is understood, and only one position' ' remains unfilled in the Williamston [unit. "We are finding it very diffi cult to find a teacher for the home economics department to succeed Miss Josephine Grant, resigned," a member of the committee said this week. Applications for the positions have been numerous, but not many of the applicants Have had exper ience in the profession, several of the commiin'emen pointed out. A review of the attendance "rec ords for 1937-38 shows that' the county is likely to lose four and gain only one teacher for next'term. The State School commission has not allocated teachers for the com ing term, but it is probable judging from figures at hand that the ele mentary schools in Hamilton, Rob ersonville, Everetts and Farm Life will each lose a teacher, and that the high school at Williamston will possibly gain a teacher. No change in the line-up of prin cipals is expected in the county this coming term ? Mother of Local Man Dies at Bertie Home ? Mrs. Lucy W Parker, mother of j W K. Parker, of Williamston, died at her home in Bertie County, near Windsor, Sunday afternoon at Tour o'clock, following a long period of declining health. She was 75 years old", and a native of Bertie, ghe was a member of the Baptist church for a long number of years, and the Rev "Mr. Linkey, of the Windsor ; Baptist church, is conducting *? the funeral services at the home this afternoon at 3 o'clock. .Interment will follow in the family plot on the home farm.. Mrs. Parker is survived by fivt* sons: W K Parker, of?Williamston; Samuel, J. B. and R.- W Parker, of ? Bertie, H. G. ^arker, of Murganton, und one daughter, Mrs H. C Spivey of Norfolk. ( COMPTROLLER 1 Interest In Eastern North Carolina politics is expected to overshadow the primary activi ties if the report coming out of the nation's capital today proves true. According to an unofficial report, Lindsay Warren. 13 years a representative of this district in Congress, has been appointed Comptroller General and guard ian of the Federal Treasury. .The announcement, although unofficial, comes as a surprise at the close of-a primary-elec tion. If the report is authentic and Mr. Warren accepts the Job, it is understood the Governor Is to issue a writ of election, and by proclamation shall require a vote for representative. How They Voted in County Last Saturday U. 8. Utilities 8?^*"'0r SUte Senate House ?Judre SDol,e'to' ? c-'- ST. * ??? R-p ToueAs ! I (L D O i??.El!"e ?? '? " ?I7 *}! W 139 93 H *75 ?0 139 179 199 WllllaMe 134 17 U 19# U IS 127 57 34 |t 15 1M 59 4* 121 Griffins Ml M M 114 179 147 ZS4 117 41 4 345 152 199 84 240 Bene Or? 111 71 M 111 133 1M 192 M 17 111 144 194 44 93 fsi Wllllsnsistnn 554 294 419 SM 549 322 447 424 142 555 314 429 231 339 536 Croee Seels IB 35 57 195 193 94 151 92 15 112 73 193 39 45 149 ? "S UA *" 1M 301 "2 " W4 89 187 199 73 314 t?* r"i H 31 19 12 84 IX 17 99 33 54 99 n 99 19 ?? Poplar Point 119 24 59 58 112 32 119 92 3 92 52 84 54 2 144 HamiUea 123 39 89 53 M 42 119 91 34 129 37 194 51 8 159 Usassll 1 *j- N9 15 24 47 35 53 69 42 59 44 22 42 25 12 77 Goo? Noel ' JI19 J9 _95 J? ^98 J53 77 22 143 i? 83 113 43 157 TOTALS 1197 957 1132 1995 1883 1371 3474 1595 524 1754 1539 1979 1242 945 2343 Citizens of Martin County Settle Their Polities for Another Two Years at the Polls Last Saturday Rodman Polls 2,474 Votes to Load the Field in Countv WINNERS IN SATURDAY PRIMARY Herbert O. Peel, left, and Hon K.lphonsa Johnson, right, were suc cessful in their candidacies fur judge and solicitor of tj>e county Kr corder's Court, respectively in the primary last Saturday, Johnson leading the county ticket. Plans Complete lor First Maternal And Infancy Clinic Here Number of Subjects Plan To Attend Clinic Thursday The first maternal and infancy h'pygiene clinic will be held on Thursday afternoon of. this week from 1:30 to 4:30 o'clock 4in the lo cal high school building. The clinic , , , , IJ L_ J ? . . l .. .1 1 .. . 1___1 ? U| win Be conducted uy tucai pnysi-1 cians. As soon as arrangements can be effected, similar clinics will be held at other points in the coun ty, it was announced The main purposes of these clinics ^ill be: To offer maternity service to ex pectant mothers who are other wise unable to pay for it; To give the expectant mother a thorough physical examination, in cluding blood tests, urinalyses, etc.; To examine the infants at regular intervals, giving diphtheria toxoid, and to instruct and advjse the moth er regarding the'proper care of both hersetf and the baby; To reduce the infant und maternal j deaths. Present indications are that it may be necessary to hold more than one clinic per_jnonth in Williamston in order to accommodate tlioso wishing ?to avbil themselves of this service. The doctor should be engaged to attend a case at tpe first knowledge of pregnancy. His responsibility in maternity cases does not begin when the woman goes into labor The ex pectant'rnothei is in need of the su pervision of a competent physician during -the early months of preg* hancy in order to give her such in struction and advice as will enable her to maintain good* health and properly prepare her for confine ment. The mother is also taught how to prepare for her baby and the principles of infant hygience and care. Specific instruction in indi vidual cases will be given as the at-( tending physician in the clinic de sires. Methodist Board Stewards WiTIMeet Tuesday Night An important business session of the Methodist Board of Stewards is called to meet Tuesday night, eight o'clock at the pastor's study. Each (steward is needed for this meeting. I HEALTH REPORT 1 / The percentage or positive cases of social diseases in this county continues to hold to a high point, according to infor mation released in the county's health report during the past month. There were 210 tests made during the period, and 119 of them showed positive reac tions. it Is understood Whooping cough went on -a rampage in the county last month, the health department reporting SI cases in various parts of the county. A lone case ? of measles was reported. W. B. Rodman And Fearing Senators >. ?*? , j W, B Rodman. Jr., Washington | man, ran away with the senatorial race in this the second district, bul D. B Fearing, of Manteo, polled sufficient strength to guarantee lumself in the State Senate. Rod man, with approximately 11,701 votes, led the' ticket in every one ol the seven counties in the district ex cept Oh re, Mr. Fearing's home Mr*. J J. Rurdy. of Oriental, trailed the ticket but polled,well ov>r 500 votes in each of three counties Little Interest apparently ""center j ed in the contest, many voters in nearly all the tfftinties passing by the opportunity lo vote for any one of the three candidates tor the State Senate. In this couiyty nearly 450 voters quit after voting for Hodman i and oyer jn HtlHyfort County nearly 1.700 tickets were ^scratched" in the senatorial contest. I he uiroff-cial Vote by counties Kod'n Ftar'g Kdy Dare (14 out of 15) 755 1313 146 Tyrrell 579 571 140 Washington , . 1239 796 312 Martin . 2474 1505 526 Beaufort 4735 2453 " 620 "yde 1057 502 2401 ! Pamlico . 862 342 659 TotqJs 11701 7482 2643 Died Eaijly Today I e. *" I Goodman Hamilton, highly re . -pected citiicn of Jamcsyille Town ship, died at the home of Mr am Mrs. M. G. Waters, near Dardena early this morning Suffering wit! heart trouble during the past sev eral years, Mr Hamilton is believ ed to have died from a heart at tack during the night He wai found dead in bed early this morn ing after he failed to get up foi breakfast. Mr. Hamilton,'a native of this county, was born in the Dardens community 78 years ago, and spent his entire life there on the farm. He was a faithful member of the [Tree WiTI Baptist {buret!, hotdtng membership at Corrlnth. His wif Mrs. Sallie Ann Hamilton, died 1 bout two and one-half years agi and he leaves 110 immediate kin.? I Funeral services will be conduct ed from the Waters home tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. W B. Harrington, county Baptist min ister. Interment will follow in thi Methodist churchyard at Dardena. Johnson Shows Consider able Strength to Cope Solicitor's Race Going to the polls in far greater numbers than many predicted, Mar tin County voters last Saturday set tled their polities for another two years, peace and quiet marking the activities at the precincts through out the county _ Tl'e day's voting brought some upsets, to be sure, but hate and an tagonism were absent in the con tests and the anti-vote was negligi ble in nearly everyone of the twelve precincts. With one exception, the voting in this county will effect.no change in the official family, Don Elphonsa Johnson winning over W H. Co burn in the race for solicitor of the county recorder's court. Young Johnson, not so long out of law school, garnered amazing strength in every section and led his oppo nent in every one of the twelve precincts. Poplar Point, his native, home, gave the young candidate 144 votes against two for his opponent, and almost equalled the record es tablished by Griffins where a native son polled 363 votes against four for his opponent. With those two ex ceptions, the voting was fairly con sistent throughout the county. Rey nolds, Rodman and Johnson carried every one of the 12 precincts. Gra dy broke even in the race for utili inan, led the third candidate for State Senate from this district in eleven of the twelve precincts. Hor ton led Griffin in eighkof the twelve districts for the State House of Rep resentatives. but the final count left llie candidates a tew over two hun dred votes apart. Hardison polled a majority hi lour precincts, but lost to Peel by nearly 700 votes in the race for county judge. For superior court judge in this, the second ju dicial district," Bone showed consid erable strength in Williamston, Rob crsynville, Gold Point and Poplai Point to car.ry the county by ap proximately 500 votes. Rodman, candidate to succeed himself as State senator from this district, led the ticket, the Beaufort County man polling 2,474 votes. Johnson was second with ^,348 votes. Approximately 500,00 votes were cast in the U. S. Senatorial race with Reynolds leading Hancock by more than 100,000 votes. Winborne led Grady?by?a-substantial margin to cqjitinue as utilities commission er in the Stiith. I heir nomination almost equal to the aspirants for the various offices will enter the general election next November more as a matter of form and will start their .terms in office in most cases on the first Monday in December. Sheriff Sam Whitehurst had a ma jority over all his opponents in the race for sheriff of Pitt County, .the outcome aggravating ' the puzzle surrounding tlje oustar proceedings brodght by the Pitt commissioners against Whitehurst. The trial con tinues to drag, somf believing the judge will throw the case out of cuui I, and others believing the of flcer will "be impeached for the re mainder of the term. He will be eligible, in the latter case, to re turn to office next December. Six-Months-Old Child Dies Saturday Morning. Oscar Phillips Wynne, six months old son of Nellie Faye Wynne, died in a Washington hospital last Satur day morning. Funeral services wen conducted from the county home, near Williamston, Sunday afternoon at four o'clock by Rev. John L. Goff. Interment was in the Bland family plot in the local cemetery. The child was born in a Tarboro hospital last December and had spent most of its life in the Martin County Home. Several weeks ago the mother railed for the child, but returned him to the home when he became ill. ? and mer chants exposition will be held in the Planters warehouse instead of the new Carolina, it was announced to day. Construction work will hardly be completed on the new house in time for the event. It was said.
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