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THE ENTERPRISE Advertiser* Will Flad On (M utu a Latchkey to over UN ?MM* at Martin Watch the Label oa Ton ff". u It Carriea the Date Tear SabeeH*Oea VOLUME XLI?NUMBER 74 - Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, September 16, 1938. ESTABLISHED 1899 September Term Superior Court To Open Next Monda\ Seventeen Cases Placed on Criminal Docket For Early Trial A two weeks term of Martin Coun ty Superior court convenes next, Monday for the trial of both crimi nal and civil cases, the criminal doc ket and civil calendar carrying an unusually large number of actions. While the criminal docket is larger than usual, it is comparatively small compared with the size of those found in the records of a few years ago. Judge Walter J. Bone, of Nash ville, is to preside over the term, the first two days to be given over to the trial of criminal cases. A review of the criminal docket shows no murder cases scheduled for trial, but the nature of several cases borders on the serious side and the proceedings, as a whole, are ex pected to attract large crowds from several sections of the country. There are several hold-over cases from last term and the term before, the further continuance of at least one of. them having been agreed upon in June. Pending the trial of a $10,000 civil action the case charging Joseph Gordon with reckless driv ing assault with a deadly weapon and the killing of Delmar James, ruary M, will be continued. The $10,000 civil suit is slated for trial on Monday, September 26 over and critically in-] juring Edison Moore, young white I man near Gardner's Creek on the night of April 10, William Penn Smith, colored, is slated for trial next week. The case was continued last June when Moore was unable to attend court. The hit-run victim is much improved and is expected here as a prosecuting witness in the case. Granderson Mitchell and Hen ry C. Heath, also' colored, are charged with aiding and abetting in the Smith crime and they are scheduled to appear for trial next week. The case charging Earl Taylor, ICyear-old youth, with seduction, is on the docket. It was continued last term. Pete Bell, colored Plymouth at torney, having been found guilty in a Jamesville JayPee court and in the county recorder's court, is now appealing to the superior tribunal for relief in the case charging him with careless and reckless driving. Charlie B. Hardison. charged with larceny and receiving, is appealing to the higher court from a judgment of the county court. LeRoy Smith, charged with lar ceny and receiving, was bound over to the superior court for trial by Judge H. O. Peel. William Melton, charged with the theft of cows, was bound over for trial by Justice J. L. Hassell. The proceedings will be closely watched in the peculiar case charg ing C. J. Griffin, well known James ville man, with an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Arthur Harrison, colored, was shot by Mr. Griffin when he (Harrison) attempted to break into the Griffin stores at Jamesville on the morning of August 6. Harrison died several day later in a Washington hospital, the man carrying to his grave the names of relatives and most of his past life history. Probable cause appearing, the case charging i-yman Brut with (Continued on page four) Mrs. Wynne Dies At Home Of Parents Mrs. Gladys Moore Wynne died at Ifie home or her parents Here last Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock following a long period of declin ing health. Her condition had been critical for several months and the end was not unexpected. The daughter of Mr and Mrs. Geo. S. Moore, Mrs. Wynne was born in Williamston 26 years ago, making her home here all her life. When a young woman she was parried to Barney Wynne who with two chil dren, Margaret. 10, and Bennie Harrell Wynne, 7, survive. She al so leaves besides her parents, one sister, Mrs. Ora Speller, and four brothers, Sam, Charlie, Jasper and David Moore, all of Williamston. Mrs. Wynne was educated in the local schools and had many friends in tht r^mnnm'ty Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Moore by Rev. James H. Smith, pas tor of the local Baptist church. In terment eras in the family plot in the Baptist cemetery hare. Mother and Small Son United In Sheriffs Office Yesterday A wandering son and his mother were reunited in Sheriff C. B. Roe buck's office here yesterday follow ing five horrifying days for the mo ther, the sheriff stating?that it was an experience he would never for get. Running away from his home in Fredericksburg, Va., last Friday, Clayton Mann, just past 12 years of age. bummed his way to Norfolk, stole a bicycle there and was head ed to Florida when he lost his way and stopped at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claudius Roberson in Griffins Township last Tuesday evening. Sharing a free meal and lodging there, the youth was turned over to officers who started an investiga tion. The youngster, apparently de siring to throw the officers off his track, said he was from Washington City. Police there explained no such youth was missing there, but that it was possible he was the same boy missing in Fredericksburg. The Washington police also explained that Clayton Mann was drowned in a river near a public school, that dragging operations had been un derway without success. The mother, Mrs. Hugh Curtis, learning that her son was possibly still alive, hurried here from Fred ericksburg yesterday morning. "An xiety was written all over her face as Mrs. Curtis heard the foot steps of the lad as he walked down the steps leading from the jail,'' Sheriff C. B. Roebuck said. "No, the mother did not quarrel with her son for running away from home. She was too overwhelmed with joy when she saw him alive to think about quarreling." the officer said. The youth and mother left for Fredericksburg immediately, and Norfolk police were advised to give directions for disposing of the bi cycle. Better Tobaccos Arc Selling Higher Here I UNUSUAL NAMES frwirlii the UK MtrtU County Ut books this week, workers in the auditor's office found some unusual names per taininc to animals, flowers and the voice. Included in the list of prise names were found Zebra, Bair, Rose, Dahlia and Echo. Incidentally, there are in the records names of Mary Christ mas and I. Am. Close. Town Orders Sale $72.0(10.00 In Bonds Meeting in special session last evening, the local town commission ers ordered the sale of $72,000 gen eral improvement bonds, R L Co burn, town attorney, explaining that the sale could be handled within the next thirty or forty days. The sale of bonds by that time should make it possible to let contracts for the pro posed $116,000 general construction program by early November. It was also proposed to issue $85,000 re*' funding bonds, the officials believ ing the action will result in lower interest charges. The complete program outlined at the meeting last night includes side walk paving on Park, Warren, Grace and Franklin Streets, and Marshall Avenue; surfacing on Warren, Park, Grace, Elm, North Smithwick and Franklin streets and Marshall ave nue; sewer extensions on North Smithwick, Franklin, East Grace. North Haughton, Railroad and Washington streets; water line (re placement) on West Main street; a deep well, disposal jilant, and an auxiliary pumping unit. Several other matters were plac ed before he board, but action was limited to two, the purchase of two toilets for the W. P. A. force at the swimming pool, and the adopti'on of an ordinance prohibit ing the parking of long trucks on Main Street between Haughton and . Smithwick streets,--Violation of ? the. truck parking ordinance calls for a $10 fine. Construction Work On Bear Grass Road Work on the Bear Grass road, the first secondary route of travel * to receive attention in this county, is progressing rapidly, engineers stat ing that the first surfacing will be completed tomorrow or early next week. Starting a few days ago, State highway forces placed a first ap plication of tar on the route, follow ed by a layer of fine rock and more tar. About three weeks from now additional rock and tar will be pour ed on the road. Present plans call for the construc tion of an improved road from High way No 17, near R. L. Perry's to Bear Grass, but it is very likely the road will be surfaced to connect the one a' Stokes within a comparative ly-short time. A second secondary route has been approved in this county, but con struction work on the road from the Old Mill Inn to J. Rome Corey's will hardly get underway within the next few months. However, engin eers are scheduled to start their survey of the route shortly, it was learned a few days ago Sales On The Local Market Are Greater Than In Past Season i Estimate 35-40 Per Cent of Crop in Section Has Been Sold With prices ranging upward for the better grades, the Williamstoni tobacco market continues to set the' pace fdr marketing in this section,! comparisons of records showing that sales this year are more than one third of a million pounds greater than they were for the corre sponding period a year ago. Consid ering the type of tobacco and the short crop, the local market is es tablishing a record that, in the final analysis, is even better than the one set up a year ago. After all is said and done, there is a good reason why ^ the sales on the Williamston market are running ahead of those for 1937. ( Experimenting for themselves, num bers of farmers have learned that it does not pay to haul tobacco miles away. Sales today will send the market over the three-million-pound mark, Supervisor Henry Johnson stating that the prices will stand up with any paid in the hell and exceed those on most markets There con tinues a marked upward trend in prices for the better types of tobac co, but no noticeable change has, bee A reported in the prices paid for: the inferior types However, most laimeis explain that they are get ting more for old black tips and oth-j er inferior types than they receiv ed a year ago. Offering good tips on the market today, several farm ers averaged around 30 cents, with the average for the better grades approximating 35 cents During the past few days, sales have been increasing on the local maiket in comparison with pound ages reported on the larger selling units, and while a short crop will be felt ere long, it is an establish ed fact that Williamston is more than holding its own in the advan tageous marketing of tobacco, Estimates gained from a large nurhber of growers from various parts of this county and quite a few in nearby counties, indicate that from 35 to 40 per cent of the crop has been marketed in this section. "Eighty per cent of the lugs and 65 per cent of the tips have already been sold, and there isn't a treat deal of tobacco to be sold from the middle of the stalk," one big-scale farmer commented in estimating that 40 per cent of the crop had been sold. New County Tax Books Ready For Collector The new 1938 Martin County tax books will likely be turned over to the collector some time next week, reports from the auditor's office to day stating that the receipts had been written and looked and that the books were being proved for corrections. The amount of the 1938 levy is not yet definitely determined. - Statistic* Ninety-five percent of the pupilf enrolled in the local school* attend ed regularly during the first two weeks, Principal O. N. Hix said to day. There are now 500 pupils en rolled in the elementary and 215 ir the high school. Colored Man Fatally Hurt By Hit-and-run Driver Near Dardens Two Men Held for Investi-I gation in Isaiah Har dison's Death Isaiah Hardison. 30-year-old col ored man. was run down and fatal ly hurt by a hit-and-run driver as he walked along Highway 64 a short distance this side of Dardens late last Wednesday night A large hole knocked in his head and his brains BoIIfig~Trom their socket, Hardison died at his home in the Free Union section of Jamesville Township without ever gaining consciousness^. Homer Glasson. 21-year-old white man, and Virgil Griffin, 28-year old colored man, were arrested at Gurkin's filling station in Griffins' Township yesterday morning about 3 o'clock by Sheriff C B Roebuck and Patrolman W. S. Hunt. Held without bond?nrrhc?county Jail, Glasson and Griffin both deny the hit-and-run charge, but officers said today that part of the story first offered by Griffin had been dis credited. Loafing around a filling station, near Hardens. Hardison started walking the highway toward James ville to go home. Glasson and Grif fin, who were at the filling station with Hardison. drove off in a large truck about fifteen minutes later A short time after that Hardison was reported to have been run down, the group at the filling station stat ing to officers that the truck was the last vehicle to travel the high- - way after ^rdison left and up until the time he was discovered lying unconscious along the road Working on this clue, the officers went into Griffins Township, where Glassbn and Griffin are employed by a logging firm Finding them at the Gurkin filling station, the offi cers questioned the two men and found where water and oil had been poured on the truck body where ; Hardison's head struck. Some sign j of blood was found on the side of the truck body. Glasson and Grif | fin stated they had driven to Ham | Uton and around Williamston, but I had not been in the Jamesville area-. Griffin later explained they had been to Hardens, and before any thing was said about Hardison hav ing been run over, he declared they ' had not hit anybody. Glasson, said 1 to have been drinking, was report ed to have driven the truck away I from the filling station near Har dens. Hardison was carried to Dr. Gib son's office in Jamesville where he was given medical treatment. He was removed to his home in Free Union yesterday morning. Hardison's death was the third re-| ported on the highways of this county tins year. All three of the victims were pedestrians, and Har dison, father of a large family, was killed not far from the spot where I Delmar James, a small boy, lost his j life-last April. Glasson came to this county a few months ago from Robeson County. Griffin is from Georgia and has been working in this county for several months. They weie driving a truck belonging to a logging firm operat ing in Jamesville and Griffins Townships. Aged Colored Man Dies At Home Here Tuesday 1 Jerry Small, aged colored man, died?at hio home?base?lata?last Tuesday night following a long per iod of declining health, He was 86 years old, and had worked here for years as a barber and later as a gardener Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon and burial was in the Odd Fellows' cemetery Suffen Stroke ?Hal Biggs, fuiincr stave, snfTereth a stroke of paralysis a few days ago, and continues quite ill pt the home of Stephen Riddick on Railroad Street. He has lost the use of his right side, but continues able to talk a great deal. ?: LIBRARY HOURS J Beginning next Monday, the Willtamaton Public Library will return to ita old schedule of hours, remaining open from 3 to 6 each afternoon and from 7 to S each evening except Sun day. The story hour is held each Saturday morning at 1* o'clock for children between the ages of 4 and 9 year*. Additional books are being added to the shelves, and the public Is cordially invited to vWt the library. Peanut Stabilization Cooperative Will Maintain Old Base and Offer Higher Prices for Better Grades Will Let Contract for New Post Office Here October 12 Calling for bids this week, the ftfQ?UXement -Divi^um -of -Feder al government plans to let the con tract for a new tx>st office building here on October 12. Postmaster L. T. Fowden announced today. Plans and specifications for the structure have been placed on file in the local postoffice for use by contractors. It isn't likely that builders in this im mediate section will bid for the con struction work. A hurried review of the 31 pages of plans shows a complete one-story structure with a cupola. The speci fications form a book almost as thick as a mail-order catalog. An unusual ly large basement is included in the plans which provide for furnace and fuel rooms, storage and a swing room. The building will be con Judge Peel (Hears Docket And Closes Court For 2 ^ eeks Thirteen Cases Handled in Recorder's Court Monday The prosecution of two men for catching fish less than six inches in length held the spotlight in Judge H. O. Peel's county recorder's court last Monday. Evidence in the cases, indicating that the enforcement of the game and fishing laws borders on a racket in certain instances, de manded that the two men should be adjudged guilty, but the jurist tem pered the facts, showed mercy and suspended judgment without pay nient of the costs in the cases charg ing William Baker and Gus Forrest with violating the fishing laws. In cidentally no costs are allowed the prosecution which was supported by private counsel. There were few cases of any con sequence before the court and Judge H O. Peel cleared the docket by the noon hour and ordered a recess for two weeks while the superior tri bunal holds forth handling the trial of both criminal and civil civil cases. Proceedings in the court: The case charging John Pittinan with careless and reckless driving was nol prossed. Willie Faulk, pleading guilty of violating the liquor laws, was fined $25, sentenced to the common jail for three months and taxed with the costs, the jail sentence to begin at the direction of the court The case charging Joe Collins and Bertha Collins with violating the li quor laws, was nolpiossed. "Linwood Bland, charged with careless and reckless driving and operating a motor vehicle while his driver's license was revoked, was lound not guilty. Judgment was suspended for two years in the case charging E. L. Whitehurst with violating the liquor laws. Sentenced to the roads for six months in?tho case?him with larceny and receiving, Charlie B. Hardison appealed to the higher court, Judge Peel requiring bond in the sum of $150. The case charging Harvey Perkins with drunken driving was nolpross ed. Frank Redmond was sentenced tc the roads for twelve months for lar eeny- smi reeeivmgv John Hat ley,- e second defendant in the case, wat found not guilty. Charged with violating the liquoi laws, Joe L. Godard was sentenced to the roads for three months, the sentence to begin at the direction ol the oourt at any time within the next two years. Howard James, charged with vi olating the liquor laws, was sentenc ed to the roads for three months, the sentence to begin at the direction ol the court at any time within the next two years. The case charging Julius Smiti with drunkenness was nolprossed. The next Bession of the court wil be held on Monday, October 3. . a Called To Wreck Local partolmen were called U Bethel laat night about 10:30 o'clocl when a car crashed into a transpor truck parked on the highway. Twi men from Colerain were hurt, on seriously, according to report reaching here. i structed of face brick with a liber T al scattering uf marble and" around the windows and for the steps. Extensive plans have been made for an adequate window ser vice and a large increase in the number of lock boxes. The structure, costing around $70, 000, will be modern in every par ticular with plans for landscaping walks and drives. Work to clear the Main Street site just across, the street from the Courtney Furniture Store is sched uled to get underway next Monday, and it is understood the govern ment plans to start construction work soon after tht? bids are opened in Washington City the 12th of next month The old Bagley house, now I on the lot. will be moved to a site OFF THE DOCKET For the first time since No vember. 1934, the Martin Coun ty Superior Court will have no cases growing out of the Leavis ter-Corey wreck to call for trial when it convenes here next week. Following the deaths of Marshall Andrews and the young Leavister boy near Rob ersonville in 1934, the court has had on its docket suits and counter suits, the action having been prolonged by a mistrial in one instance Tuke Twelve Liquor Stills In County So Far In This Month ??? Second Flare-up in Illicit Liquor Trade During Recent Weeks The illicit liquor trade, budding forth on a comparatively large scale in this county, is experiencing han dicaps that threaten to outlaw the traffic for economic reasons if not on a moral basis Working night and day, enforcement officers, led by Special Officer J. H Roebuck, are exacting a heavy financial toll in the destruction of plants and oper ating equipment. With very few exceptions, replace ments are made with cheap equip ment, including, as a rule, pn old gasoline drum rudely connected with a wood still In some cases old gas oline drums are used for brewing the spirits It is seldom that a com plete plant with a sizeable copper kettle is found by the raiders. Sup plies, including sugar and beer are being found in small quantities, and it is apparent that some of the man ufat-turers are making a last stand to hold on to an illegitimate business that is fast proving an economic loss. month, the officers have laptuml twelve stilts ami puui - ?Williamston Township nwrrstills and 350 gallons of beer. Bear Grass township five stills and 2,400 gallons of beer. ed out about 3,700 gallons of beer One arrest was effected, the officers taking Joe L Godard, Jamesville Township man, into the courts for alleged illegal possession of liquor. The raids were conducted in sev eral townships of the county, as fol lows: Jamesvtlle Township three still? and 500 gallons of beer. Hamilton Township: two stills and 450 gallons of beer. Two federal agents, said to have been ordered to locate here, have not yet reported At the present time, Special Officer Roebuck and his assistant, Hewitt Edwards, are handling most of the raiding work in the county - ? - ? "J Fair View Revival Will Begin On Sunday Night ? The revival to be conducted at Fair View will begin Sunday night, September 18 The pastor, Rev Ltl ley, of Washington, will preach the opening sermon Sunday night at 7:45 and Hev. J. M Perry, of Rob ersonville, will preach Monday night and on each evening throughout the week. Public is cordially invitad. Price Schedule Is Fixed At Meet In Capital This Week Plans Are Now Underway To Reopen Warehouses In Williamston Reorganized a few weeks ago with the help of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, the North Carolina Peanut Stabilization Co operative will its nlH prire base of 3 1-4 cents a pound for pea-^ nuts and pay premiums ranging up 4o 3 1-2 cents for the better grades, it was announced this week follow ing a conference of Farm Bureau leaders, officials of the organization, cleaners, confectioners, and repre sentatives of the Agricultural Ad justment Administration in Wash ington City The action taken by the conference is recognized as very favorable for peanut growers in that it assures a stabilized price with the possibility of an open-market com petition. The only threat hanging over the peanut farmer is the effort to shift the lowly goober from a special base crops. Farmers, raising low-priced cotton in the South and Southwest, are turning to peanuts rapidly and they are anxious to have the crop included in the general list that they might grow less cotton and plant that acreage to peanuts. Such an arrangement will give them maxi mpm cotton benefits and they will have the peanuts extra In Washington this week, the con ference is reported unofficially to have gone on record favoring the continuation of the special base for peanuts, but there was a strong op certain areas. "The Farm Bureau, leader in the movement to get the Peanut Cooperative created, is now leading the fight to hold the peanut crop in the special base group," a representative from this section said following his return from the con ference. Under the new stabilization price set-up, farmers will be offered from $65 to $70 for peanuts grading 65 per cent meat or more. Goobers, 1 grading 65 per cent meat, will be accepted by the cooperative at $65 I a ton or 3 1-4 cents a pound; No. 2 | Virginias will command $67.50 a ton or 3 1-3 cents a pound. No. ,1 Virginias are pegged at $70 a ton or 3 12 cents a pound. Records compil ed by receiving warehouses in this county last year, show that very few peanuts graded below the required standard. The stabilization organization en ters its second year with the pledged cooperation of millers and candy makers. A Obici, president of the Planters Nut and Chocolate Com pany. attended the meeting and ex tended his cooperation to the organ ization, explaining that it was not reasonable to expectipeanut growers to operate at prices below those 1 adopted Representatives of the Cur tiss Candy Company favored the co I operative plan, and while peanuts may rn.t rnmm .nil nimn n fi.i? p? it is certain that the market will not dip down to bne or two cents this fall. Messrs. R. C Holland, president of the N C. Stabilization Coopera ,'Continued on page (our) Youth Hurt In Fall From Motorcycle Joe Godard, 19-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. Joe L Godard. of near Jamesville, was badly but believed not seriously hurt in a fall from a motorcycle near Nurney's store on Highway 64 early last evening. Home on a 30-day vacation from Fort Bragg where he has been sol diering for the past year or more, Godard was thrown to the pavement when the front tire on his machine blew out. He suffered a severe head injury, doctors in a Washington hos pital where he was carried after re ceiving first aid treatment in the offices of Drs. Rhodes, Eason and McAllister here, stating that it was possible the young man had a slight concussion He was rendered un conscious for several hours. Brought here by Mr. Miller of the Western Auto Associate Store, Ood ard was transferred to the hospital about 7:30 last evening.
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