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Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns a Latchkey to over 1,600 Homes of Martin County. THE ENTERPRISE Watch the Label on Your ? Your Subscription Explrta VOLUME XLft?NUMBER 10 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, February 3, 1939. ESTABLISHED 1899 Judge Peel Calls Eleven Cases In The County Court Alleged Violator of the Li quor Laws Pined One Hundred Dollars Judge H. O. Peel called eleven :am in the Martin County Record ?r's Court last Monday, the judge ind solicitor going into an afternoon ,ession to clear the docket of nine ?ases The feature of the session was i $100 fine imposed upon a defen iant charged with violating the li juor laws. Charfed with violating the liquor aws. Fby Rogers was sentenced to he roads for six months and fined ilOO, the court taxing him with one self the case costs. Fate Smith, a second defendant in the case, was sentenced to the roads for six nonths end taxed with one-half the :osts. The road sentence in each rase is to begin at the direction of she court. Nick Baker, charged with violat ng the liquor laws, was sentenced to the roads for three months. Ma rina Wynne and Melinda Bailey, de fendants in the same case, were adjudged not guilty. The case charging Gattis Peel with an assault with a deadly wea pon, was continued one week. Charged with an assault with a ieadly weapon. Hardy Williams was directed to pay $10 to Dr. Jesse Ward for1, the prosecuting witness and pay the case costs. The case charging William Henry Nelson with larceny was continued one week. Charged with violating the liquor laws, Jesse Whitley, colored, plead ed guilty of illegal possession of li quor, was sentenced to the roads for three months, the court fining him $25 and adding the case cost. The road sentence in the case is to begin at the direction of the court at any time within two years. Wilbert Cunningham, charged with drunken driving, was fined $50 and taxed with the costs, the court suspending his driver's license for one year. Unable to pay the fine, the defendant was returned to jail. The case charging Wiley Rober son wth violating the forest fire laws was nol prossed. Roberson was alleged o have fired some grass land in Robersonville Township without notifying adjoining property owners or maintaining a proper watch over the fire. Approximately 275 acres of woodsland were burned, the county lorest service spending approxi mately $18 to bring it under control. Charged with the illegal removal of crops and larceny and receiving, Alexander Dolberry was found not guilty. Jane Respass, charged with violat ing the liquor laws, was sentenced to jail for three months, the sentence to begin at the direction of the court Charged with an assault Kin Moore pleaded guilty of simple as sault. The solicitor accepted the plea, and Judge Peel suspended judgment upon payment of the costs. Record Number Is Jailed In Count\ An all-time "turn key" record was established in the Martin County jail last month when seventy-two alleged violators of the laws were placed behind the bars The county "boarding house' was like a beehive nearly every day as young and old were placed behind the bars and others were releasecT Beaufort County authorities who are temporarily without a jail of their own, pktron^ted the local bas tile during last month when they placed 24 men there. Most of the seventeen drunks were Martin County products, the sister county holding a monopoly with eight charged with murder. In addi tion to those two cases, the counties were about evenly divided in own ership of the following: sixteen lar ceny and receiving cases, three breaking and entering, nine for as sault, three crazy, eleven for viola tion of the liquor laws, two for in vestigation and a lone forgery case. Consider Sale Of Old Cross Roads School -e Business created by the sweep ing consolidation of schools is about completed in this county, the Mar tin County Board of Education an nouncing today that the {ale of the old abandoned school house in Cross Roads Township would be considered at a regular meeting of the board here next Monday. The schoolhouse there is one of the few abandoned in years past that has not been sold. Very little business is scheduled for the board members at the meet ing, it was learned. Sheriff Charlie Roebuck Has 1 Something To Worry About Reports that the red (ox in the western part of the State is running mad are causing Martin's sheriff, Charlie Roebuck, something to wor ry about down east. If hydrophobia spreads to the sly fox in this section the officer allows that he's sunk. "Wouldn't it be one big job to vac cinate all the foxes in the county?" the officer who had such a difficult time in years gone by rounding up all the dogs in the county in the an ti-rabies drive, was asked. Scratching his almost barren head the officer discredited the fox vac cination scheme, but pointed out that the sly animal was fast becom ing a problem in many sections of the county. Reports maintain that Mr. Reynard is doing more damage than Rla/?Vip Wane So far this season Sheriff Roebuck and Edwin Holding, chief stockhold ers in the Martin County Anti-Fox Association and head of the move ment to exterminate the pests, have run down and killed 90 of the little animals. "And we haven't hardly touched the surface," the automobile huntsmen explained. A farmer, near Williamston, sus picioned old Mr. Fox after missing one, two, three and more pigs from a pen. Appealing to the anti-fox as sociation for help, the farmer ex plained that he hung a lantern in the pig pen with the belief that the sly old animal would not venture forth, but the light apparently en abled the fox to see better. Protected by an established ser vice, the forests are growing up and the fox is increasing in numbers rapidly, causing a regular menace to farmers' swine and poultry, reports state. Safety Patrols Are [ Organized By Motor Club Representative Organization Is Advancing Safety Programs in State Recognizing the great need for a safety-conscious public and safety training among the youth of the land, representatives of the Carolina Motor Club came here yesterday and perfected the organization of safety patrols as a part of a state wide program for the prevention of automobile accidents. Mr. T. E. Marshall, in charge of safety work for the motor club, as sisted Principal D. N. Hix and Pa trolman Hunt in forming the safety patrols here. Preliminary work was advanced by Mr F E Fox, safety director for the Carolina Motor Club, when he was here and ad dressed the Kiwanis club several weeks ago Mr Marshall, who was accompanied by Mr Fox here yes terday. will return within a short time and address the patrol groups in connection wiht the safety work Donning unique and quite becom ing uniforms, the members of the patrol went into action on the busy corners yesterday afternoon, assist ing children across the streets. The patrol peronnel is as follows: First patrol, high school: capt., Jimmie Leggett; lieut., Billy Mer cer; James Carrow, J D Woolard, Jim Critcher, Conrad Getsinger, Richard Margolis. First patrol, grammar school: capt. Jimmie Mitchell; lieut., Joe Dixon;. Parker Peele, Reg Chesson, Sammy Taylor, Fred Wheeler, Joe Wynn. Second patrol, high school: capt., Jimmie Manning; lieut., Collins Peel; Carlyle Langley, John L. Goff, Dal Clayton. Burke Parker, Luther Peel. ? Second patrol, grammar scnooi:i capt., Billy Meyers; licut., Jack Mobley; Jessie Gurganus, Tom Brandon, John Daniel, Jimmie Knight, Cecil Harris. Student advisory council: 1. Mar tin Anderson 2. Stewart Critcher. Pay Dav This Week ForCountyTeachers Martin County school teachers, truck drivers and janitors received $19,351 10 this week, the amount representing the fifth month salar ies for the current term The first of the 241 checks were delivered to the owners last Wednesday. Receiving $11,231.85, the 100 white teachers were paid on an average, $112.32, the salaries of the approxi mately ten principals pulling up the general average Paid a total of $7, 332.75, tfte 91 Colored teachers re ceived $80.58 on an average There are comparatively few principals in the colored schools of the county. A marked drop in the pay sched ule is noticed as applied to janitors, the 13 men receiving a total of $435 or an average of about $33. A low was reached for the truck driven, the 37 bus operaton receiving $351.50 or an average of $9.50 f TOBACCO PLANTS V Tobacco seed planted last De cember are coming up In some sections of the county, several fanners reporting unusually large stands. They are small, to be sure, but again the Indica tions are that the farmers of this county will get off to a good start with their tobacco crop this year. Quite a few farmers, however, have not yet planted their to bacco seed, and those who are inpeillng plants alrsady up are PERIODIC Unofficial reports heard re cently indicate that there'll be a lot of folks losing their auto mobile drivers' licenses if the State Safety division authori ties are successful in calling for a periodic examination of driv ers. It is understood that an act is being proposed to require all operators of vehicles to stand a driver's examination and renew their permits annually at the cost of about one dollar. No estimate can be had as to the approximate number of failures that will result from the examinations, but it is re ported that quite a few of those who apply for drivers' licenses under the present law will "flunk out" World Conference Planned For Study Of Cotton Surplus Some Suggest Turning the Surplus Back to the Farmers ? Secretary Wallace said last week the administration was considering an international conference on how to dispose of surplus cotton stocks. Wallace and Senator Bankhead, Democrat, Alabama, has juAt dis cussed with President Roosevelt what they termed a "very serious" problem relating to the South's | principal crop. They said no decisions were reached, but that a conference of cotton-growing nations was under tentative consideration to deal with this crop, as has been done at inter national gatherings on wheat The Alabaman said they discuss ed, without decision, a suggestion that domestic producers be given back some gf the Federal cotton holdings as payment in kind for fur ther reducing acreage next year He predicted the American sur plus would reach 14,500,000 bales on August L On Capitol Hill, Senator Connal ly, Democrat, Texas, proposed that 3,000,000 bales of the surplus cotton be manufactured into mattresses and other articles for home use and be distributed to the needy. x Before going to the White House, Bankhead said Senators from cotton growing states had agreed that their first problem was "finding what we can do with loan cotton." The government now has nearly $500,000,000 invested in loans on some 11,000,000 bajes?enough to supply domestic and foreign de mandg for American .option without growing any new crop this year. The loans were made as part of an administration effort to keep the prices up by holding surplus cotton off the market. The Senate bloc is seeking some way to get the loan cbtton back in the hands of farmers who agree tc reduce production under the cro[ control program. Moe than a dozeft Southern Sena tors attended a meeting recently to discuss methods of accomplishing this. A second session, called by Sen ator Smith, Democrat, South Caro lina, chairman of the Agriculture Committee, was abandoned when only Senators Bankhead and McKel lar, Democrat, Tennessee, appeared. They explained that other Southern Senators were forced to attend Sen ate committee sessions. Bankhead said the group would meet again this week after the White House conference. Army Needs It Still others suggested that the army and navy "freeze" up to 6,000, (Continued on PM? tlx) district Meeting Here Hears About Land Use Planning Subject Is Being Advanced On Nation-wide Scale By Agriculturists 'Land Use Planning." a subject hat will receive nation-wide atten ion during the coming months, was iiscussed at a district meeting of lortheastern North Carolina farm kgents and agricultural leaders held in the agricultural building here his week. Briefly stated, the program is de signed to prepare a foundation for advancing agricultural programs in the future. The work is to be divid ed into mapping of farm areas, clas sification and recommendations for all land use and practices in the township, county, state and nation. Under the Bank head-Jones Farm Act. the program is to develop land conservation and land utilization, including the retirement of lands which are submarginal or not pri marily suitable for cultivation. An attempt will be made to analyze the human and natural resources of community with an idea toward their maintenance, improvement and continued well-being Study will he . given farm income, size of farm, tenure, erosion, crop yields, forestry, and part-time employment Apparently the new program rec ognizes that something is radically wrong with agriculture, that atten tion should be given farm practices as well as farm prices. When the work is complete and agricultural leaders state that it will require several years to com plete it, efforts will be made to ad vance a farm program based on land use planning. J. F. Criswell, specialist in charge of work in the State, B Troy Fer guson and Miss Pauline Smith, dis trict agents, were h^re for the meet ing and outlined briefly the pro gram. During the next several weeks, county farm leaders will hold meetings in the various town ships of the county and discuss the new project. Infantile Paralysis Drive Is Successful A drive for funds in support of the fight being waged on a nation al scale against infantile paralysis met with marked success in this county last week-end under the di rection of L. T. Fowden, chairman of the movement in this county While the sale of buttons was not as large in some communities, Chair man Fowden pointed out that he was well pleased with the response of the general public and expresses his great appreciation for the work done by -the school principals,._the. Ever etts postmaster and others who as sisted in the sale of buttons or sold ticket to the birthday ball last Fri day night Half of the net profits of $106.98 is being forwarded to a national fund to carry on research work in the fight against infantile paralysis. The other half of the net profits is being deposited to a special fund and will be made available to any family where a child falls victim to the disease, regardless of what part of the county the family lives, Mr. Fowden pointing out that every penny witi toe used on a county^ wide basis. The gross profits from the fund were $219.45, the sale of dance tick ets amounting to $141.78 and the sale of buttons amounting to $77.67. Robersonville led the button sale, but Farm Life made a very credita ble showing, comparatively speak ng. Hamilton had not reported early todayT-~bMt-4be sale?by--selw**!*- fol lows: Robersonville, $22.35; Wil liamston, $20.62; Farm Life. $13.55; Jamesville, $7.25; Bear Grass, $6.00; Oak City, $4 10, Hassell, $2.80; Ev eretts (postmaster) $1.00. Total expenses for the dance and button sale amounted to $109 47, as follows: band, $65; gym, $10; but tons and posters, $12 66; printing, $3, dance tags, $2; janitors, $5.50; tele grams, $1.06; stamps. 60 cents; tele phone calls, $2.15; gas used in dis tributing buttons and posters, $6.36 and express, $1.14. ? Local Firemen Get Call Last Tuesday Afternoon The local fire company was called out laat Tuesday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock when fire starting in a coal pile threatened the "cleaning" room of the Pittman Cleaners, next doO! to The Enterprise on Main Street. Believed to have started when some one threw a cigarette into s pile of paper in the coal pile, the fire was prevented from reachini the "cleaning" room and very little damage resulted. Property Owners Pay Over Half 1938 T axes CANDIDATE K. (1. Phillips, former teacher in the YVilliamston schools, has been nominated for vice presi dent of the North Carolina Edu cation Association. I Van tit Farmers In Meet At Ahoskie Outline Program Farm Bureau Will Carry Its Fight to Raleigh Next Week Meeting in Ahoskie yesterday, fif ty farmers representing the peanut growing counties in this State for mulated plans to carry their de mands for a peanut experiment sta tion before the Senate and House agricultural sub committees in Ral eigh next Tuesday. The Farm?Bur eau group will also carry its fight for the elimination of worked du plication alleged in the State De partment of Agriculture and in the State College Extension Service. The growers' program: 1 Appropriation of funds for, and the creation of, a peanut experiment farm in the center of the commer cial peanut section, and the placing of the farm under the supervision of State College. 2 Provision of adequate soil-test ing facilities and the designation ol State College for that work, and A A clear definition of the func tions of both State College and the State Department of Agriculture .and the rtrrnmatn m of rivertappiT^ duties of the two institutions Yesterday's meeting was called b> E. F Arnold, executive secretary ol the N C. Farm Bureau Federation for the purpose of outlining th needs of peanut growers for a pea nut experiment farm and soil-test ing service and their desires foi eliminating overlapping of duties <> the State's two agricultural servict institutions Arnold arranged Tuesday's meet ing in Raleigh with the sub-commit teemen, who agreed to hear repre sentativrs of peanut farmers. B I) Stephenson, president of th< Northampton County Farm Bureau who presided at yesterday's meet ing, named- a committee to draft i brief of the peanut farmers' de marids and present-it at the hearing Plans were made to have delega tions from every peanut county at tend the Raleigh hearing. Miss Ethel Parker, of Gatesvilh1 declared," "I have raised peanuts fo: 20 years and know no more abou it now than I did when I first start ed because no information has eve been made available on peanut dis eases, soil-testing or varieties. Farn marketing and soil-tasting ait'?twi services direly needed by the pea nut farmers of North Carolina, an< should be placed under the super vision of the extension service." Brotherhood Dinner Is Well Attended Heri The second Brotherhood Dinner c the Disciples of Christ was held i the American Legion Hut on Wed nesday evening with about ninet in attendance. A fine barbecue sup per was prepared by the women c the woman's council. The prograr included greetings sent from man North Carolina churches and fror Virginia and all of the ten missio fields in which the disciples hav work. A quiz was held between the me and women chosen by chief quizze Elbert S. Peel, on the work of th church in its total Brotherhood n lationahipa. It was quite educatior al and interesting. The pastor, M Goff, made a brief talk. The dinn< closed with the group singing "Tm Hearted, Wholehearted." I'uvmcnls To Date Exceed *112.(HMI.IK! For Year Of l? Coast Line Railroad Pays Nearly $29,000 To The County In good years and in bad years the old tax wheel continues to turn, and apparently this is a fairly good year in the county as the old wheel has been turning steadily and rapidly uunng the nast twi'lvo nr fmirtmm - weeks A report released by Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, the collector for the county, shows that Martin County property owners have already paid in excess of $112,000.00 in taxes for the year 1938. The record compares very favorably with that maintain ed up to the same time last year for the tax period of 1937 The total levy this year is $198, 397.30, the sheriff's report made ready this week for the treasurer -m*x4-Mondny shows that 56 pet rei11 of the amount has already been col lee ted. The discount varying from one half to two per twit back in the early part of the new tax period at tiacted $59,7(13.83 to the county eof lers. During the par period?Decem ber and January the remainder was paid, hut a greater part of that amount was paid in thus week just"1 before the one per cent penalty went into effect yesterday. Next month, the penalty jumps to two per cent and reaches four per cent in May. Taxes are payable ih that month and until October at four per cent The county's financial condition was bolstered greatly this week when the-Atlantic Coast lane Rail road Company contributed the lump sum of $28,738 27, the amount rep resenting its taxes due the county and four road districts, Williamston, ( ",ss Roads; Goose Nest and Ham ilton IU property valuation dropping around $lll(),(i(io for 1938 from the 1937 figure of $1,975,631, the rail road company paid $1,46270 less than it did a year ago Hascd on a valuation of $258,485, the special road tax rate of 15 cents in Williamston Township netted $387 73 The 50 cent rate in Cross Roads netted $642.66 on a $128,532 valuation In Goose Nest where the tracks split the district wide open, 'at,..amounted i? fiixi 7ft. collection being based there--Oft- a valuation of $340,505 at a 25 cent r rate Hamilton Township collected $466 02 with a rate of 35 cents on $133,148 valuation The special road district in RoberaonvlHe is handled apart from the county, and the amount paid that district is not known here In addition to the county tax of $26,388.60 and the special road dis trict collections, the Coast Line is paying substantial sums to the var ious towns m the county Warehouse Concern Declares Dividend The Hoanoke Warehouse Com pany. one of the oldest operatinj rnrpnrntrnns heie, declared a foul per cent dividend at a meeting ol its stockholders in the courthouse here Wednesday afternoon. Henry D Peel, president, S C. Griffin vice president; and John K Peel secretary and treasurer, were re elected without opposition to "theii respective posts. While only a small number of stockholders were rep ?resented in piirimn more than 7t)0 ul the 1,1000 shares of stock was rep resented by proxy. It is understood that the compan> has not leased its property for th< current year, the owners empower ing the rental committee to negotr ate with applicants. The Roanoke firm has declared and paid approximately 118 pel cent in dividends since its organiza tion. Presiden Petfl pointed out I ROUTINE >f n A routine business schedule will feature the regular first Monday meeting of the Martin County Commissioners here this month, i. Sam Getsinger, clerk to the group, stating today that no new business had been slat ed for consideration as far as he knew. The drawing of a Jury for the March term of Superior Court will be handled, bills Inspected and routine matters handled, the clerk mid. Road Refund Bill Awaiting Action in State Legislature ??? Attack Directed Against the Extravagant State ABC Bgard Scheduled to have been introduc ed in the State Legislature last week or the early part of this, the piopos ed bill to have the State Highwav Commission refund to the counties money spent for road building has been delayed until a more detailed study can b< made of the problem. Representative Hugh G Horton ex plained this week. The proposed bill drafted by Mr Horton, is being printed for circulation and study, the sponsors continuing a study of "inii-'ir t,llK?panned by?legislatures? in other states where refunds we. e made to the several counties Attention in the Assembly this week was centered primarily on the gasoline fund, the anti-diversionists losing the first skirmish after Gov ernor Hoey addressed the law-mak ers earlier in the week. Wh? n the joint finance committee adjourned yesterday, it left the impression that the total revenue bill would show an increase over the lasi one, that while .some department ippropria? tiohs will be sliced, others will gain to carry the total to a new high fig ure. iiu' oik stcai maneuvered oy the last legislature wjien it took away from the counties one-half of the proceeds of the tax on intangi ble properties is subject to some al teration. There is a growing senti ment to Iet4 the counties participate to a greater extent in the income from intangibles. The State will pro tect itself, however, by increasing the rate. A hot argument was heard in the assembly yesterday when members of the appropriations committee jumped tm the State Alcoholic Bev erages Control Board. It was pro posed to lop off $42,200 from the $129,020 appropriation asked by the board, some members of the com mittee maintaining that no law was ever enacted creating anything more useless than the State ABC board. "We pay a man $0.000 a yenr i<? do something. I know not what," W. C. Morse, Jr., Pasquotank represen tative. said in referring to the an nual salary of Cutlar Moore, chair man of the State Board. They are having a public hearing on election law reform before the House Elections Committee today There has been much said about election law reform, but the election box is a long ways from a standard dencenc v. A" wnge-honr hill call- , ing for a fltf-hour weeR in intra state industry was introduced this week in both the House and Senate Many KxjMTted For Swtrt Potato Meet Between forty and fifty commer cial sweet potato growers are ex pected to attend a meeting in the agricultural building here this eve ning at 7:30 o'clock when a discus sion will be held in connection with better seed and control methods for various diseases that are gaining headway in the production of the crop Recognized as a mere sideline a few short years ago, the sweet po tato is fast becoming a money crop of Importance in this county. Agri cultural leaders point out, however, that unless study and thought are given the crop, it will be overtaken by disease or production difficulties will more than offset the possible profits. The value of the sweet potato is being recognized in an expanding market, authorities pointing out that till1 lowly sw'eet potato known only on Southern plantations for years is now climbing in importance along with highly-prized fruits and vege tables. It has been reliably pointed out that a sweet potato carries cer tain valuable food qualities and equals the orange in releasing nec essary vitamins to the body. A Presbyterians Elect New Officers For Three Years At a congregational meeting held January 22nd the congregation of the local Presbyterian Church elect ed their new officers for the next three years. Deacons John L. Rod gcrson and Dillon Cobb were pro moted to the office of elder for three years. The session now has three e'ders, the other being E P. Cun ningham. Th five deacons for the next three years are T. B. Brandon, Marion Cobb, William Everett, Dr. Russell McAllister, and Dr. E. E. Pittman. These new officers will be induct ed into their offices on or before the first of April which is the beginning | of the new church year.
The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.)
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