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Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns ? Latchkey to over 1,600 Homes of Martin County. THE ENTERPRISE Watch the Label on Your Paper. As It Carries the Date Your Subscription Expires VOLUME XLII?NUMBER 21 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 14, 1939. ESTABLISHED 1899 Allotments Under The New 1939 Soil Setup Announced Maximum Payments F o i Each Fanner Will Be Determined Later ? Acreage allotments for each indi vidual farm in Martin County were announced last week by the farm agent's office. Mr. T. B Slade, as sistant, explaining that the maxi mum payments each farm can earn under the program, will be deter mined and released to the farmers as soon as possible. lie total allotments, which are not available at lius tune, are not expected to vary but very litUe if any from those in effect last year, Mr. Slade said. Some few minor ad justments were made where appar ?cut errors were made in the past, but as a whole, the allotments re main about the same for all the soil depleting crops. With the# distribution of the 1938 soil conservation program checks getting underway this week, it is believed that Martin farmers will recognize the worth of the program and not plant to excess even though no strict control program is in ef fect this year Along with the allotment an nouncements, the county office points out the average deductions that will follow in the soil conser vation program payments when plantings are excessive. The sched ule of deductions is, as follows: Tobacco: First 10 per cent $18.60 per acre. All over 10 per cent $74.40 per acre. Ootton: $12.50 per acre (if you knowingly overplant cotton. No pay ment will be made for the farm ). Peanuts: $13.50 per acre for each acre harvested in excess of allot ment. Irish potatoes: $42.00 per acre. (For each acre harvested in excess of the allotment.). Qenaral soil depleting crops. Five dollars per acre for each acre in excess of the total soil depleting al lotment except for farms planting twmity acres or less plus the acreage of cotton and tobacco. a Dental Clinics Held In County Schools Opening the first of a series of dental clinics in the county, Drs A. D. Underwood and M. R. Evans established a full-time record in the Robersonville schools last week, a progress report filed in the county health department showing that the two State Health Department doc tors have just about completed their work there and will move immedi ately into the schools at Gold Point and Hassell. Centering their work in the first, second and third grades, the den tists examined 290 children during the week, treating W of the num ber and referring 135 to local den tists for treatment. Including fill ings, extractions and miscellaneous treatments, the doctors performed 494 operations. Eight lectures on oral hygiene were given to the en tire group. Thirty-two of the pa tienta were -grade repeaters, -and only sixteen in the 290 needed no dental treatment. Commenting on the clinics, Dr. F. E. Wilson, county health head, explained that the purpose of the examinations and treatments is to correct the teeth for dental cavities with fillings, extract teeth when necessary, clean teeth and to treat the gums. Children who are able to pay for dental work are requested to have their family dentist do the work. The value of the dental clinics was firmly established last year when representatives of the State Health department examined and treated teeth for several hundreds of chil dren in the county, and every ef fort Is being made to make the ser vice available to equally that many children and possibly more between now and the end of the current school term. Junior Club To Hold ? Meet Tomorrow Night The local Junior Woman's clufc will hold its regular meeting tomor row evening in the club halL Mrs Eunice Figg. home service directoi for the Virginia Electric and Powei Company, will give a cooking dem onstration. A cordial invitation is extendec the members of the senior club tc attend the meeting. Jamesville P. T. A. Will Present Pley March 11 The P. T. A. of Jamesville higl school will present the Old Distric School, March 19th, at eight o'clocl in the high school auditorium. Urge Establishment of Test Farm for Peanuts TO SPEAK I j Oscar H. Benson, national di rector of rural scouting, will address the regular meeting of the local Kiwanis club Thursday evening. Ruling In Lower Court Is Upheld Bv High Tribunal ? ? Gray Recovers Nothing in Damage Suit Against Griffin Judge W. H S. Burgwyn was up held by the North Carolina Supreme Court a few days ago in his action non-suiting the case of D. Gray and Tom Alexander against Bennie Grif fin in the Martin County Superior Court here last November. The de cision of the high court was an nounced a few days ago, but the brief outlining the decision has not been circulated at this time. The plaintiffs were injured in an automobile wreck on the Washing ton Road, near Williamston, a year ago. Alexander brought suit to re cover a $100 doctor's bill and for $1,500 personal injuries. Gray sued for $200 doctor's hill and $2,000 per sonal injuries. It was pointed out that the defendant went into bank ruptcy last March making it neces sary for the plaintiffs to prove that the injuries and damages were the result of willful negligence before their claim could circumvent the bankruptcy action. It was apparent that the wreck carried no malicious intent, and when the defense made a motion of non-suit, the court granted it. An exception was noted by the defense attorney, B. A. Critcher. Attorneys Wheeler Martin and Clarence Griffin represented the defendant,?a yuung?Williams Township man. In allowing the motion of non-suit last November, Judge Burgwyn cen sored the action of the defendant who allegedly went into bankrupt cy to forestall payment in the suit. "A little charity is worth more than a few dollars," Judge Burgwyn re marked at thye time the plaintiffs failed to show wanton negligence and a motion of non suit was gruni ed. Sheriffs Office Had Very Busy February ??? Employees Th the sheriff"s office were kept busy last month chasing the. disturbers of the peace, wreck ing liquor stills, ejecting folks, sum moning jurors, claiming property for owners, collecting taxes and at tending to the hundred and one sundry tasks that are turned over to the office for execution. Releasing his first detailed re port, Sheriff C. B. Roebuck left lit tle doubt in the mind of the county commissioners at their regular meeting this week as to whether he was earning his pay and rendering an able service. The detailed report follows: Taxes collected, $6,923.62; war rants served, 26; capias served, one; subpoenas served, 33; civil papers served, 12; claim and delivery pa pers handled, 5; executions served, 4; jurors summoned for March court, 54; ejectments served, 4; cases investigated, 10; liquor stills captured, 17; beer destroyed, 8,150 gallons; illegal liquor destroyed, one gallon; miles traveled (three cars) 2,400 miles. In tabulating the office activities, the sheriff said he just wasn't going to count the telephone calls and include them in the re port. February was a comparatively short month, but it was one crowd ad with activities forcemeat office group. Organized Farmers Make First Appeal For Farm Changes State Farm Bureau Officials Address County Farmers ? Recently perfecting a strong or ganization under the American Farm Bureau Federation banner, nearly five hundred Martin County farmers entered the State's political arena for the first time in history as an organized gioup last Friday niglu when they met in the county court house here and unanimously ex pressed themselves in favor of the establishment of a State peanut test farm, the transfer of the several test farms from the jurisdiction of the State Deparment of Agriculture to the Agricultural College, and the elimination of dual activities as now carried on by the department and the State College Extension division in Raleigh. The action was taken following several stirring addresses by State Farm Bureau leaders and R. C. Hol lund, president of-the North Caro lina Peanut Stabilization Coopera tive. There was little doubt follow ing the meeting that Martin County farmers have entered a flying wedge in the political activities of the county and State, for it was openly expressed that if the legislature fails to recognize their wishes be fore it adjourns the current term there will be a lot of talking done before another election. There was nothing secret about the meeting, and the farmers loudly voiced their approval when asked if they were in favor of taking the test farms away from the depart ment of agriculture and placing them under the State College Ex tension Service. The speakers re called that Commissioner Kerr Scott had promised to clean the cobwebs from the corners of the depart ment s ofiice, but apparently they are still there," one of the speakers alleged. "We have no prsonal fight with Mr. Scott, we want results from our test farms," the speaker said. Farmers were urged to see their representative and ask his support of House bill 653 affecting the test farm problem. "We, the farmers of North Caro lina, are tired of paying taxes on seeds and fertilizers and allowing the politicians in Raleigh to make office appointments and dictate how that money is to be spent." Defeated in the agriculture com mittee room, the proposal to trans fer the test farms will be brought up again immediately, and a concerted drive is being made by Farm Bur eau groups to have the lawmakers comply with their wishes. Scout Program At Kiwanis Meeting A program centering around ru ral scouting will feature the meeting of the Kiwanis club here Thursday evening, L. B Wynne, the president, announcing that a nationally-known .speaker will address the members and about twenty special guests. Key men in the boy scout organi zation are expected to attend the meeting from all over the district. The Scout organization group will hold-a session in the afternoon and join the Kiwanis that evening when O. H. Benson delivers the main ad dress Lir. Benson, founder of the 4-H club organization, comes to the club here with a world of experience and educational training. He has farm ed. followed the reaper in the west ern wheat fields, taught school, wrote text books, lectured through out the land and traveled extensive ly District Scout Official J. J. Sig wald will preside over the after noon session. Members of the club are urged to attend the meeting. Victim Oi Main Sfreef Accident Is Improving Jimmie Mitchell, local youth who was critically injured in an automo bile-bicycle accident on Main Street here last Tuesday w?s reported much improved in a Washington hospital today. Suffering a skull fracture, * the 13-Jkar-old boy was said to have shown marked im provement yesterday and this morn ing. However, he remains uneon scioua, the reports stated. County Hoard OF Commissioners In Speciaf Meeting Approval of Farm Life Road Withheld For Period Ut Thirty Days ? Meeting in special session here last Saturday, members of the Mar tin County Board of Commissioners refused to approve the farm-to-mar ket road in Griffins Township and no action is likely to be taken until a map of the proposed project has been publicly displayed in the coun ty courthouse for a period, of thirty days In accordance with the law, the commissioners, according to Board Chairman J. F. Pope, are not supposed to approve a road con struction project until the public has an opportunity to study the project plans and enter protests d they de sire. However, highway authorities point out that the procedure is not necessary, that the maps are post ed as a matter of courtesy. No official record appears, but it is understood that one protest is pending and that possibly several others will likely be made against the proposed location of the road However, the map was removed early yesterday, allegedly at the or der of Engineer Gardner, of Tar boro, and when farmers looked foi the map in the courthouse yesterday J afternoon they could not find it, and removal could be learned While a delay of two or three weeks in the construction of the , road is now almost certain, repre sentative^ of the highway commis sion stated last night that there was no indication the proposed pro ject would be abandoned. Protesting the location of the road near his home, Mr. J. Eason Lilley is reported to have agreed to tear off about ten feet from the front of his store and move other! properties to make room for the road in front of his home rather I than have it run to the rear of his home and divide his farmlands. ! Other farmers, it was reliably learn ed yesterday, are greatly concerned about the road cutting into their fields. Running into a community made road offers quite a problem to the | farmers as well as the engineers. A ' farmer who has all his land center j ed in one or two fields is a bit skeptical about a road running j through and cutting to pieces one of those fields. However, it is be lieved that no one is trying t<> block the project, that they are merely anxious to have the engineers pro pose a route that is mutually ad vantageous to all concerned. District Highway Commissionei Collin Barnes, of Murfreesboro, at tended the meeting, and it was his opinion tllilt '"''I' >?" ed for thirty days before the com-1 issioneis?offered 4-ho- -proposed, route their approval. The commissioner when asked i about other road projects in the county said that lie was of the opin ion that it would not be so very long before money would bo made avail able for surfacing the Hassell road from N. C. Highway 125. Other than to urge Representative IlT G. Horton to Support the move ment to have around $77,000 restor ed to the health fund, the commis sioners limited official action to road matters. 4*? ? Officers Use Boat To Capture Liquor Still e Taking their boat along in a truck, Special Enforcement Officer J. H. Roebuck and Deputy Roy Peel pad dled more than a mile to capture a liquor still in the Poplar Point ter ritory of Hamilton Township last Friday. The plant, including a 75 ~Hn11'? n i ? nrm ify cnppi r kettle nnd 350 gallons of beer, was stationed on a platform in the isolated swamp. Signals were fired, and the opir ators paddled for the open waters before the officers reached the plant. It was the first time, officers ?n this county had carried their private boat along in conducting a raid on the illicit liquor manufacturing in dustry. SURVEY 111 a meeting held yesterday morning local ministers discuss ed plans for a religious survey within the next two weeks in Williamston. Sunday afternoon at four thirty pastors and representa tives from each congregation in town will meet at the Baptist Church to make final arrange ments for the census. Citizens are asked to be ready for the uniamu so that a complete survey might be I Thousands Of Dollars Are Being Distributed To Martin Farmers Participating In Soil Proeram Farmers of County Hear Addresses By Bureau Officials Activities of Farm Bureau Explained in Meeting At Courthouse Recognized farm leaders, address ing a special meeting of the Martin | -County Farm Bureau in the court house last Friday night, offered an| interesting and comprehensive r view of agricultural problems they relate to the present and future and explained the valuable work be ing carried on by the farm organi zation in the State and nation. Farm Bureau President J. E. Wi slow, first speaker on the program. | told of the Farm Bureau's work Washington and pointed out that only a few days before, the directors met there and urged the mighty agricultural committees to retain the AAA pmgrun imri -tttrpprrrt laws that will adjust differences and place agriculture on an equal foun dation with other industry. Mr Winslow stated that "economy" was I the watchword in Congress just now.| and unorganized agriculture wil hoar tin- brum of economy measures unless the farmers strengthen their] ranks and support their organiza lions. "We must fight to bold what we have, for it is apparent that strongly organized industry will see that the other fellow takes the 'cut'," Mr. Winslow said. Appearing as the main speaker | on the program, R. C. Holland, pres ident of the Stabilization Coopera live, cited the strength an organiz ed group has in advancing a com mon cause, and when organized, the farmers of this county will get some-' where "The Farm Bureau furnish 1 I n/l u>.. . .{pit kjnd of leadership and I have east my lot with it, sink or swim," lie said. Mr. Holland reviewed the aetivi-| ties of the Farm Bureau organiza tion, and painted a rather gloomy picture for the lowly peanut. "If the farmers want a peanut marketing program next fall, I think it advis able to start thinking about it now," Mr. Holland said, adding that possi bly Die Farm Bureau would take ae j lion within the next several week: ' in an effort to have the cooperative plan Continued. Looking to the future of the pea nut crop, Mr. Holland stated that the indications point to two-cent -peanuts after farmers 111 other staty. start expanding the crop. Farmers jii the southeast had rather plan! and sell peanuts at 2 cents a pound lhan plant and sell cotton at pres cnt prices. A minimum production of 20 per cent and a maximum pro duction can be expectec], in Georgia this year. Texas, reports state, will increase its crop 25 percent, aceord ing to Holland who added that ma chinery manufacturers arc encour aging peanut expansion to increase machinery sales there. "We have got to produce peanuts on an oil-price basis, and we need a test farm that proper efforts might be made to assure the future of the lowly goo | ber," he said. Farmers were urged to ask their legislators to provide the lest farm for peanuts and place ] all test farms under the agricultur al college. "We do not want a pea < nut test farm under dual manage (Continued on page three) ? Local Post Office Now Has Vacancy The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open com petitive examination for the position of substitute-^clcrk-carrier for filling vacancies in the post office at Wil liamston, N. C. Applications for this position must be on file with the manager, Fourth U. S Civil Service District, Wash ington, D, C., not later than March 25. 1939. The examination is being held to fill a vacancy in the post office ser vice. Competitors will be required to report for written examination, which mill h? held approximately 15 days after the date set for the close of receipt of applications. Full information and application blanks may be obtained from the Secretary, Board of U. S. Ctvtl Service Exam iners, Post Office, Williamston. FENDING y Hopeful that a friendly agree ment rail be effected within the near future, town attorneys to day announced that proceedings started a few days ago for the condemnation of a small piece of property 011 Watts Street were being held in abeyance. t'nable to buy a piece of pro perty at what the officials con sidered a fair price, town at torneys were ordered to start a suitable site might be had for sinking a fourth deep well for the town water supply. Loral Students Will Participate In The District Music Meet Will Enter Mixed Chorus. Girls Glee Club. Trio And Solo The musical organizations of Wil liamston high school are making preparations to participate in the district music contest which will be held in Greenville April 1. This con test is a preliminary to the Twen tieth Annual State Music contest and festival, which will be held at the Woman's College in Greensboro on April 18, 19, 20, and 21 Schools winning in competition at Green - vill.o are eligible for the state widel contest. The local school will send I into competition with other schools] a mixed chorus, a girls' glee club, a trio, and a soprano solo. Rehearsals' are being held three times weekly under the direction of Miss Jones, instructor. Dorr is Moore, a senior, is accompanist. The personnel of the groups is as follows: Girls Gibe Club Sopranos: Mary Gwen Osborne, Katherine Manning, Mary Charles Godwin, Martha Rhodes Ward, Mary O'Neil Pope, Margaret Jones, tyin ey Biggs, Susy Peal Ward, Mary Warren. Second sopranos: Marjorie Grey Dunn, Madelyn Taylor, Millie.Biggs. Dixie Daniels, Dorothy Coltrainc, Carolyn Dindsley, Patsy King", Car ioline Stalls. Altos: Elizabeth Parker, Virginia] Williams, Dorothy Manning, Elsie! Gurganus, Myrtle Jones, Doleta (; ,i.in. 1 Mixed Chorus Sopranos Susy .Whitley, SaJlie1 Grey uurkiti, Marjorie uicy DurifST Mary Gwen Osborne, Kathcrinv Manning, Mary Charles Godwin, Martha Rhodes Ward, Mary O'Neil Pope, Nancy Biggs, Susie Pearl Ward, Mary Kuth Ward. Alt os Madelyn Taylor, Millie1 Biggs. Dixie Daniels, Mary K Swain, Elizabeth Parker, ?Unginra Wiiliaios, h,lsic (lUiganu.v, 1 >urothy Manning, Doleta Gardner. Tenors: Theron Gurganus, Frank Lilly, J B Taylor, Ben Grimes,! Charles Mizelle, Joseph Gurganus. Bass: Jack Edmondson, Jerry Manning, Erwin Gurganus, James Willis Ward, John Miller, Jack Sul-J 11va11, Joseph Thigpen. The trio is composed of Kather ?ne Manning, Mai joint* Grey Dunnf and Elizabeth Parker. Mary Gwen Osborne will he en b red as soprano soloist. Two Kscapc Injury In Wreck Saturday Mi and Mrs. C. A Harrison mi raculously i-sciipcd injury tost Sat urday evening when their car skid ded, turned over and landed bottom side up in a creek near Garysburg, Northampton County. Thrown into water up to their necks, Mr and Mrs. Harrison both crawled from the overturned car unhurt except for a few slight bruises and shock. Traveling home from Richmond. Mr. Harrison drove over a hill and saw a car parked on the highway He applied his brakes and his car skidded on the wet pavement and turned over into the creek. Pas sengers in the parked car and oth ers at a wreck, nearby, assisted Mr. and Mrs Jlarrison from the over turned car and carried them to Wel don where they awaited the deliv ery of dry clothes before continuing to their home here. Damage to the llarriao estimated at about $280. First Of $175,000 Payments Is Made In County Monday Owners Will Be Notified When To Call For Their Checks Martin County farmers who par ticipated in the soil conservation, proeram last war ind wlm fate up an acre here and an acre there to improve their soil are now reaping their reward, the office of the coun ty farm agent through Assistant T. B. Slade announcing this week that the first of the $175,000 soil conser vation money expected in the coun ty is now being distributed to the owners. The first batch of checks was re ceived last Friday afternoon. Others were received Saturday and still others came in Monday, the office stating that most of the owners of of $6,400 had been notified to call for their money. The office pointed out with much emphasis that it will be unnecessary for farmers ot call for their checks until they had been notified directly by the office Far mers will he notified the dav after the checks arrive from Washington, but during the first few days the checks have been released in com paratively small numbers and it might be that several weeks' time will be required to complete the "pay-off." Averaging around $40 each, the checks range in size from $1 to $100. Most of the first ones receiv ed were for farmers in Griffins and Bear Grass Townships, a dozen or two being consigned to farmers in the Jamesville territory Notices, ad vising them to call for the soil con servation program money, have been mailed to the farmers in the first two districts, and other farmers can well look out for the mail man Ad ditional checks are expected daily. The immediate value and import ance of the soil conservation pro gram is being well demonstrated to .the farmers of the county in the dis tribution of the tens of thousands of dollars when the financial problems are acute for them. Business, in gen eral, lifted its face merely on the reports announcing the early pay ment of the soil conservation mon ey, and while the story cannot be limed (o any one day, it is recogniz ed as th?' biggest one that has been "broken" on- -the business front, in . the county this year. The actual pe cuniary vijluo of the soil program to Martin County farmers is tyrought "closer home" when one realizes that the benefit payments almost equal one fourth of the entire amount of the 11)32 tobacco crop in the county sold for. The payments are far - larger fhit" ? crop sold for in years past Aided by a control program last year-, Martin farmers are receiving their largest benefit payments since the program was established by the present national administration. More than 1,106 applications have been 'filed, representing approxi mately 2^500 farmers. About 100 far mers who are entitled to share in the benefit payments have not yet entered their applications or the ap plications are being delayed pend ing the execution of proper signa tures. The checks, made out to landown ers and tenants indiv'H"ftlly,?ara ? not subject to deductions by credi tors or others, and it is likely that a greater portion of the $175,000 will be put into circulation in the course of a few weeks or months. Several In County Get Free Hospitalization Nearly a dozen Martin County people were given free hospitaliza tion through the crippled children's division of the State Board of Health last year, it was learned from a re port released this week by the di vision head The service was inde pendent of county participation. Approximately $1,210 was spent by the State in restoring the ap- * proximately dozen patients to nor mal health. Cured of a spine ailment r-wnlttng from an attack of infantile paraly sis, one of the patients lost his men tal faculties a few days ago and had to be transferred to a State hospital yesterday. He was eared of his phy sical defect, however.
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