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Advertisers Will Find Our Col iwins a Latchkey to over 1,800 Hbaaas of Martin County. I THE ENTERPRISE Watch the Label on Your Paper, Aa It Carries the Date Your Subscription Expires. VOLUME XLII?NUMBER 28 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina. Friday, April 7.1939. ESTABLISHED 1899 Nine Cases Called In The Recorder s Court Last Mondav 16 Until First Monday in Next Month After remaining inactive for two weeks while the superior tribunal was in session, the county recorder's court sandwiched a session of its own last Monday before the Easter holiday and a two-weeks special ses sion of the "big" court. Nine cases were called during the comparative ly short session last Monday, and the proceedings attracted very little at tention. Considering the time the court had been idle, the number of cases was unusually small. Judge Peel meted out several road sen tences, but the court, adding nout ing to the school fund, was consid ered as a poor one. April will be one month in which the schools will not receive a single penny in the way of fines and forfeitures. Proceedings of the court: Having failed to abide by a form er judgment, Jasper Williams was called into court and sentenced to the roads for 60 days in the case charging him with an assault. Wil liams, also charged with larceny and receiving, will be tried on that count the first Monday in May The case charging F. S. Harrell with disposing of mortgaged prop erty was continued by agreement until the first Monday in December, 1939. Annie Bell Lewis and Mary L. Savage, the latter a WPA worker, pleaded not guilty in the case charg ing them with an assault with a deadly weapon Tire first defendant was adjudged guilty of a simple as sault, the court suspending judg ment in her case. The Savage wo man was found guilty as charged and drew a 60-day sentence in the common jail. In the case charging him with reckless driving, Herbert Godard pleaded guilty, the court suspending judgment upon the payment of the costs and $19.75 to the prosecuting witness, Clifton Moore, for repairs to a damaged car. ? Leon Purvis was sentenced to the roads for sixty days in the case charging him with an assault with a deadly weapon. Dayton Hardison, charged with simple assault, pleaded guilty, the court continuing the case under prayer for judgment until May 1. Charged with violating the li quor laws, Ralph Dugger was sen tenced to the roads for three months. Dugger appealed to the superior court and Judge Peel required bond in the sum of $100. Will Bryant, charged with steal ing ? ?hir< fr..m an CtiiU Pity mer chant, was sentenced to the roads foi a period of six months. New Crop of J. P.s For Martin County Martin County got a good crop of justices of the peace out of the re cent legislature, the appointment of seventeen county citizens having been certified to Clerk of Court L. B. Wynne by Secretary of State Thad Eure yesterday. The entire group was appointed for four-year terms, file new crop added to the old gives Martin County nineteen justices, Mr. C. L. Nelson having gotten an appointment direct from the governor last January. Mr. J. S. Ayers, the other J. P., has two more years to serve before his term ex pires. The new terms of the seventeen men appointed last week will not become effective until they appear before Clerk of Court L. B Wynne. If they wait more than ninety days after April 1, they will not be eligi ble to serve. A list of those receiving appoint ment recently follows: A B. Ayers, Bear Grass township. C. B. Riddick, Cross Roads Town ship. R. R. Rawls and E. V. Smith, Goose Nest Township. Plany Peel and J. C. Gurkin, Grif fins Township. Mr. Peel recently re signed, and. it isn't likely he will want to qualify. J. A. Dayenport, M. D. Beach and George H. Leggett, Hamilton Town ship. A Corey and E. A. Ange, James ville Township. The Mr. Ange refer red to is possibly Mr. E. H. Ange. W. S. White and DeRoy Taylor, PppIm Point Township. C. M. Hurst and John T. Ross, Robersonville Township. L. J. Hardison, Williams Town Jf. L. H assail, Williamston Town Success Marks Dental Clinics In Schools of Martin County Started in this county by Drs. Un derwood and Evans under the direc tion of the State Department aL Health and in cooperation with the Martin County Health Department, the series of dental clinics is meet ing with marked suqpess in the sev eral schools. Rushed for time, the doctors have already worked in sev en schools and they are planning to complete the circuit by the end of this month. In the four weeks ending last Saturday, the dentists had examined the teeth of 1,209 children, admin istering 988 treatments and refer ring 608 to private dentists. More than 200 teeth were pulled, and 535 teeth were filled. Nearly 500 children had their teeth cleaned, many tor the tirst lime Out of the group of more than 1, 200 luss than ten per cent needed nothing done to their teeth. An in foresting feature pf the combined reports is the number of repeaters having defective teeth. Nearly 200 of the little folks were grade repeat ers, clearly indicating that a small physical handicap and one that could be easily remedied had a part in retarding them in their school work. Not a single child has been un manageable, and the school folks as well as the pupils are cooperating in the valuable undertaking The only objectionable feature to the program is that it cannot be advanc ed on a more extensive scale. Dr. E. A. Branch, head of the Oral Hy giene unit, was here yesterday and expressed himself as being well pleased with the work now in pro gress over the county. T^ompIeUng their stay 111 James ville this week, the dentists will start work in the local school pos sibly next Tuesday. Approve Road Project In Griffins Township UP AGAINST IT 1 Anxious to set married to morrow, a young Martin County couple is really up against it. There are the recently enacted laws governing the Issuance of marriage licenses to be observ-, ed, but there is more to it than that. The young man has al ready submitted to a blood test, but the old folks won't even let hipi go to the girl's home to ex plain that she will have to sub mit to a test too. tinable to go out of the State, the young man told Register Sam (ietsinger that he would just wait a week. Surgeon Addresses The Woman's Club Dr. Randolph Jones, Jr., Duke hospital surgeon and an authority un cancer, gave an illustrated lec turo on cancer control before a fair ly large group of interested persons in the Woman's club hall here yes terday afternoon. The speaker's ad dress was well received by the small but interested group. Coming here without cost to the club, Dr. Jones illustrated with slides ap proved methods of cancer control. His lecture, a part of a nation-wide inuiunciit fui cancel cuiiliul, war considered of much value. Dr Jo&es was introduced by Mrs W. O. Stinemates, vice commander of the Women's Field Army She came here from Elisabeth City and has been very active in sponsoring the work carried on by this organi zation. The Womens Field Army was lounded December, 1U36, although 13 years before there had been sug gested some such organization. The field army works directly under the cancer committee of the medical as sociation. It's goal is the establish ment of clinics in all parts of the country. The cancer control campaign will begin on Tuesday, April 11, and con tinue until the 17th in Williamston and Robersonville, and in all home demonstration clubs of the county through April 21. Young People Will Hold Meet Sunday A meeting of the Interdenomina tional Young People's league which was organized at the Bear Grass Presbyterian church in January will hold its second meeting in the Sweet Home Christian church Sun day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Rev. John Goff, pastor pf the Williams ton Christian church, will give an inspirational address for the service and a very good program has been planned which will include special music by Miss Callie Mae Cherry and Mrs. Jesse Peele. The young people and pastors of the various churches throughout the county are especially invited to at tend this Easter service. Plans are underway to make this one of the greatest youth movements but the cooperation from each church of the county is needed before this accom plishment can be made. Let's forget denomination, creeds and doctrines this Easter and cen ter our minds upon the Risen Christ. include Project In Next Highway Letting In May H? Nearly 100 Men Here For Meeting from Griffins Township The construction of a hard sur faced road in Griffins Township af ter years of waiting and wrangling was considered certain yesterday afternoon when the Martin County commissioners approved the loca tion of the project after a ninety minute meeting with nearly 100 representatives from that district. While the location was approved, the commissioners are offering rec ommendations to the highway en gineers, urging them to consider the rights of property owners wherever it is humanly possible for them to do so. Seven complaints directed not against the road but its location, were literally snowed under when Chairman of the Board J. E Pope called for a standing vote, the com missioners a short time later approv ing the location with recommenda tions attached. The meeting yesterday cleared up pome misunderstanding that possi bly has existed The group was 100 per cent for the road, but several opposed to its location Tn some places. It was the general trend of the meeting to censor Mr. J. Eason Lilley, but he cleared up the situa tion when he said that he was not objecting to the road, but that he hated to see the road run just back of his home. He added however, that he would not block the project and it is the general understanding that the other complaints will either be withdrawn or forgotten. The complainants entered the meeting yesterday with little or no hope for redress. A letter from the highway authorities stated in no un certain terms that the road would be built back of Mr. Lilley's home or not at all, that under no condi tion would the road be built in front of the home. However, ail hope has not been abandoned as to the possibility of the commission order ing a four degree curve made and! the routing of the road in front of | the Lilley home. Representing five complainants | (Continued on page four) Work Is Started On Rural Electric Line Preliminary work on the construe-1 tion of a 225-mile rural electrifica tion line in Martin and Halifax Counties was started this week by B W Jackson, successful bidder, of Richmond. Let for 5141,844 02, the contract calls for the completion of the line within 120 days Approximately 15 of the 225 milts will be constructed in this county to serve 51 customers. Construction work will be centered on the line running into this county first, and it will be energized within a short time, according to Mr. E. V Smith, a member of the corporation The corporation -will buy its pow er from Scotland Neck for 1.23 cents per kilowatt. T. B. Slade, Jr., a Martin County young man, is manager of the cor poration which will maintain its of fices in Enfield. Marriage License Bureau Now Idle In Martin County One Couplc Get* By Just Before Bars Are Raised Tuesday Following the enactment the early part of tHis week of a law designed to improve society generally, the Martin County marriage license bureau virtually suspended opera tions, and today there was no activi ty along the marital front in the county other than inquiries by prospective husbands about - the rules and regulations governing the; issuance of marriage certificates. Applying for a license last lues day before Register J Sam Uetsin ger was officially notified of the rat iii.iiiiim of I tie new law. Miss~MarH tie Louise (jurganus and Carl Rob irt Wynne applied for and got their license to wed before the bars were raised The couple are getting mar ried this afternoon at the home ot the bride's parents. It is now estimated that a couple will have to enter a training period of about seven days before they can successfully meet the requirements necessary to the legal issuance of a marriage license. Before an applicant can receive a marriage license, he must show him self free of any social disease, prove that there is no evidence of active tuberculosis infection, any epilepsy and that he is not an idiot, an 1111 beetle or a mental defective of un i sound mind. | The following certificate favorably l passed by a health examiner and ac companied by a favorable laboratory' report, will entitle the applicant to a marriage license: To the register of deeds of Mar tin County, N C , greeting This is to certify that 1, (any doc tor), a physician licensed to prac tice medicine and surgery in North Carolina, have this day examined (applicant), of Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, who is a I candidate for a marriage license, I and, by the usual methods of exam-1 ination, have found the said appli cant to have no evidence of: (a) uny | venereal disease in the infectious 111 | communicable jiliigc?Uhe- - -m-tgiem. laboratory report of this serological examination from a laboratory up proved by the N C. Slate Board of Health is attached hereto); (b) any j tuberculosis in the infectious or communicable stage; (c) any epilep sy, and not to be an idiot, an imbe-1 cile, a mental defective ioj- of un I sound njind." I There are certain exceptions, but1 cases coming under them are likely to be few in number. When medical history or examination of either ap | phcant shows syphilis to be present i and provided both applicants are so J I inhumed, license to maiiy may bej granted in following instances Win n applicant has -bn-n under! continuous weekly treatment foi : j one year and signs ago nnent to | continue such treatment until cur-1 ed; When applicant is pregnant and she agiees to take adequate treat ment; When female applicant is past t child-bearing stage and agrees to take adequate treatment. Residents of North Carolina mar ryuig outside the Stale are required! under the terms of the law to file j within ttU days following their re turn a certificate with the register of deeds in the county in which they live showing they huve conformed i to the requirements of examination Licenses may be granted to idiots, imbeciles, the mentally weak and those subject to epileptic attacks only after eugenic sterilisation. | The law is not applicable to non State residents who come into North Carolina to marry. maximum fine of $50 and 3D days in jail or both. f TORArrn "N 1 JL UDnLvv J Eastern North Carolina (arm- ti ere, It is reliably estimated, will plant 328J>00 acres of tobacco this year, or about 40,000 acres more than were planted to the crop last year and about 3,100 acres more than the average for the ten-year period beginning in 1929. While the belt, as a whole, is anticipating a 14 per cent in crease In its tobacco plantings. Martin County farmers are said to be seriously considering step ping up their acreage by nearly Nowhere, according to a gov ernment report Just released, are farmers considering a cur tailed crop except In the fire cured belt where prices were Special Services To Feature Religious Program Sunday Climaxing a period of intense ac tivity during the past few days and hvt'i-1i11 the rhiirehp* tif the town and community are anticipating a large attendance upon their service pro grams Sunday Special programs will feature the services in ail ihe churches, followed by the rites ot | baptism in some. Attention is called I to the individual announcements ap pearing on page three of this paper The presentation of John Stai tier's "Crucifixion" by the Williamston Choral club in th0 Methodist church this evening at o'clock is an adder! feature to the pre-Easter program of religious activities in the town The large number of singers have spent much time in practices for the i presentation oi the cantata, and a~ large audience is assured them. ' , A glimpse at the religious pro grams for Sunday shows that the several ministers have chosen?vrrt+r care sermon themes that are strik ingly appropriate for the religious period Programs have been planned in each of the six local churches, and crowds even larger than the record ones of last year when more than 600 persons entered the edifices for the worship services. An invitation is extended every one to attend church somewhere on Sunday.- A wekome awaits everyone in i very church where ministers | w ill tell again the story of life, death and resurrection of the Master who changed the cross from one of death and disgrace to one <>f lifi? hnimr and glory County's Tax Listing Underway This Week Supervisor Warns There Will Be No ? Extension Granted Schedule pf Values Is Fixed At Meeting Held Here Last Wednesday -? Meeting Vith the ten township j property list takers here Wednes j day morning, County Tax Supervi sor S. H. Grimes issued general rules and regulations for handling the ; work, and the group tentatively set up a schedule of values in an effort to effect an equalization in the coun ty's tax burden for all taxpayers The schedule of values is applicable I only to personal properties as real | estate values will remain on the |books unchanged except in those cases where repairs have been made or where buildings have been dam aged or destroyed or where new -buildings huvi* been I'hilsuucied. In a special release today, Super visor Grimes stated emphatically ihat no extension of times for list ing properties would be granted by j him, that those who fail to comply 1 with tne regulations governing tax [listing; will be subject to prosecution | as provided by law. "There is liotli ing to be gained by waiting to list property for taxation; in fact, those who list early can avoid the rush that accompanies the work at the last minute," Supervisor Grimes said. List-takers were instructed to call the attention of propel ty owners lo the statement that they are required to suuscibc to under oath in "giving in" their property for taxation. The importanee of listing proper ty by the individual .owner was stressed, the tax supervisor explain ing that where the lists are trans ferred and the values are out of line, the owner could expect very little consideration should he appeal from the assessments. The schedule of values detcrinin ed by the list-takers and supervisor, representatives of the county board of commissioners concurring, is vir tually the same as it was last year Automobili s will be listed in ii< cordance with values set up 111 the National Used Car Market Blue book. Inventories and stocks are to be listed at 60 per cent of the inven tory value. The following schedule ot values is applicable to farm pro (Conlinued on page four) Enforcement Liiit Busy Last Month Officers, heading up the county's liquor enforcement drive, had an other busy period last month. Led by Special Enforcement Officer Joe If. Hoc-buck, the raiders wrecked 17 liquir plants, poured out 0,750 gal Ions of beer and 77 gallons of liquor. The officers traveled 34V miles and made five arrests. "Hed" Taylor, charged with the illegal possession of about 7U gallons of illegal liquor was carried before | Judge I M Meek ins in federal court at Washington this week. Sentenced to prison for a year and a day, the defendant was later released and placed on probation. No true bill was found in charging Haul Whichard and Jasper Taylor with violating the liquor laws. The trials of Ernest Boston and Harry James, the other two of the five arrested in the county last month, are pending in the county courts. f APPROVED Approving the construction of au agriculture building for the itubersonville High school, the Martin County CommLvuoners, in special session here yesterday atternoou, appropriated $2,500 for the structure and $750 for equipment. Plans for the building will be placed before the \YTA authori ties immediately, and construe tion is expected to get uuderway within a short time. Temporary agreements will be made for housing the new department un til the building can be complet ed sometime iu the fail. Local Schools To Close April 27th Tin: local school committee this week set Apul 27 as the closing day of the school term and declared April 10, Kustct Monday, a school holiday. Highlights of the gradua turn exercises which are scheduled lor Thursday evening, April 27, at t ight o'clock will be an address by Lloyd Griffin, secretary of the State school commission, and the award ing of diplomas to approximately lorty graduates of Williamston high school. An added feature of the pro giam will he a short concert by the high school glee club. The commencement sermon will be preached by He v. Z T 1'iephoff, I'm sby tei.ian uuiiiAci, Sunday morning, "April 23^af*Tt--o'elock. As has been the custom in past years, tin service will be a union service al wfqgh members of all churches are asked lo worship. A choral group composed, of church choirs of Williamston, assisted by the high school glee club will furnish the music foi the service. Most of the white schools in the county writ xtosr the term orr or about April 27. Start V accinatiou 01 Do^s In County Designed to stamp out rabies, a! county-wide drive f ui the vaccina i tion of all dogs will get underway, next week, the forces behind the movement acting in accordance with law, advising ail owners who fail to cooperate in the drive will be made subject to prosecution in the c6ur,ts. -The calm' "Of ihe vaccinations lias been proved, and county authorities are out to maintain a record that shows no mad dogs in the county in recent years. The first vaccinations are sched j uied 111 Dai dens next Monday, foi -j lowed by others 111 Jameaville next Tuesday. A schedule of vaccinations appears in this paper. In connection with the vaccina tions, Tax Supervisor S. H. Grimes points out that it will prevent con fusion if the dogs are vaccinated in the name of the person required to list taxes instead of the names of the boys or other members of the fair ily. If a boy vaccinates a dog in his name, and then the boy's father list property, it is difficult for the own er to recover the 60 cents paid for vaccination. Where dogs are vacci naleil in another's name in an effort by the rightful owner to avoid tax ation, the owner is subject to indict ment. Mrs J bason Lilley, confined to her bed for several weeks by illness, continues to improve slowly. Federal Prisoners Leave Local Jail For \ irginia ( anij) Sad Times As the Young Wives Btd Husbands Gocfclbye Convicted in the federal court at Washington earlier this week, twen ty-nine men were removed from the county jail here this morning and herded into a special bus with a federal prison or camp in Peters burg as their destination. Sentenced to prison for terms of varying It ngths, the twenty-nine men held in the jail here since the early part of the week constitute about half the number facing Judge I M Mee kins for alleged violation of the li quor laws Nad ness crept into the juil y ester - day and the day before as several of the prisoners' young wives visit ed there to tell them goodbye. One young wife, heart-broken and ac companied by her three-year-old child, wept bitterly as she told her husband goodbye. Tears flowed free ly, the prisoners, their ages ranging into the low twenties, apparently realizing for the first time that crime does not pay. It was a tragic experience for one young woman who saw for the first time the in side of a jail "I have nevei been in a courthouse before," she explain ed as she looked arouqd h! fh" bare? Lnck walls and gazed through the bars of cold steel. As the wheels of justice turned, and their wives came to visit them the young husbands were apparent ly awakened to the cold, realization of their wrongs. It was an event packed with tragic experience, an experience that many have to gain tor themselves before they can fully realize the costly meaning oT**t^ieir erring ways. Some of dhe group were from good families; reports stating?that the wife of one of the young iYien was a school teacher, that his father was a public official. But race, color or standing did not enter into the scheme of justice and eleven white and eighteen colored persons were herded into a big bus for Petersburg to repay their debt to society. ?Several ollu r.v wire?booked fui tree trips to Atlanta, and still oth rrs were slated for an institution in Ohio. The names of the group leav ing here this morning are; Raymond F Grbbs, 43, Jack Tetterton, 19; Ar tlius Lassiter, 44, (J. V. Lassiter, 49; Dempsey Williams, 30; Hubert Per ry, 27, Charles Ward, 25, W. B Peel, 27, Bingham Daughtrie, 23; Johnnie Davenport, 25, and Charles Holland, 24, all white, and Jesse Moore, 23; Sam Brown, 37, Pete Revels, 38, Cary Balls, 44, Emmanuel Hopkins, 38, Israel Adams, 33, Sam Tucker, 34, Simon Smallwood, 35, David Moore, 35; Nat Whitley, 50, James i'ayton, 4t>; Z.aek llardy, 57; Arthur -Counc+ly?29, lloaiuh- Witirarns,~3fr, Clarence Barnes, 2ti, Louie Norman, 40, Wallace Stokes, 34, and Ren Ci.mn il, 58, all coloredi? Special Program At (Huh Meet Monday An unusual program, marked by a number of interesting, entertain ing and instructive numbers, will be rendered at a special meeting of the Woman'* club here next Monday evening at H o'clock in the club hall. Invitations have been extended and the progiam is certain to attract a capacity house. The program, announced today by Mrs. Louie P. Martin, follows: Carolina, Carolina?Everybody. Choral selection by Kobersonville I Federated Music club group. Early history of Williamston and Martin County by Mayor Hassell. Instrumental duet, by Thcima Griffin and Marjone Gray Dunn. Choral selection by Kobersonville Federated Music club group. Explanation of the Penny Art fund, by Mrs. C. J. Sawyer. Choral selection by Williamston choral club. Sketch of North Carolina Musi cians, by Mrs. C. J. Sawyer. Vocal solo, by representative of Windsor choral club. Choral selection by Williamston choral club. ? Murderess Paroled By Governor This Week l'hoebe Moore. young colored wo man who was sentenced to prison (or twenty years (or the murder ot Sam Simmons, colored man, here on July 3, 1934, was granted a parole this week ny Governor C. R. Hoay. * In making his investigation of the case, Parole Commissioner Edwin Qill pointed out some time ago that in the event the woman was given her freedom she would not return to Williamston. Reports state that she has gone to Winston-8aktn.