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11 Advertisers Will Find Our Col- 1 11 umns a Latchkey to over 1,600 || Homes of lfartin County. | i 1 [?HE ENTERPRISE Watch the Label on Your Paper, As It Carries the Data Your Subscription Expiree VOLUME XLII?NUMBER 30 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, April 14. 1939. ESTABLISHED 1899 Auxiliary Members Of The First Area In Annual Meeting More Than 100 Are Guests Of Martin Auxiliary Here Yesterday More than 100 leaders in Ameri can Legion Auxiliary units through out this section were in attendance upon the First Area annual confer ence which was graciously enter tained by the Martin County Auxil iary here yesterday. Called to order by the president, Mrs H. L. Swain, the meeting entered upon an inter esting business session at 10 o'clock in the Presbyterian church. The special guests were tendered hearty welcomes by Mayor J. L Hassell as representative of the town, and Mrs J R. Winslow, as president of the Martin Auxiliary Mrs. Paul Mallison, of Rocky Mount tesponding. The program featured a number of highlights including an address by J. H. Rose, of Greenville. Mr Rose had as his topic, "Opportun ities of Americans and Our Duty Toward Building Good Citizens.' Other numbers on the program in cluded a solo by Mrs A Q. Roebuck, of Farmville. highlights of the na tional convention by Mrs. D. M Reaves, of Edenton; "What It Takes to Make Best All Around Unit," by Miss Arelia Adams, departmental secretary of Dunn; Why attend state conventions?, by Mrs. Herbert Tay lo, department president, of Dunn. A moment of silence for those who gave their lives "for God and coun try." was observed; and several songs were sung by the assembly. Just prior to the noon hour, the following, reports were heard: Mrs. B. E. Grant, Tornado chair man, Windsor; Mrs. R. E Leary, Edenton, 1st district committeewo man; Mrs Claudius McGowan Plymouth, 2nd district committee woman; Mrs. R J White, Conway, 4th district committeewoman; Mrs Norman Y Chambliss, Rocky Mount, 5th district committeewoman. Completing their business session the auxiliary members repaired to the Legion Hut on Watts Street where a tasty luncheon was served by iTie host unit. The hut was con veniently arranged and attractively decorated, many in the group com plimenting the local auxiliary and legion post for carrying out such a successful building program The afternoon program, held in the hut, had its significant features, too. The chairman called the meet ing to order, and Mrs. J. R. Winslow. president of the county unit, headed the Gold Star Mothers' program. There were only three Gold Star mothers present, Mrs. Annie Sav age, of Oak City, and Mrs. Laura Hadley and Mrs Linda Bailey, both of Williamston, Martin County, with six Gold Star mothers, has more than any other county in the area, it was pointed out at the meeting yesterday. Mrs. Annie Savage, in behalf of the Gold Star mothers, presented the Hut with a Bible. A solo, "Crossing the Bar," by Mrs. A. Q Roebuck and two solos by Mrs. Charles Davenport were greatly enjoyed. Past area president were recog nized, and the meeting had as its special guests, Mrs. Mann, of New ton, who is a candidate for depart ment president of the State Auxil iary, and June Rose, candidate for State Legion Commander The meeting- closed with the sing ing of several war-time songs, and was considered one of the most suc cessful ever held by the combined auxiliaries. . Pages were Misses Delphia Rawls, Louise Wilson and Muriel Wynn, all of Robersonville, and Alberta Swain of Williamston. March Busy Month For The Sheriff Sheriff C. B. Roebuck and hie as sistants had another busy period during the month of March accord ing to hie report for the month. The detailed report followt: Taxes collected, $6,887.75; war rants served, 15; capias served, 2; subpeonas served, 84; civil papers served, 32-44; claim and delivery, 2-2; executions served, 3; jurors summoned to April court, 36; eject ments served, 3; cases investigated, 4; liquor stills captured, 17; beer destroyed, 8,750 gallons; illegal whiskey destroyed, 77 gallons; ar rests made on whiskey charge, 5; miles traveled, 3 cars, 4618; service rendered in court, 8 days; prisoner* transferred to Raleigh, 6; prisoners transferred to Goldsboro, 2. Mrs. F. U. Barnes, Mrs. C. G. Croc kett, Mrs. C. A. Harrison and Mrs. N C Green visitad in Raleigh this Woman Jailed for Refusing, To Comply With Health Law Charged with refusing to comply with health laws requiring victims of a venereal disease to take treat ment at the hands of a private doc tor or in one of the two venereal disease clinics conducted weekly in Williamston and Robersonville by the health department, a colored wo man in Robersonville was jailed here this week. Several disease vic tims, becoming lax in adhering to to treatment schedule, have been warned by court order to attend the clinic, but the arrest this week was the first that has been effected in the campaign to stamp out or lessen the dreaded disease in the county. The woman, 49 years of age, pledg ed her willingness to comply with the regulations of the law in the fu ture. Commenting on the action taken, county health officials explained that the woman had been contacted by members of the health depart ment several times, that she was urged to attend the clinics for her own welfare, and that she had been warned of her pending arrest and subsequent detention in the county jail. She was said to have treated the warnings lightly and boasted of her negative action. "We hated to lesort to the drastic action, and it worried us a great deal, but when we consider the potential value of the clinics we honestly believe that no action is too drastic to promote the campaign to stamp out the scourge," Dr. F. E. Wilson, head ol the department explained. "EJvery consideration possible was shown the subject, and we hope that other disease victims will let the case be an example for them," the health of* ficial added. Several hundred subjects are now being treated in the clinics, and the health authorities state that much progress is being made to check the disease, but that there is much work yet to be done Improvement Projeet Planned for Roanoke r [ ROOKED1 Neatly attired, freshly shaven and his hair perfectly parted and slicked down. Mayor John L. Hassell waited the arrival of a croup of younc New Jersey school teachers here last Tues day afternoon. The younc ladies were scheduled to arrive here at 3 o'clock that afternoon, and when they failed to make their appearance two hours later, the mayor just knew he was rook ed. The school teachers arc mak inc a tour of this section of the state, studying economic condi tions and interestinc themselves in bits of local history. They were to make a brief study here, and they would have learned much as the mayor and Com? missioner O. H. Harrison had outlined a few hich spots on pa per. J. i\1. Broughton To Speak At Farm Life Plans for the Farm Life school commencement program were an nounced complete this week by Principal C. B. Martin, as follows: Musical recital, Friday night, April 14 Miss Melba Russ will pre sent her students in a recital con sisting of piano, string instruments and tapping. Elementary program, Friday night, April 81st. This program will be a miscellaneous one consisting chiefly of assembly programs pre sented by the grades during the cur lent school year. Commencement sermon, Sunday morning, 11 a. m , April 23. Elder J. B Lee, of Four Oaks, will deliver the sermon. Class day everctses, Wednesday morning, 11 a. m. April 26th. Picnic, Wednesday noon, April 26 Literary address, Wednesday af ternoon, 2:30, April 26th. The ad dress will be delivered by Mr. J. M Broughton, a very prominent attor-1 ney, of Raleigh. Clinic There were fourteen children ex amined by the county health author ities at the pre-school clinic Mon day afternoon. Senior Play The senior class presented th-1 play, "Lena Rivers," to a packed au ditorium Friday night. This was the first in a series of programs to be presented during the next two weeks of school. Parents Day Parents of the school visited in the school Wednesday to observe the work of the various rooms and par ticularly the projects carried out during the past four months. LAST MEETING The Williamston Parent Teacher Association will hold 1U last meeting of the school year in the grammar school auditor ium next Wednesday afternoon at Ijl. Dr. Underwood, dentist of the State Board of Health, now conducting a dental clinic in the local school, will be the principal apeaker. All patrona of the school are asked to be present for the meeting and as rist in closing oat the year's Pro|MMsed Project Will Cost More Than MHI.OOIUHII Dredging Planned From the | River Mouth to Pal myra Landing * Subject to an allotment after July | 1 of this year, an extensive improve ment project is being proposed in | the Roanoke River, according to letter received here this week by I Town Commissioner G H. Harrison | from Congressman Lindsay Warren. The project, according to Mr War- | ien, has been placed on the calen dar for consideration after July 1, | me congress having approved the program at its last session. After the allotment is made avail able it generally takes six or seven j months to handle detailed work and | let the contract for the work, Mr. Warren pointed out. The proposed improvement pro gram is to provide a channel twelve feet deep and 150 feet wide from the twelve-foot contour in Albe marie Sound into the Roanoke, and thence upstream to a point approxi mately one mile above the town of Plymouth, for a channel ten feet deep and 100 feet wide from that point to Hamilton; and for a channel eight feet deep and eighty feet wide from Hamilton to Palmyra Land ing, with a cut-off of like dimensions between mile 63~and 64, at a total cq?t of $323,000 with $6,000 annual ly for maintenance. The execution of, the contract is dependent upon the I cooperation of landowners along the stream, Congressman Warren ex plaining that the project is expect ed to go forward provided local in terests furnish, free of cost to the United States, necessary rights of way and suitable soil disposal area* for initial work and for subsequent maintenance as may be required, and hold and save the United States from damages that may result from the execution and maintenance of the improvement. Increased traffic on the stream supports a strong claim to the im provement program. Freight traffic, handled by the Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina line and connecting the principal ports on the Eastern Seaboard, large shipments of tim ber and manufactured lumber con tinue big factors in this section's commerce. In the lower part of the county, the North Carolina Pulp Company is now recognized as one of the big users of the stream for handling shipments of pulp wood from points along the river to the plant and paper pulp from the plant to northern points. The Roanoke project is one of the largest included in the program of river improvements in this section of the State, several hundred thous and dollars having been appropriat ed for dredging tha Tar Bivi r tn a point within four or five miles of| Greenville. Tomorrow Last Day To File Gas Rebate Claims1 Tomorrow is the last day (or far mers to (ile claims tor tax rebates! bn gasoline used in tractors and oth er farm machines. Harrison Oil com pany employees will be glad to as sist any farmer in preparing the| claims. Library Observes Its First Anniversary 011 List Tuesday Here More Than 8,000 Books Are j Lent During First Year ? The Williamston Public library reached its first birthday anniver sary last Tuesday. The formal open ing of the library was on the eve ning of April 11, 1938, and the cir culating of books did not begin un til the following day when 67 books j were checked out. Under the direc- ! tion of Mrs. James Cook and the as sistance of a WPA library worker I the library has been kept open for | four hours each day since that time. Though the year the library has and with the choice of the Junior Woman's club to furnish gift money for children's books and the spon soring of a "tag day' in the interest of the library, funds which are need ed may be forthcoming. Recently a book club was organized and the books when read will be turned over to the library. The story hour, wjneh was held for almost the entire year on Satur day mornings was abandoned until after school closes, for the outside interests of the children made it easy for the children to forget. The story hour will be resumed short ly and the time announced. During the year there was circu lated a total of 8,356 books, 3,671 were adult books and 4,685 were ju venile The library now has 669 registered borrowers. The librarian and her helper has accessioned a to tal of 401 books which are the prop erty of the local library. Since the record shows that a lit tle more than two books for each person living in Williamston have been circulated during the past year this record cannot be maintain ed unless there is more adequate ^support given the library. There must be money to replace books that are worn out and for the purchase of new titles in order that an already reading group may be kept and a larger number induced to become users of the reading facilities. The library served a number of ru lal people and would like to expand | its service until it is the center of book distribution in the county. This can be done when the town and county put the library into, it annual budget and feel that here is a fundamental part of the com munity's life The present housing] situation of the library is of a tem porary nature and the library board is desirous of building up the book units so that in the near future per manent quarters may be obtained. All who are connected with the library in any official capacity are desirious of making the library more available and earnestly solicit your patronage and suggestions. May the years that lie ahead vindicate the! wisdon\ that our community has and will make in tier library. Pre-School Clinic Held Here Tuesday The response to the pre school clinic held at the Williamston gram mar school last Tuesday exceeded all previous records when sixty three children reported for the phy sical examinations. Dr. Wilson and the two county nurses, assisted by several members of the parent teacher association, handled the well ordered group efficiently, com pleting most of the examinations in the forenoon. All children were vac cinated against smallpox. Attendance at this year's clinic exceeded that of last year by ten children In recent years approxi mately ninety per cent of the begin ning children have been present at the clinics. All indications point to an enrollment of about' seventy-five beginnings when the new term be gins in the fall. i . 9 . Mrs. Godwin's Mother Died Yesterday Morning Mrs. Alma Virginia Pope, mother of Mrs. V. D. Godwin, of Williams ton, died at her home in Weldon yesterday morning at the age of 82 years. Mrs. Pope, a native of Vir ginia, had made her home in Wel don for the past "35 years, Besides her daughter here she is survived by two sons, Stanley Pope, of Geor gia, and Blunt Pope, of Daytona Beach, Fla., and a daughter, Mrs. T. A Whitfield, of Weldon ?Funeral services are being corn ducted at the residence this after noon at 3 o'clock by Rev R. S. Fountain. Baptist minister. Mr. and Mrs C. H. Godwin, Sr., Mrs Frank Hitch and Mr. and Mrs. C. H. God win. Jr., are among those from here attending the last rites. Tax Listing Is Progressing Very Slowly In The County Tax listing, getting underway last week, if progressing very slowly in the county at the present time, ac cording to reports received here yes terday and today from six of the ten list-takers. The indications are that there'll be a big rush as the listing period draws to a close on the 29th of this month, reports from Tax Supervisor S. H. Grimes maintain ing that hi' cannot extend the time lor property owners to get their values on the books. The possibility of applying rules and regulations promulgated by leg islative acts is being talked in some quarters by taxing authorities. In those cases property owners are sub ject to court uction and their prop erties doubly listed. Yesterday, ninety per cent of the property owners in Williamston Township had not listed their hold ings. and the work has not reached the point where a prediction can be advanced with any degree of accur acy List-taker H M Hurras states There will be a fairly siilostantial in crease in real property listings, but he is not certain about the trend for personal property values. He would not offer a guess as to the size of the increase expected in real prop erty listings. Automobile listings are under stood to be holding their own. Val ues advanced by the "Blue Book" are being accepted without altera tion. and a uniform value for auto mobiles is fairly certain throughout the county. Personal property values in some strictly rural communities are cer tain to show a decrease as there was a marked reduction in farm supplies. However, meat and corn supplies ii.i 11 mt.'rwtn. wt 1.1 h.> ilm.w| np normal. Listings are underway in possibly nine of the ten townships now. audi property owners are urged to give m their lists at once and avoid the I rush that is certain later Administrative Killing ; ? I Favors CottonGrowers (New Amendment To Maintain drop Base In Martin County Government Offers Induce men't to Check'Cotton Planting -? A far sweeping amendment to the Agrieultural "Adjustment Adminis tration aet this week is expected to have a marked effect on 1939 cot ?ton production in that it induces growers' to forego the planting of the crop and yet carries the same soil conservation payments ami pos sibly the parity price adjustments. Briefly stated, a farmer who has. a t otton acreage allotment e.ui plant fifty per cent of the allotment and ivceive full parity payments, or he can plant no cotton at all and still icceive full payments under the soil program, provided, of course, lie does not plant other base crops in excess 01 the allotments The amendment reads, in part, as lollows: 11 a producer has an acreage al lotment of cotton of 10 acres for 1930 and plants only five acres under the amendment, he will receive pay ment under the 1939 conservation program for the.entire ten acres and his acreage allotment for 1940 will ' iot he affected." A letter from State Executive Of ficei K Y Floyd to the office of the county agent went on to say, "This statement is based upon conditions existing at the present time and subject to change provided Congress sees fit to add additional amend ments to the law. In tins same case the producer would receive the cot ton price adjustment payment on the full allotment The statements would be just as true in a caw of a ten acre allotment wherein the pro ducer would not plant any cotton. Martin County farmers learning about the amendment and who rec ognize the importance of complying with the soil coffS&rvation program are hot planning to plant a stalk of cotton this year. They will receive the conservation payment just the same, and it is understood that they will also receive a price adjustment payment, and by foregoing their cot 1 ton croprthis year they will not sur re nder their base acreages for next year. If Martin County farmers recog nize the* value of the new amend ment and forego the plantings, they will receive approximately $42,000 next fall, provided, of course, they comply with the regular provisions of tin- conservation program. In ad dition to that amount they are Tike: (Continued on page six) False Alarm Received By Firemen Wednesday ?A false alarm was leccived by the local volunteer fire department Wednesday afternoon at 4 30 o'clock. The call was said to have come from Railroad Street. It wan the second call received by the department in as many days. A third call in as many days was received at 10:30 yesterday morn ing when tire broke out in a trash I pile on the river and itarted spread ing toward the dock warehouse*. The company was out an hour and a hall. f CONVENTION 1 A quiet lime Ls in the offing as total citizens gather in their hirnnial convention at the court house this evening at 8 o'clock to virtually settle their politics fur ^nrother two years. With only a few hours remaining be fore the convention Is called to order, announced candidacies have not been made for all the positions on the hoard or alder men or commissioners. It is gen erally understood, however, that members of the present hoard. Messrs. <i. II. Harrison, N. C. tireen, l.utlier Peel, V. I), fiod u'in and l>. r. I.indsley will of fer themselves for re-election. Klection of the convention nominees is scheduled to follow on May 2. \|>|>amit Increase In [Number of Dojrs r ??? Preliniiii.iiy reports from the first dispensaries iri the series to l?e held in every district of the conn ty indicate a substantial increase in the number of dogs doing into Jamcsville Township Hie. early part <m this week, Dr. A .J Osteon,.who is vaccinating all dogs in accord ancc with state law, inoculated 210 1 < Mimics or nearly twice-.as many as were V iire mated til err n?yrrrr?ttgo? A' good number was vaccinated at the No !Hi tilling station in William stn Township yesterday. Apparently realizing the value of the drive against rabies, dog own ers are cooperating splendidly in the drive so far in this county. While the owners are charged 50 cents for each vaccination, the amount is refunded upon payment of county taxes Only one mad dog has been reported in this county since the anti-rabies campaign was launched several years ago, and that dog had not been vaccinated, reports state. Today, the veternarian is vacci nating at HardisOn Mill in Griffins Township. Next Monday, the work will be continued at Kason Li 1 ley's store in the same township, and the following day dogs will be vacci nated at Corey's Crossroads in Hear Grass Township. Accurate records are being kept | on the vaccinations. These records will be checked with those on the I tax books, and all owners who art found to have evaded the law will be made subject to prosecution the courts. f ^ CLINICS Preliminary reports from the first of a aeries of pre school clinics indicate that an increas ed attendance can be expected in the first grade in the schools of this county next fall. The first clinics were held at Jamesville, Farm Life and Williamston this week with a total of 112 chil dren present, YVilliamston with 64 reporting a record number for its clinic. Today, Dr. Wflnoo and Al* MM ?iatanta are In Bear (iran and Everetta. Next Monday they go to the Robersonville graded ?chool, and on the following day they will be In Hamilton at I and Oak City at 1 o'clock. Much Activity On Farms ()f County \t Present Time Heavy Fertilizer Shipments Are Moving Into Rural Area Planting a few of their curly crops and making preparations for the transplanting of tobacco during the next two weeks, Martin County far mers are as busy as the proverbial bee. Observing long hours, most Martin farmers have turned their soil and whipped" it in shape for the early crops, and from now until about the early part of May activi ties will be centered in the prepara tion of land for young tobacco plants Few fields in this section can be seen without a farmer hi< team or tractor in operation. Fertilizer shipments are moving in almost a steady stream to farms throughput this community and by the last of this month many thous ands of dollars worth of the mater ial will have been moved from stor age. Fertilizer sales to date are equally as heavy as they were last I season, and it is generally predict ed that the total sales will surpass those of a year ago. A degree of uncertainty surrounds the plans for the 1939 tobacco crop, but there is little doubt but what Martin County farmers and others in surrounding counties are work ing for an inceased acreage. Blue mold is geneully reported, but lat est information from various parts of the county indicates that there are sufficient plants for a normal crop and an increase of about 25 per cent. Blue mold damage is spot ted, quite a few farmers reporting their plant beds free of the disease. Beds, attacked two weeks or more have about recovered in most in instances, and transplanting is ex pected to get underway on a fairly Sizeable scale by next week, weath er conditions being favorable Transplanting was reported in several townships of the county this week Plants were placed on sever al acres in Bear Grass Township yesterday Farmers in Goose Nest and Jainesville Townships started the work on a small scale earlier in the week. ] ~ Reliable reports indicate that more than 100 new barns will be built in the county this year, and that that number will be increased at the last minute it plants are plentiful Fifteen new barns have already been constructed or are in the process of construction in one township. "And with one or t^vo exceptions, they are not replace ments," reports state. The largest single increase proposed by .jungle farm was reported yesterday, a far mer stating that a neighbor who had three acres last season was planning to plant twenty acres during the next two or three weeks. ?Georgia?is said?tu have irans planted a normal crop with a slight increase. The border is starting the work, and a sizeable increase is ex pected there. Nineteen Martin Boys Enter Camp ??? Nineteen Martin County boys en lolk'd for service in the Civilian Conservation Corps last week, the enlistment being the largest from this county in a number of months. The fourteen white enrollees were assigned to camps at New Holland and Manteo, the five colored boys going to New Bern to enter a camp there. Names of the boys and their home addresses: White ? Joseph Strick land, Oak City; Robert 11. Bullock, Kobersonville; Cecil Williams, Rob ersonville; Dennis Whichard, Wil hamslon; Thelbert C. Whitley, Rob ersonville; Liewell Gregory, Dar deiis; Benme Holland, Williamston; Carroll Nichoson, Williamston; Dal las Biggs, Williamston; George Ben Warren. Robersonville; Wilson Moore, Jamesville; Jarvis Peel, Oak City; Lonnie Peel, Oak City, and James Williams, Jamesville. Colored: Daniel Williams, Prank Pelton Slade. Booker T. Everett, James Wilson and William Henry Jones, all of Williamston. No appli cations were filed for entrance in to the service by colored youths out side of Williamston, it was pointed out. a Fined For Violation Oi The Motor Vehicle Laws ? Ruell Williams, charged with al lowing a nob-licensed driver Xi> G& erate his automobile, was fined (10 and taxed with the cost in Justice J, L Hasset's court here this week. Charged with public drunkenness Charlie Mack Bullock was released upon payment of the cost
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