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Watch the Label on Your Paper, Aa It Carrie* the Date Your Subscription Expiree. THE ENTERPRISE Advertiser* Will Find Our Col umns a Latchkey to over 1,600 Homes of Martin County. VOLUME XLII .NUMBER 65 Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina* Tuesday, lugusl J 5,1939. ESTABLISHED 1899 MARKET TO OPEN TUESDAY Warehousemen, Merchants Ready for Initial Sales ? ?- ? "?* ??? ?o? ?o? ?o? ?o? ?o Judges Of Superior Courts To Wear Silk Robes In The Future Conference of Judge* Propos ed To Add Dignity To State Clourts ? ?? - - Holding their first annual confer ence neai Asheville a short while ago. North Carolina Superior Court judges sought to slightly overhaul the State Bench and add a certain amount of dignity to the proceed ings carried on at the bar of justice, and to promote an impartial and equal justice The objects of the conference, as pointed out by the conference secre tary art To make of the courts a place of exact and impartial and equal justice; To ask a greater re spect for law and for the courts, and by uniform rules and procedure to encourage greater dignity in the ad ministration of justice; To encour: age the enactment of legislation in furtherance of justice and tending to simplify and modernize the law That the dignity of the courts might be enhanced, the conference unanimously expressed itself in fa vor of the use of robes by the judges and mapped out plans of courtroom procedure The conference would have the county commissioners com ply with Consolidated Statutes 7538 and immediately purchase a stan , dard of colors, preferably in silk, con-1 sisting of a United States color and | a State of North Carolina, color, each with gold fringe tassels and poles upon which is mounted a brass eagle, and that upon receipt of the same the sheriff of the county shall cause the colors to be displayed upon the bench during each sessiornof the Su penor court, the United States color to be placed on the right of the bench and the North Carolina flag to be placed on the left of the bench The rules of procedure follow The sheriffs require all persons in the court room to arise at each con vening and each recess of a session of the court. The sheriff shall keep the space within the bar open at all times for officers of the court, attorneys and litigants, an'd shall provide for the use of jurors not in the box and wit nesses in the case being tried, frorjt seats in the court room, the jurors and witnesses to be seated separate >y-~ That the sheriff and the clerk and a competent deputy of each shall be in attendance at all times while court is in session That in so far as it is practicable to do so each witness shall be sworn individually as he is called to the witness stand, and the clerk shall stand during the administration of the oath, and he shall administer it in a clear, audible, intelligent and impressive manner That the clerk and the jury shall stand when taking the verdict of the j"ry Upon motion of Judge William Hy slop Sumner Burgwyn. the confer ence passed a resolution prohibiting bystanders in the courtroom from serving as talis jurors, to the end that the use of so-called professional jur ors will be decreased and. if possi ble. abolished. One-Teacher School Is Much In Evidence Twenty years of consolidation has lowered the number of one-teacher schools in the nation, but there are quite a few of the small plants still in existence Estimates indicate that there are some 132,000 one-teacher schools with an enrollment of more than 2, 500,000 pupils, and 23.000 tw.o-teach er schools with an enrollment of ovei a million. Together they account foi something like 74 per cent of all ru ral schools and almost 65 per cenl of the nation's schools According to a report of the U. S Commissioner of Education. the one-teacher schools arc disappearing at the rate of seven a day. It is no likely, however, that this rate wil continue. In mountainous or othe isolated areas where the populatioi is spread thinly small schools of thi type are the only ones that can b* supported, and it is believed that i the present distribution of popula tion continues, there will always b tween 50,000 and 75,000 one-teache schools together with a considerabl number of two-teacher schools. Although such schools tend to b less efficient than larger schools wit a number of teachers, great im provement is possible through th use>of well-trained teachers, propc grouping of the few pupils, an modern educational methods Poc teaching, it has been found, rathe than merely smallness, has been th greatest weakness of the small run school. Strong Corps Buyers On Local Leal Market makkktim; Tin- lirst of ihr new tobacco ""I1 is moving lu markets. 1 resent indications pointing to o record-breaking opening next Tuesday. f armer sid Mobley. Williams Ion farmer, moved the first of lerings to the local market last oeek end ?hen he placed ap proximately ftotl pounds on the floors for the first sale next Tuesday. f armers throughout the terri lory are said to be preparing the leal for market, and it is ex pected that liberal deliveries will be made here by the end of this ?eek. With approximately four acres of floor space, the local market is prepared to handle a "world u' tobacco". More Territory Is Opened To County By New CCC Roads Pinetovvn Is A, \,.ur A\ illittin *lon As li I, To Town Of W usliititiliin | Once Where the railroad and i h"rs' drawn vehicle dared tread, au i lomobiles and trucks are now travel 'nB "n improved roads The old By "'ond City area is hemp reclaimed I by the modern methods of trans portation, and harriers that once Mood between thriving communities are being torn down after long years "f waiting In cooperation with forest fire '"iitrol work. Martin County now has gained a new outlet on its snuth I eastern border, and while the new road program has not attracted any I great attention n is certain to devil op info a modern link 111 the State (Highway system some day With only an old railroad bed to Work on. members of the Civilian Conservation Corps invaded tin- old I'ymond City aria some two or three years ago, and us a result of their work wide roads run through the territory. Griffins Township, cor nered off by the thick swamps, has now all outlet on its southeast. The ? oad development program narrows file distance between towns in Mar tin and lower Beaufort Counties, re ports stating that Pantego is now nearer Wilhamston over the new ?Tuuie man u is m Washington the thriving little Beaufort County com munity ,s m,w a mere 24 miles from Wilhamston. Travel is increasing on the new roads, and Griffins Town ship people who haye occasion to visit in lower Beaufort or Hyde Counties are finding them conven ient and profitable The road, follow ing the old J and W. railroad bed, is open to traffic a greater part of tile way most of the time, hut more work will have to be done on that route before it can be recognized as a de pendable outlet for a large section lying in the southwestern section of Jamesville and parts of Griffins Township Announce Additional I.Images In Familial Quite a few changes in the Farnn Life and Jamesville school faculties this week took place following the marriage of Miss Emma Adcock tt Professor Russell Martin last Fri day. Mr and Mrs. Martin are quit ^ ting the faculty at Jamesville to g< to Farm Life where he will head th< school and she will teach Englisl and French. Mrs Stella B Hyman ii quitting the Farm Life school t< | teach English and French at James . ville. Mrs. Woolard succeeds Mrs. C B Martin in the Farm Life school. Several other positions made va 1 cant in the various school facultie will possibly be filled by the latte part of this or early next week. Home Slightly Damaged By Boll Of l.ightnin) The Robert Edwards home, nea the fair grounds, was slightly dam aged by a freakish bolt of lightnin last week-end Entering the hous on an electric wire, the lightnin r scorched the side of one room an d ran down a lamp cord to a tabl ir where it burned off the center cov? r and destroyed a letter. No one ws le at home, and the damage was nt >1 discovered until some time the to lowing day. Several (loinpanics Seiitling New Men to Market This Season ltii\in^ IVrMiiiut'l Kero^iiiz ed \-? Strongei^l Kver To He On Market With several new nu n coining m | and with the return of several of the best from last year, Williamston is assured the strongest ,'buy mg person net for its tohaeeo market this sea | son than in years, a local warehouse man said yesterday "We are ex- | tremely ph ased with the buying per sonnel, and have every reason to be lieve that top pfitces wilt be mack* available by thele men." the ware houseman continued. Several changes have been effeet ed iii fne buying personnel for the season opening next Tuesday While some mighty good buyers have been transferred to other markets, Wil hamston has been greatly favored with appointments that are certain to prove popular with the farmers The local market has been fortunate in having friendly and able buyers | in years past, and this season vv 111 find no i xeeptioh to the rule. The new men coming lu re for the first ? time this season have able records to their credit, and they come here highly recommended. Some of them are already known to the farmers of this county and section, and those farmers learning of the changes ex pressed themselves as being greatly pleased with the new appointments. T<innT^sdafor four yiars a buyer n*jbfeenvillc. will represent the AniptuLtn Tobacco Company on the Williamston market this season He. with Mrs Tisdale. will he at home with the (Ins Harrisons on Academy Street Jack Lovelace will represent the Imperial Tobacco Company Mr Lovelace, an able buyer and a like able young man, has been on the Lumberton market for three years ! and conn s lu rt lioin Georgia wheie lie represented the Imperial at Vi dalia this season Hill Frost, another able buyer and one who readily makes friends with farmer customers, will represent the H J Reynolds Tobacco Company. Mr Frost has been on the eastern markets for several M asons Jack Buster, the popular buyer for Liggett Myers,' returns here for his second season. Mr Buster made many many friends during his first season here and they are glad to have him return Mr. Kdmondson. who made an en viable record on the Durham mar ket during the past three years, will represent the Export Company here this season. Norwood Thomas, for five or six years buyer for J. P Taylor and Company, js returning. In Mr. Thorn as is recognized an able asset to the market. He is well liked by farmers and warehousemen and they are glad to welcome him hack. The Washington Tobacco Com pany will again be represented by that able and friendly buyer. Mr Ar thur Beale, who has made many friends on the local market during the past several years ~ty I Skinner, with possibly a lar k|ger number of independent orders than ever before, will be represent ed on the market by the firm's sen ior partner, Mr J E King. Several other companies will also be represented on the IOCS) market, one or two for the first time, this sea son. but the appointments have not yet been announced, a member of the Williamston Tobacco Board of Trade announced this morning With this able set of buyers. Wil liamston is assured a good market this season. NEW DOCTOR Dr. J. T. Llewellyn, formerly of Newport News, will come to Williamston within the next few days to be associated in general practice with Ore. J. S. Rhodes and R. G. McAllister He graduated from Hampden ; Sydney College in 1933 and from Medical College of Virginia in 1937. He interned at Tucker's Sanitorium, completing a resi dency there. He also interned at Watts Hospital. Durham, for one year. He was in general practice in Clint wood, Va., prior to coming to WUliamston. Thieves Raid Three Smokehouses Karlv Yesterday Morning Sheriff I Hvrr* I'rwuu lion Ite Taken V|iuillM To hueeo Tliefls Tlii? Tall Daring thieves, apparently prompt od by liungei ami a craving for "easv money". bore down heavily on fai piers Will Taylor, Paul Peel and Na thamel Harris, on the Washington Road near here yesterday morning and almost cleared their smoke houses At Mr Taylor's the raiders also visited the chicken-coop and carried away twenty or mote prize hens. Making the farmers their victims .as they came to thorn, the thieves. believed to be three in number, broke the lock on Han is' smoke house and stole eight nice hams. Go ing on to Mi Taylor's the thieves figured the smokehouse door was too close to the home so the> went to the rear of the building and as one watched the others ripped off several boards and walked m They helped themselves to a dozen or more choice hams. The\ curried the hams across to the old Mill Road and loaded them on a truck pi au tomobile Turning around. the thieves re entered tin Washington Road and ioiitmued down to Mr Peel's where they broke a lock and nice hams. Their raiding work about i complete, foi the tiipe being, the thieves WolH to .. lonely spot on the Hear Gl ass. Road ami transferred the I chickens fmm sacks to coops Working on I In- ease all day yes I h-rdav iiml 11111f11 of hist?night?and ( back on it again today, officers have i n Unable to < sfaTiTisU a single clue so far The work goes on however. Recognizing in the series of three j thefts a sample of what might be expected- when farmers get some of I their tobacto graded and ready?for | market. .Sheriff C B Roebuck us j urging all farmers to exercise every ?I possible precaution against the work o| rogues. Willi no control system in effect w 111r its card marketing quotas, to bacco fanners are said to be mak ing arrangcrrtctrts trrrnect any thieves that may wander around then pack houses. Quite a lew gfowcrs have bought strong foetus ami.others have i c.plcnisln (| their?supple id?gu-n shells One farmer is said to hav-e moved his bed to his parkfiiMlse and will watch ovei his tobacco by night It is (juih apparent that most Mar tin County farm lis wall fight to maintain their equity im tluii own tobacco, (lounty People Have (iOiie (lainhliiiu Mad Observing the operation of the late model slot machines in the county and State, Sheriff C B Roebuck said this week ti.at many people appar j ?fitly have gone gambling mad Small mac bines in the out-of-the way places are taking in as much as $10 and $12 weekly..and in some instances tlje machines .were forced out of commission because the mon ey pans were filled to over running." the- sheriff said Gambling, in general, and slot ma chine operations in particular, were described by the sheriff as being more widespread than ever before. Some of the slot machines declare no direct dividend, according to the sheriff, but they produce certain numbers which can be cashed in privately, according to the officer At least two machines of that type are now in operation in this county, the' officer apparently awaiting in structions from the County commis sioners before taking action against the operators Reports from outside the county maintain that the old one-arm ban dits are being operated "wide open" in several places. "I counted seven - t? ? 11 of tin gambling devices in a suifctr roonf at a resort in one coun ty." Sheriff Roebuck declared, add ing that he believed there were near ly 500 persons awaiting their turns at the machine. Gambling is not limited to the slot machine by any means, the of ficer pointing out that if reports are true there were no less than forty poker games in progress in this coun ty during a greater part of last Sun day. !\<>nSmoker Receivv* Six C.artonn Of C.ifitirrlh'* Harry Field, of East Thompson Conn., was awarded six cartons ol cigarettes at New York's World Fan as father of the mrust twins at the fair's "Twin Day." He doesnt smoke His wife received an electric iron There's no electricity in their house t WILLIAMSTON MARKET IS BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER BEFORE TO SERVE FARMERS OF THIS SECTION Predicts Fair Tobacco Prices When Mart Opens August 22 Based on observations made on sales iluwn in Georgia duririg recyut'j u'ooks, a pnce. average slightly undei twenty cents was predicted today for the opening of the markets next' Tuesday t>y Warehouseman Jimmy , Taylor. His prediction is in line with ' the guesses advanced by others who i have been on the markets in Geor gia. South Carolina and oil the Bor del It is generally believed that far mers will be fail1> well pleased ?t ] the opening-day sales average be tween eighteen and nineteen cents,' but that a price average below that j figure will bring much disappoint : incut Returning home last Saturday : from llahira. Ga Where he ahd Mi Jakie Taylor, local auctioneer, had been on the market since the open nig last month. Mr Taylor stated that the season average m that State i will liardls exceed eleven or twelve ! eents Commenting on the season down there. Mi Taylor added that the tobacco was of inferior. tiutit> . that the better types pi tobacco when offered for salt commanded unusually low prices as compared with the" prices paid for the grades of inferior quality. He.ivy rains fell during the growitig season .and very little quality tobacco was produced i the belt Farmers offered little opposition to the prevailing prices, but they v. ill vote for a control program ans Mini'a referendum is c alled. Mi Tay I ?r believes. The marketing season closes there tomorrow. Mr. Taylor explaining that it would have closed yesterday. I lit farmers, realizing that the infer i >r qualit> types were commanding lair prices, decided to market then . crap and other types that would .or dinarily have been thrown awa\ Production in Georgia this season haiels exceeded that of last season when about 100 million pounds were grown Making Plans For Ylarkcl Openings Illic it liquor manufacture is, idle > tin-. county Ini tin ivuiM pail d.n mi; recent weeks. air rerunning op-: ( rat n?ii in .11 il u i(?.il u .ii o| .hi 11 u i r;is oil flow of money when the markets open next Tuesday according to a I eport (?(iniin.i: fr<>m Fnfoiccment Of fleer .1 II Ihuhuc k this week I'os sihly .1 do;en plants Iiavc?heen pine ed in operation during the past few days, the office r said and an increas ed activity in the illicit business is t xpec te d dui liig the next lew days Reporting very little activity dm ing tin- past few weeks, the4 enforce ;ik lit officers went into action la t week -end when they wrecked three plants and arrested an alleged re taller of the spirits Several other raids art heing planned ? Acetnnpanti d'hy A It?(V off fee I > Man lieantolt, Special Officer H'\e hut J. wrecked two stills along the Martin Bc-aufoit line last frnosoay and poured out t gallons ot bcei laarning ??t a alt of shee t copper by a (iivriiville In in a few days ago, the enforcement officer- aecompan n-d by Deputies Haislip and Peel. re turned to the.* same seetion Friday and wrecked a new Kill gallon eapa city still and poured put (i()0 gallons of beer Sixteen sticks of dynamite Wt'lt' USUtl Ih WI'cfRlhg tin pkud. Saturday the officers went after alleged retailers in Hamilton and arrested H D Andrews ih is fae ing the court of a charge of possess ing five pints of illegal liquor. An drews' father, W dicingiihy Andrews, was ant sted in Hamilton about two weeks ago for the alleged possession of six pints of illegal liquor for the purpose of ...tli The cases are sched uled to be tried in the county court on August 2H Vlun C.ouHolidation Of District II /' I Offices According to unofficial inforrha tion received hen this morning, plans are virtually complete for ''Console dating several WPA office units hen within the near future The consola tion will increase the office person nel here to about fifty people. IMI'UON KIJ Aii improved express service promised several weeks ago b\ the American Kail way Kx press Company, will possible he made available on about September 1. according to unofficial infor niation received here today. Col lowing the discontinuance of the two passenger trains, the express service handled by the Coast I.inc has not proved very satis factory. The express company will op crate a schedule between Ply in nuth and Weldon, and offer the best service ever enjoyed hf'c Th exact route the new sched iile will follow has not been made public ,asr Vjipcal V\ itlulraxx n Tin cast- charging 1, If McCoi inu'k with op* rating lot machines in this county without proper State h censes wore unexpectedly cleared from the court dockets last-week < ud when the defendant withdrew ? an appeal to the county court and ac copied tht judgment imp<> ed hy Jdstic'e .J 1. 11 us.se 11 in his court txv < ? ??? i ? U11 i*K' ? M> t'??rn11* k !?>.?t Sotoi?1 ? >? j i. ta d a check to cover the $25 fine uid $'4.35 case costs The. appeal was withdrawn just s the State .starting making prcpar tions to have at least a half do/en t witnesses culled for the Moiulaj .a .? spin of the county court With the case settled, agent of the State Revenue Department start | ed a.second survey of the county t< 1 make Min> that the Company disfrr ; lading the machine, is complying I with the law While the first conviction for a.i I leged violatinn of the slot tnaehiHi law was being recofded here, tire State Revenue Department -repre jseiitative,coopejatmg with the var lions lav, enforcement officeis. an cheeking compliance throughout tht State Unofficial reports state tha several machines Were operating u , this cOunty last week end withou proper licenses. Highwav Accident Record Martin County motorists, possibly exercising a grcatci c an- and observing mor< closely the rul*^ of the road than they did during -the two pi ending work: loadi Um .if. ty honor roll duiiiig tin seven-day period ending last Sunday night. Not a single automobile accident was officially reported on the county's highways during the period Little thought is given the "value of such a record, as motorists and others are prone to talk about the loss of life and injury to limbs after an accident rather than recognize the value of human life and costly property while life is still evident and property is not dam aged The automobile death toll is on an upward trend, and it is gra tifying to observe that Martin County motorists for tin* duration of one week, at U?ast, had no part in th?? dastardly w??rk ? An unofficial comparison of accident records in the county for the past week and for previous weeks in the year follows; Property Accidents Injured Killed Damage Last Week's Record 0 0 V $ 000.00 Prior Record 28 25 7 7.250 00 TOTALS 28 25 7 *7,250.00 \\ illiamstoii |>i?|s lor \ ( outiiiiiimI (?nm tli 01 Market lour Bj|{ \n. I 'iMTiilril lt\ Striiux<*?t I'tirrc in lliitorv I'lapaialwins wi'iv announced cum plctc in cvel \ tlrl,nl fin the opening t'l Hit' \\ illiaiiistiiii Tobacco market next Tuesday, reports from "Tobuc en Town" staling that the |.ersiVnel, including buyers, proprietors, office and bookmen, truckers and packers, was eemplete and that the houses were open for the delivery of the gulden feat Tin tohaeco marketing center here j begim taking on renewed life last .Weekend w lien the first deliveries [of the Mian season wa-re made Al leads the lug doors swing open a., j ''ii mei s make ready to mala earls deliveries tin tin esf ol tin marketing st .1 "'It. .1 renewed interest in all line ol eiideas<.i is a idei11, and there is an apparent cheerful outlook for the opening das price averages That I old spirit ol gitalin that lias been openly noticed during recent weeks is last lading away, a 1 id~h spirit of I I'Ood I llooi O.d 1 1 Q'l II iiope ? 1 mill I ly taking its place Tar 11111.. aftei long w, eks ol hard | loil. an- (entering their activities on : preparations, ever hopeful that (he a nam wiM hriug^a fair price tor llieit la bo 1 and nivostnients. In ska?11100..?11111 poml to?n?ret ul d? blinking ope this year, and \\ tlliamstoii warehousemen are mak "ig ?tii\ pieparatilni possible to handle lire offerings to the very best 1 advantage of then eusldhriers With approximately four acres of 11 spare available, tin Williams | u,n Hi.u kef ii prrftarcd to set new reetird.. tin season Ttie warehouse pei si nine I 1 ,, w iUnjpl a doubt. the I longest III thi histo'ry. of the mar lab and it IS anted that 110 better place can tie totiud foi tin success I11I market! ,g o| tobacco than in Willi c< ii.i> t< Mr:-.. 1 s Holt Kvut'ls, Leinan Barn ; I m11, tiiul Jin Moyc will hi? at tht* Fai "M 1 ;j"?d Planters hunscs this year. ?"1*' M? 1 Sylvester Lilley,: John na- i iii 11.111, Ai lie Belch. .JimmyTay I"i nVI ('laiui (if ift in will l)i- at the , l>< I?i.\ii and New Carolina v\ai clrou. ? 'flie.se men al e knoW.fi to lh 1,1 ' - thi'.UHhont the hi II ..lid they will he selling tobacco I'oi tin rn lit.m .1 wide territory "We i-p'-ie h"l promising the impossible in I 1 '<! but we guarantee that the 1 1 '11 who sells m Williamston from ?r-t-U?J?ro?last, w-rfl?make?n loncy,'?a? ' .a ' lt?.u emaii said today. I 1 he Coving personnel this year is 1 1' cogni/ed ;is (lie strongest in years, , (.in ol the u an-housemen stating that _jdu. ht.Uev ed that the buyers const 1 , ! tide the mo t able and most friendly ! i'.ft.op 11 j iru?n.eviT to be assembled on the local market. In connection with tin opening of tin ma 11.( I. local business houses are on ii <ising then stocks and "making i' ad.y on a larger scale than at any i tune in years to better serve their . I pi.lloh.s , A hearty welcome is awaiting the , I thou .tod of visitors expected here ?vv'" " U'e tu'W' marketing season gets underway, and a happy experience hoped lor 1 very one who makes W tlhamslon his headquarters ny.xt Tuesday and every day possible ilnn afM i' ? ( hcrl.iim Ihtfts b or Taxation In County 1 Dul.' lu-Mai-tin. -County :ng <vm- big problem for the authori ties The problem was partially solv <d when the sheriff's office just re cently completed a successful anti rabies drive. Thousands of dogs were vaccinated, and for the third year no hydrophobia cases have been report i d among the county's canine family Few. if any. persons have considered ,t necessary to take the Pasteur treat ment. The other phase of the. problem is Still before the taxing authorities. County l ax Supervisor S. H Grimes is checking the list of dogs that were vaccinated against the number of dogs listed for taxation. To date he has found that more than 100 dogs Were vaccinated than were listed for taxation. Pending the completion of the check-up, the tax man is not ex pected to take action against thoae owners who "forgoj" to list their dogs for taxation.