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Watch the Label on Your Paper, As It Carriea the Date Your Subscription Expires. THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns a Latchkey to over 1,600 Homes of Martin County. VOLUME XLII?NUMBER 69 fl illiamiton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 29, 1939. ESTABLISHED 1899 Youthful Prisoner Threatens Life Of Chas. B. Roebuck Car VkVni Oul of Control As Officer Loft ll"' ^ ,u'?' To Recover Gun Returning to this county with two youthful prisoners last Sunday. Sheriff C B Roebuck barely escap ed With his life when Arnold Wal lace, one of his charges, stuck a gun in his back and ordered him to stop me car. "The boy. just fifteen years old, caught his finger behmdthe trigger and that saved my Me. bher iff Roebuck said, adding that he w as not frightened in the least at the time, but that he got a bit shaky when he recalled seeing the ham mer of the 38 calibre pistol in strik ing position. Charged with breaking into and robbing the safe of the Western Un ion Telegraph Company here tne early part of this month. Wallace and his young friend. Arthur Edmomh son were being returned to this county for trial from Wilmington^ Where they were arrested and iook ed for four robberies there during a period of a few days. Considering their youthfulness and showing a i fatherly interest in their cases, Shir iff Roebuck did not place chains about the boys' wr'sUbutstarted the long drive home with Edmond son riding in the front seat with him and Wallace on the back seat. Whin the trio reached a filling station near Kinslon. the officer stopped his car and bought the boys soft drinks and peanut butter sandwiches While the j officer was paying for the drinks Edmondson slipped the officer s gu from the dashboard compartment and handed it to Wallace The sheriff recalls that the boys were a bit nervous after the stop, but everything went along smoot - ly until they almost reached Wil hamston "Mr. Roebuck, what would you do if someone stuck a pistol in your face?" young Edmondson usk edV officer. The sheriff assurer! him he would do the best he could, little realizing that he would actual ly offer a real illustration within th< following minute. The question was hardly out Edmondson V mouth before Wallace pressed the barrel of the large pu nil to the officer's back just about the middle of his shoulders. Stop the car. sheriff, and slop it quick. I mean it," Wallace told the officer Driving the car at a speed close to fifty miles an hour, the officer his foot off the accelerator and look ed around. When he saw thi ham mer of the deadly weapon drawn back and in f.nng pos.Uon. lu of ficer went into action I thn w the car 'out of gear' and lightly applied tui liWij f1>t. thi- nis the brakes, and grabbed for the pis 'who.d' loo*: and crnwled steering wheel loose- and crawled over the front seat into the back and took the gun away from the boy th< car running into a tobacco fiild. When 4 pulled the gun from the toy s hand I saw he had his finger behin the trigger instead of on it, thi of fcer said adding that hi; believed Wallace would have fired the pistol had he gotten his finger on the trig Asked if he wasn't ashamed of himself. Edmondson explained th he did not plan to kill the officer In.,1 intended to wound him a lit -fleblt So he atld EdiUOIlUiiUll Luuirt g(The sheriff had planned to take the boys to sec- their "latwes near the Williamston fairgrounds, but aftir the little incident they were placed directly in jail. Sanitary Drive Is To Include Entire Residential Section SurreHttfiil by Binti ne?H Houitr Operator* Re ported by llrultb Off ire Having met with a marked suc cess in the business districts, the town's sanitary drive is being ex tended into the residential sections th(s week under the direction of the health department. Commenting on the drive to date, Dr. f*. K Wilson stated that there has been a marked improvement in store and backlot sanitation, that there was a marked cooperation on the part of store operators. He also pointed out that quite a few home owners had already started cooper ating with the movement and that a marked improvement could be ex pected in sanitary conditions on a town-wide front. In extending the drive into the residential areas, the health officer is releasing a letter to householders, which follows, in part: "The commissioners in their meet ing passed the four following reso lutions as the hub around which the campaign would revolve: 'To improve the sanitary environ ment within the town; to promote the community spirit to become more conscious of the public health, par ticularly toward better sanitation of the business district and the homes: to iniiit on nuking ^yillisrnston 3 (Continued on page tlx) Plan Tobacco Grading Schools In Martin County on Friday Recognizing the enormous loss ex-1 perienced by many farmers through the faulty preparation of their to bacco for market, the Federal Grad ing Servic^ of the United States De partment of Agriculture in coopera tion with the North Carolina State College Extension Service will con duct two brief grading schools in this county on Friday of this week, it was belatedly announced today by the office of the county farm agent. The first of the schools will be held in the new school gymnasium at Jamesville that morning at 9:30 o'clock, and the second will'be held that afternoon at 2 o'clock in Oak City just back of the ABC store, it was announced. J. O. Armistead. of the Federal Grading Service, will conduct the school, and he will be assisted by Lloyd T. Weeks, tobacco specialist for the North Carolina Extension Service. A general invitation is being is sued all tobacco farmers to attend the school nearest them. Improper grading, it is estimated, is costing tobacco farmers thousands of dollars annually. While it is pos sible that farmers are thoroughly ac quainted in handling the task, the grading specialists, it is believed, will be able to give a few pointers that might be of material aid to the graders. On the warehouse floors nearly every day, several piles of tobacco are passed by the buyers be cause of improper gradings. The owners of the tobacco are ordinarily asked to regrade the tobacco or the tobacco is sold at a price below the actual figure it would bring when properly graded. Y on t hi ul Desperadoes Yre Checked by Law INDICTMENTS Five indictments are staring L. K. McCormlck in the facias the result of the alleged "possession and distribution" of illegal slot machines in this county. A sixth warrant, charged illegal opera tion of a slot machine, was turpught against Mrs. Myrtle Knox/of Robersonville. The war rants are returnable before Judge II. O. Peel in the county court on September 11. Four of the five machines con fiscated by Sheriff C. B. Roe buck are of the race-horse type and cost as much as $560 each. Two "of the* machines were taken from business houses in Rober sonville, a third in Bear Grass and a fourth in Gold Point. The j fifth machine, commonly known as the "one arm bandid" was taken from the home of Mrs. Knox in tyobersonvllle. Series Of Accidents Reported In County I During the Weekend O .T" . No line Srriounly Hurl in II Vlltoinnliili'-Triirk Anil Carl Wr?H-kn Last week-end was open season on automobile, truck and cart wrecks in this immediate section, incom plete reports stating that at least seven persons were injured, two ra ther seriously, and that at least $750 worth of property damaged. No esti | mate of medical and hospital costs I was available, but repairs to the hu mans will run well into the hundreds of dollars. Guilford Brown started things off with a bang early last Friday morn ing when he ran his old car into the rear end of a truck on the Washing ton Road near Skewarkey. Twenty six stitches were necessary to close a wound on Brown's face. His com panion, Tom Watson, according to last reports from the hospital, had not regained consciousness, and his recovery is considered doubtful. Brown, colored barber, was releas ed from the hospital Saturday. Albert Wilson, young colored boy, was painfully but not seriously in jured when he turned a Chevrolet coupe over near the county home last Friday afternoon. Damage to the car was estimated at around $200. Picking up the injured man, Fred fjAyers was-rusning him to a dOttOF'fi Office when he sideswiped Farmer Jesse Keel's pick-up truck in front of the Biggs Funeral Home on West Main Street. Damage to the truck was estimated at $10 and little dam age was done to the Ayers car. Farmer Frank Barber and his grandson were painfully cut and bruised but not badly hurt when their cart was knocked off the high way into Sweet Water Creek swamp bv a new Oldsmobile driven bv Rog er Cntcher, Jr., about 8 o'clock last Saturday night. Mr. Barber was cut about the eye, and his grandson was cut and bruised on the head. The mule was badly hurt and the cart was torn to pieces and scattered in the swamp. Reports state that the mule and cart and its occupants were thrown quite a distance before they landed in the swamp. Young Critch er, accompanied by Harry Taylor and Walter Cooke, stated that he (Continued on page six) Mule Killed In Road Near Jamenrille Monday ? Breaking out of the lot on the farm of Miss Annie Glasgow, near James ville, yesterday afternoon, a young mule was struck .and instantly kill ed by a lumber truck driven by J. M. . Mizelle. The animal, valued at bc Jtween $150 and $200, darted into the 'road and was struck by the lumber on the truck. Started Out Early To Record Daring History Of Crime Hoy* Who Threatened Life of Sheriff Are Charged With Kobherie* -9 TWo WilliamSton lads. Arnold Wallace and Arthur Kdmondson, both fifteen years of age, are now in the Martin County jail to await their fate following a crime rampage pat terned after a seasoned gangster's record" ? Five alleged robberies and an at tempted hold-up were regarded as minor events by the boys who ex plained that they were considering holding up a bank in Wilmington and a swing into the northwest before they were taken into custody and then crime careers checked by Wil mington officers last week. Possibly the victims of mheri tence and anything but a wholesome environment, the two lads are said to have patterned their first robbery after one seen in a movie just a few days before. They ure also said to have gained other ideas from the movies that headed them for a no torious crime record. "1 want to make a book of crime history," one of the boys said, Sher iff C. H Roebuck explaining that as far as he was concerned the climax of the story was reached when the lads attempted to hold him up at the end of a gun while he wus returning them to this county from Wilming ton last Sunday. "We had planned to hold up a bank, get a car and guns and head for the northwest when we were ar rested," one of the boys was quoted as saying. Admitting the robbery of the Western Union Telegraph Company office here on the evening of August 8, the boys described how it was ef fected. Wallace, at one time employ ed by the uffitu as messenger boy, had learned the combination and made a study of the building. "We took a rope off a pony in the back lot and just as we started to climb on top of the building, Officer John Roebuck came by. We ducked down, and he did not see us," Wallace ex plained. Continuing, he said, "We then climbed on top of the building and lifted the skylight." Edinondson was said to have held the rope as Wallace let himself down into the office. Working the safe combina tion easily, the lad had the safe open in a short time and was said to have -taken out $2fr-leaving kBrnlt $28 in the cash drawer of the safe. Wallace maintains that he took only $23 from the safe, but admitted that Operator Hatchett added sales tax and inter est to run the amount to $25. "Just as I started to climb out, Of ficer John Roebuck passed the front window of the building, and I drop ped td the floor," Wallace said. Ed er end of the rope, tumbled over (Continued on page six) Free-For-Atl Fight At Jametville On Saturday A goodly number of Jamesville's colored population engaged in a ser ious free-for-all fight at John H. Ellison's store last Saturday night, Officer Paul Holliday referring to the scrap as a forerunner of events in Europe. Warrants have been drawn against seven of the alleged participants, and the charges will be aired at a hear ing before Justice J. L. Hassell here next Friday. Defendants in the case are Jack Neal, Andrew and James Marriner, Amos Latham. Susanne -Quarlcs, Jess Adkins and I. T. Moore. Andrew Marriner and Amos Latham were cut with pocket knives during the scrap, it was reported. The cause of the fight could not be determined, reports stating that _the participants did not know who was fighting who and why come. Revenue Forces In Series Of Extensive Raids In The County Two Defendant* Bound Over To Federal Court for Trial In October Stretching a net from one end of the county to the other lust week end. County enforcement and Fed eral officers dealt the illegal liquor traffic a terrific blow. Starting in, the upper part of the county last | Thursday, the officers completed the i drive in the Hardens section of' Jamesville Township Sunday noon. ! Centering their attention on the' wholesale-retail end of the illicit bus- ( iness. the officers made three arrests, recognized a fourth alleged violator of the liquor laws, made twelve searches -and ru>nfiscated two auto mobiles. Last Thursday, the officers wreck ed 30-gallon drum and poured out 150 gallons of beer at a plant 111 the Hassell section of Hamilton Town ship. Making an impromptu inves tigation of territory along Highway No. 14-, the officers cited Sellte Smith in his automobile near the Edge combe-Martin line and suspicioning him they started a chase. Overtaking him after a mile rim down the high way. the officers ordered him to stop, but Smith increased his speed. When he reached the Hill Purvis1 home, he turned into the yard, drove the car around the barns and out houses and then headed for the open fields, the officers in close pursuit. , Realizing the race was lost with his | car, Smith cut the ignition off and , jumped out in an attempt to add! speed with his own hooves. The of -1 fleers had him before he could run ! a dozen steps. The Smith car went i on through a small cotton patch and came to a stop in a field of peanuts. Two bags of materials for the manu- j facture of liquor were found, and the car was confiscated The case against.' Smith was continued for two weeks in county vourt Monday. Last Saturday morning, the offi cers started an investigation of the small retail business and searched four houses in Hamilton, on?- in Has-1 sell and one in -Poplar Point. Not more than half a pint was found at I were'brought. At one home, the head of the house explained that she had put a quantity of quinine.in the li quor for use in combatting malaria. Invited to taste the concoction, the officers refused. Saturday afternoon, Officers Roe buck, llaislip, Peel and Federal agents Smith, Harshaw and Adler, ol Elizabeth City, raided the store of Arthur Harrison in Hear Grass and found forty pop bottles filled with liquor. The bottles of liquor were packed right in with bottles holding soft drinks. The defendant was giv en a preliminary hearing before U. S. Commissioner Walter 1 lalberstadt and placed under a $.'100 bond for bis appearance in the federal court at Washington next October. That afternoon the same officers searched the premises of Grovor Nicholson, near Williamston, and found several gallons of liquor, about one-half gallon inside the house and seven gallons in a bean field. At a hearing Monday, the defendant was placed under a $1,000 bond lor his appearance in the federal court at Washington in October. ?Sunday morning, the oiiice^ siaii ed to Free Union. When they reach ed Gardner's Creek they stopped and searched Seth Hawkins and Willie Johnson, relieving each of them of a half pint. Charges are pending against the two men. At Jamesville, the officers met La zarus Williams, deaf mute, who was driving through the town with sev eral friends. Picking up his trail, the officers followed him to a colored Jiome. Moses Smallwood got out of the car with a pint'on his person and two gallons of raw spirits wv.re found in the backseat upholstery. Williams escaped through the house and into a cornfield. The car was confiscated and Williams' arrest is expected mo mentarily. Continuing on to the Free Union area, the raiders found about a quart of liquor hid outside of a store. They were unable to determine ownership and no action was taken in the case. Heavy Rains Fall In This Section While doing no gnat damage to crops this season, the 1939 rainfall is considerably in excess of that for the first eight months of last year, comparative reports showing 38.96 inches through August of last year and 43 75 inches up until the pres ent time for this year. Very little is heard about the possible damage to crops as a result of the heavy rain but it is believed that the peanut crop will be disappointing if the rains continue. More rain has fallen so far this month than in any other month since 1835 when 11.41 inches fell in July. Reports from the Roanoke River sta tion here this morning stated that 9.88 inches of rain have fallen since August 1, the heaviest fall coming last Sunday afternoon between two and four o'clock when 2.81 inches of rain were recorded. The nearly three-inch rain Sunday was follow ed by a one-inch fall yesterday. Tobacco Market Holding Firm As Sales Approach Million and Hall-Pound Mark This Morning Highway Accident Record Martin County motorists went on a little rampage last week end. the wild drives sending two to the hospital, several to local doctors two cars to the junk heap and four cars and trucks to garages not to mention a horse-drawn cart that was torn to pieces and souttered in Sweet Water Creek Increased traffic, aggravated by rainy weather, cost the motor ing public at least $700 in property damage not to mention the ex pensr of medical treatment and hospital attention. - ^ The week-end accident record caused much comment, but ap parently had little influence on the way the general public drives Truck operators are running just about twice as fast as the rate of speed prescribed by law. Speeding through intersections and on busy streets is still common, and the wild dash to property destruction and death is gaining momentum rather than slackening up. The only bright spot in the record is found in the death column where 44^ number was not increased. However ??no ot the v ictim is hovering 011 4he border of life and death. 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 5 7 0 s 750.00 Prior Record 34 26 7 7.725.00 Totals 39 33 7 $8,475.00 Issues Of Peace And War Remain Unsettled Developments Now Await Reply From Germany's Hitler ,:ilr Reports Maintain That I'url W illi Russia lias Not Iteen Signed t Uncertainty continues to surround | the war front in Europe today as | | Germany and England busily engugr in the exchange of notes, late reports stating that England is now awaiting a reply to its last night note from Adolf Hitler The message, said to have been in the process of prepara tion by Hitler and his advisers while Prime Minister Chamberlain ad dressed the English Parliament, this morning, is expected momentarily. The German dictator is said to have frowned upon the message when it was delivered to him last night by Ambassador Henderson, causing many to doubt that Hitler would even consider conciliation. In his address to Parliament this morning, Chamberlain maintained a firm attitude against Hitler's propos ed invasion of Poland, and be was cheered by the members during his talk. However, observers maintain that the prime minister has not elos ed the door to peace, and that war is : not yet an assured thing. The con tents of the message flown by Am bussador Henderson to Hitler last night have not been revealed in their entirety. Hitler's reaction to the message last night was not at ail favorable, indicating that he would not agree to a conciliation plan and that war would be the only alternative. Pos sibly his reply which is expected in England some time today will offer something more or less definite. As the crucial situation becomes jpore aggravated, the friends of Hit ler are apparently?forsaking him Italy's close stand with the mad man is not certain to continue if war breaks out. The non-aggression pact with Rus sia, late reports maintain, has not been signed and no action in that connection will likely be taken be fore Friday (if this week. Preparations for war continue at a rapid pace in Europe. England is assigning war-time duties to lls var ious governmental departments, at its trade routes open. Disorders along the Polish border have been discredited, and the n tions are taking it fairly easy as Hit ler prepares and replies to England's last-night message. Hopeful for peace, traders on the New York stock exchange showed increased activities today and Stock prices climbed from two to three points above the closing figures yes terday. School Hum Drivers Given Dhysieal Examinations Here Examining county school bus driv ers here this morning, County Health Officer F. E. Wilson found six of the 24 lads had defective eyesight. The findings will be turrted over to State Highway Patrolmen who will decide whether or not the six boys will be allowed to operate school busses. Examinations are being given ap plicant* afternoon in Koberson ville. HMSI STRATI OI\S All students who plan to at tend the Williamston IliKh School during the new term which will begin 011 Thursday, September 7, are asked to re port for registration and final fangenient of class schedules Thursday, August 31, and Friday, September 1. Parents are urged to cooperate by remind ing their children to report at the high school building in ac cordance with the following schedule: Thursday, Aug. 31: 8:30 11:30, Eighth and ninth grade students; Friday, Sept 1 8:30 11:30, Tenth and eleventh grade stu dents; Friday, Sept. 1: 2:30-5:30, All post-graduates and commercial students. Mrs. Alice Stallin^s! Dies Near Jamesville Early This Morning Fiint'ral Scrx icon Will Ur < l.m iliK'li'il W < (lin -ilax nl It o'Clix'k Mrs. Alice Stailings, widow of A F Stalling*, died at her home near Jamesville this morning at 8 o'clock | following a long period of declining j health Heart trouble, aggravated by , the infirmities of age, was given a the immediate cause of her death Experiencing feeble health for mop than a year, Mrs. Stalling* was able to he up until about three weeks ago, the end coming gradually and peace- ! ably. The daughter of the late David iUl'l 1 Susan ?Mrs, Stalling*! was borrv in Poplar Point, this court- I ty, on December lb, 1882. At the ten der age of seven years she moved with her family to Jamesville Town ship where she made her home Until death In early womanhood she married A Perd Stalling*, who died a few years ago. ?ix children, two sons, Koborsonville; Mr*. F. It. Simpson, of Norfolk, Mr*. Enoch Gardner and | Mtss Oma Pearl Stalling*, both of Jamesville, and Mrs. L. M Brown, an adopted daughter, survive the union. She was the lust member of her immediate family. Mr*. Stalling*, for a long number of years a member of the Cedar Branch Baptist Church, was held in high respect by everyone who knew her. She was a devoted and faithful mother. Christian-like ideals, mark ed the home-life of the family under her guidance. She was a good neigh bor and cherished the friendship of everyone. While her life was devoted to her home, she was faithful in her duties to the church and walked humbly and pleasingly in the sight of her Maker. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock by her pastor, Rev. W. B. Harrington, county Baptist minister. Interment twill follow the old family home. Weather Conditions Clause Little Delay In Marketing Here r> Vwraftcs Continue I'ii llolil I |i Dc-pilr Lirp1 Offer ing of Tip* ?Experiencing?ho?marked?inter ruption on account of unfavorable weather conditions, the local tobacco market continues t*? report heavy of ferings, Supervisor K. Ii. Crawford announcing this morning that sales today would advance the season's Total to approximately one and one - half million pounds with a resulting average of slightly under 17 cents. While it us generally agreed that the belter quality of tobacco is bring ing low prices as compared with those received/in past seasons, most growers still maintain that they are receiving-about as much as they ex pected There is no general feeling of satisfaction, but considering the large crop and unsettled conditions in foreign countries, most farmers arc fairly well pleased with their sales. Po sihly the local market had its best day of the season yesterday, when prices for quite a few grades show'-if noticeable strength and reached into the thirties. Quite a large number of piles sold for a price ranging between 26 and 29 cents, and averages approximating twenty-five cents were reported on the market. Tilt s' prices were centered on those grades coming from the second "pull ing", and the tobacco Was of excep tional quality. There was a fairly large percent age df tips on the floors, and while these types were selling good they li.nl a tendency to null down the gen eral market average," Sales Supervi sor K B Crawford stating that the price 'figure yesterday was well above sixteen cents. Some farmers were of the opin ion that the market was Mot quite as strong today as it was on opening day, but official statements indicat ed that the price trend was holding I firm and that tobacco, grade tor grade, was averaging about what it ave! aged yesteHfay. Few tags are being turned by far mers on tb? local market to feature the selling activities Another notice able feature that is attracting espec ial attention of farmers is the inter est shown by the buyers in their work Lively sales are in evidence from early morning until Intr aftrr noon, anil spirited bidding is appar ent at all times lie ports coining from the farms in dicate that heavy sales can be antici pated on tin local market for quite a while ? Faculty Personnel For Local Schools Is Now Complete Position Madr Vacant by Kc rcnl l(c*i^iiatioii Is Filled Thi* Week A The 1'>< ;>I .school committee this week completed faculty appoint ments for the new school term by electing M B. Dunn, of Boone, N. C. to the fifth grade and building prmcip-il?:i i ?: 111 e v fronted liy {he ?gnati"n?of I.ewis Enloo.?Mfv Dunn attended the State university for two years and Appalachian State Teachers College for two-years, re ceiving his degree from the latter institution in 1936. For the past three years he has served as sixth grade teacher and building principal in the Tcacheys School, of Duplin Coun ty. ' Tlie list of teachers follows: Primary department: Josephine HaiMMiii, Wllliamsloh; Mrs. J. Paul Simpson. Williamston; Grace Talton. Clayton; Mary Benson, Benson; Es Trttr'-Crawfordr Williamston, Ruth Manning, Williamston; Mrs. Vernon Bunting, Bethel. Grammar grade department! Mrs. W. II. Cpburn, Williamston; Dorcas K/.iowles, Hertford; Mrs. Charles Godwin, Williamston; Mildred Tal ley, Randleman; Mary Whitley, Mur freesboro; Mrs. Arthur White, Wil liamston; Mrs. C. B. Hassell, William ston; M. B. Dunn. Boone; Public School Music, Kathryn Mewborn, Tarboro. High school: Nancy Glover, Roan oke Rapids; J rent' Mizelle, Snow Hill, James Robert Barrett, Eliza beth City; Betty Mayo Everett, Pal myra; Samuel R. Edwards, Wil liamston; _Ntr?. Samuel R. Edwards, Williamston; Mrs. Garland Bamhill, Williamston; Charles B. Toxey, Wake Forest; David N. Hix, Williamston. Principal D. N. Hix has called for registration of high tchool students i on Thursday and Friday*of this week.
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