Watch The Label On Your Paper. Aa It Carriee The Date Your SubeCTiptlon Expire*. THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1,600 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 76 W illiamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuetday, September 23, 1911. ESTABLISHED 1899 Prices Reach Dizzy Peak On Leaf Market Here Monday Laying Foundation For Drive Against Legalized Whiskey Dr. Zeno B. Spence Delivers Temperance Address in Methodist Church ? Dr. Zeno B. Spence, of Goldsboro, delivering a temperance address in the local Methodist church Sunday morning, fired the first gun in what has been described as the foundation for a campaign to stamp out the liquor traffic in Martin County. The Goldsboro doctor continued his as sault on the liquor traffic and its ac companying evils in an afternoon address to the congregation at Holly Springs. This was one of the temperance field days which the dry forces are holding each Sunday in the differ ent counties of the state. The'pur pose of these meetings is to educate the people concerning the evils of strong drink, and to awaken a suf ficient interest among the people who live in the counties that have liquor stores to call for an election for their overthrow. Dr. Spence's ad dress was primarily educational. Aside from his denunciation of the great destroyer in general, Dr. Spence rehearsed the history of the liquor traffic in the state. He told of the victory for prohibition in 1908, when the people voted out the manufacture and sale of liquor by a majority of 44,196, and in 1933 the people of North Carolina voted against the repeal of the eighteenth amendment by a majority of 184,672. In spite of this the legislature passed a bill allowing certain counties to call an election to vote for liquor stores. The advocates of repeal, and also the advocates of liquor stores, claimed that to make liquor legal would do three things: First, it would do away with illegul liquor; second, it would aid in the cause of temper ance; and third, it would reduce taxes Dr. Soence quoted statistic* to prove that it has not done any of these things which they contended the legal sale of liquor by the ABC stores would do. To the contrary, he quoted facts to prove that there is more drinking today than ever before. Women and young people are drinking more than they ever did under the old saloon days. We still have the blockader and bootlegger with us. And the old argument that the ABC stores would reduce taxes has turned out to be a myth. Many counties in the state where they have ABC stores have called for elections to get rid of their stores, the speaker said, as "the peo ple are getting disgusted with them." "Bertie, Franklin, Vance and War ren Counties have called elections to close their liquor stores," Dr. Spence said He stated further that every county that has called for an election for this purpose has suc ceeded He cherished the hope thut the good people of this and every county in the state where they have liquor stores would rise up and drive them from their midst. ? Two Men Arrested At Liquor Plant Trapped by federal, county and special officers, Lorie Williams and Fate Smith, white men, were arrest ed at a liquor still in the Flat Swamp section of Robersonville Township shortly after midnight last Saturday. After observing the plant at vari ous times during the week, the of ficers found a perfect setting when they made their fifth trip there. Four gallons of liquor had already been manufactured, and the white light ning was running when the officers flushed the operators. Eleven bar rels of beer were ready for the kettle. The officers poured out the beer and wrecked the plant. Federal Officers O'Reilley and Webster, County Officer Roy Peel, ABC Officer Joe Roebuck and Pitt County ABC officers made the raid. Given a preliminary hearing be fore U. S. Commissioner Walter Hal berstadt here Saturday, Williams and Smith were bound over to the federal court for trial in Washington next Monday. Mrs. J. Q. Andrews Passes in Parmele Mrs. J. Q Andrews, well-known Parmele citizen, died suddenly at her home there yesterday morning at 7 o'clock following an illness of only a few hours. Funeral services are being held at the home this afternoon by Rev. J. G. Phillips Interment will follow in the family cemetery. Mrs. Andrews, 36 years old, is sur vived by three daughters, Mrs. R. N. Burch, of Portsmouth; Eloise and Janie, of Parmele, and four stepsons, Lee, Bemice, Qulncey and J. D? and two brothers. Garland and Howard Whitehurst of Bethel, and a sister Mrs. Walter Bailey, of Bear Grass Mr. Andrews died last July. Two Children Badly Injured In Accidents REJECTED That portion of U. S. Highway 17 between Edenton and Wash ington, while possibly a thorn in the state commission's side, is faring little better than a red headed step-child. The floods washed it out a year ago. It was threatened to be closed. The fill contractors almost made a per manent job out of a temporary one. Paving work is a bit spas modic. "Our friends" have been trying to steal the traffic, and now the commission comes along and rules that the $65,205 bid for surfacing the road from here to the Beaufort line is too high. And, doggone it, maybe it is. About all there is left is hope? and the WPA. Negro Is Critically Shot at Everetts Early I^ast Sunday Removed lo Washington Hos pital Yesterday Afternoon For Treatment ? Cleophus H1 nton, colored man, was critically shot by Joe Henry Spruill, also colored, at the home of John Sam Moore, near Everetts, early last Saturday morning. The load of shot, dismembering a part of his person, lodged in his thigh near the groin. The shooting was described by Sheriff C. B. Roebuck as the most unusual and most com plete ever reported in the county A similar shooting was reported in Robersonville several weeks ago, but that "Won't nothing" compared with the one near Everetts, according to the officer. Hinton and Spruill. apparently good friends up until late Saturday night, had been drinking together at Robersonville and went to Moore's home at a late hour. An argument was started over money, according to Spruill. Few details could be gained by Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, who investigated the attack, but, accord ing to the officer, there was much evidence of a fight in the home. The sheriff declared that blood was all over the house, on the porch, on the beds, and even under the house, where Hinton was found about 4 o'clock Sunday morning. Chairs were broken, a lamp was found in the yard, windows were broken out and shades and curtains were found in the yard. Margaret Spruill, Joe Henry mother, declared she left home shortly after midnight when the fight first started, and that she knew nothing of the attack. "Dead" drunk, Moore slept through the fight and uhfuitinff nnrt knpur nnlhinff nhniil it until the following morning. Spruill, making no effort to cacape, was arrested Sunday in Everetts. He recalled the argument over the money, but said nothing about a fight. Spruill ? maintained that he tried to get Hinton to go to his home on t|ie old mill lot on the outskirts of Everetts, and pushed him out the door-and bolted it. Hinton returned and started knocking on the door. Spruill, according to Sheriff Roe buck, warned Hinton that he would shoot if he (Hinton) broke in. Hin ton apparently paid no attention to the warning, and when he pushed his way into the house, Spruill shot him. Leaving home, Spruill told about the attack, and friends went there for Hinton. He could not be found in the house, and it was first thought that he had gone into the woods and died. The search was ended about 4 o'clock Sunday morn ing when they found him under the Moore home. He was carried to Rob ersonville for treatment and was lat er carried to his home. He was moved to a Washington hospital yes terday afternoon after the case was investigated by the welfare depart ment and it was determined that the man could not finance his way. No direct report has been received from the hospital, but it is under stood that his condition is critical. RED CROSS Idle while repairs were being made to the Woman's Club hall, the production unit of the Mar tin County Chapter of the Amer icas Bad Cross will reopen next Friday morning ai 1* o,clock, Mrs. A. R. Dunning, chairman, announced this morning. Persons interested in and wil ling to participate in this all Important work are urged to report to the chairman at the club either on Tuesday or Fri day of each week between the hours of II a. m. and 5 p. m. Several Wrecks Are Reported in County Over the Week-End W. R. L. I'urvi* I^asl Kites Will Be Held Thursday Afternoon Two small children were critically injured and the lives and limbs of several other persons were threat ened in a series of automobile acci dents scattered over a wide area in the county during the past week end. "If no complications develop, he is expected to recover" was the report coming from the bedside of little Sherwood Carraway, who was brought to the Brown Community hospital here for treatment early Sunday night, when he was struck by a car driven by Joseph William Zimmerman, of 371 E. 204th Street, New York City, near Beaver Dam bridge, a few miles east of Everetts on U. S. Highway 64. A similar re port was received this morning from a Tarboro hospital, telling of the condition of Howard Maxton Har rell, 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Harrell, who was run down by a car on the old river road, not so far from Oak City, Saturday after noon. The Carraway, lad, 6-year-old son of Mrs Whit Moore, of near Everetts, was walking along the highway when he snatched away from an older brother's hand and darted in to the path of the Zimmerman car. His head struck the radiator grill and he was knocked a few feet down the highway, thV driver stopping'the ar without running ovei the child Mr. Zimmerman picked the child up and carried him to the hospital, where it was learned he had suf fered head injuries but no broken bones. Zimmerman reported the ac cident to Patrolman Whit Saunders, and, aftyr arranging bond through his insurance company, he and his young wife continued their wed ding trip , "If the car had been trav eling at a rapid rate of speed, I hon estly believe it would have killed the child," Patrolman Saunders com mented after investigating the acci dent. 'The little Harrell child was play ing with the children of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Thompson when he almost lost his life Saturday afternoon about 4 o'clock. Riding in a wagon, the boy was pushed down the Thompson drive into the path of a car driven by Jesse Lee, colored man. Lee was not driving very fast, but his brakes were not very effective and, although he Swerved to the right and ran his car into the ditch he could not avoid striking the child as he rode into the dirt road. The exact nature of inc ?Jyjy a uijui irn tuuiu liui I learned immediately, but apparently he was hurt internally, but no bones were broken. Lee is to be given a hearing before Justice L. H. Hop kins in Oak City Wednesday. Fate was liberal in dishing out misfortune to William Howard Van derford on the Gold Point-Hassell road over the week-end, when he was involved in two wrecks. He came through both without a scratch, but not without a fairly heavy prop erty damage. Driving toward Has sell Sunday afternoon about 5:30 o'clock, Vanderford met Harvey Har ris, colored man of 754 19th Street, Newport News. Harris turned out, but lost control of his car in a sand bed and it plowed into the left side of Vanderford's 1936 Chevrolet. To tal damage to both cars was estimat ed at about $75. Monday morning as Vanderford was driving out of his driveway about a mile away from the scene of his first accident, his car was struck on the left side by Claude Le (Continued on page six) All Faculty Places Filled Temporarily After conducting searches as far away as Texas and Illinois, school officials yesterday announced all teacher positions in the county filled, temporarily, at least Mrs. Robert Collard, of Carbondale, 111., and wife of Professor in the local schools, is substituting in the Bear Grass his tory and science department until an election can be effected. Offered the position last week, a young South Pnrolinn lady lenrne.l that her ered its were not acceptable in this state and the position went right on beg ging. Mrs. Collard started her work in the school yesterday. Just as the last position was filled, rumors of resignations were being heard in the county, and then there is the draft to consider. Develop ments in this Connect ion arc expect ed within the next few days. Russian Campaign Has Cost Germany Three Million Men Preparation* Are Believed To t'nderwuy for Shifting Buttlefrout* ? Believed to have decided to make preparations for the winter in Rus sia, German forces are apparently digging in there to hold their gains following the capture of Kiev, third largest Russian city and capital of the Ukraine. It is now predicted that the fighting will be shifted to other sections, possibly to the Medi terranean area and on into Africa during the winter. Hitler is sid to have called on Mussolini for 500.000 Italians' to help hold the gains in Russia while the German hordes are moved to other battle fronts during the winter. The plan is not very ac ceptable to Mussolini, but some ar rangements are in the making to hold the gains in Russia until next spring when the invasion will be continued. Supporting reports indicating a shift in the war arena were claims coming out of Russia late yesterday telling of German reverses in the ' Leningrad section. There is was re ported the German had been driven back as much as six miles by Russian counterattacks. Guerrilla warfare is apparently proving effective be | hind German lines all along the long battlefront. Preliminary reports from the Kiev front tell of the great losses suffered by the Germans in capturing the cityl A quarter of a million German soldiers were killed in the advance and untold property losses were sus tained. Added pressure is being brought upon Turkey, and her action is be ing eagerly awaited. If German | gains the Turks, a new threat to the world is seen, for it will mark tin- i beginning of a drive to the Suez and eventually to Dakar, that point on the African roast which has hern ; so closely associated with a jumping i (Continued on page six) * Agricultural Fair To Officially Open Here Next Tuesday I Half Holiday* Declared for All School Children in Tlii* County The Martin County Agricultural j Fair will officially open here next j Tuesday, September HO. Thousands of people are expected to attend the annual event sponsored by the John j Walton Has:,ell post of the American Legion Mr. W. K. Dunn, yesterday that everything was in readiness for p gala week of excite ment and the varied urogram, as previously announced, would be car ried out. Wednesday, October I, has been designated as school day, and all white scffool children in the county will be admitted in the grounds free. School officials stated that no classes would be held in the afternoon, giv ing the children ample time to visit the fair. Colored school children will be admitted free on Thursday. October 2 The grandstand program will he presented by the Jimmy Daley At tractions, of Albany, N Y. They have promised the fair patrons a platform show that will furnish them with plenty of luughs, comedy, sing ing and dancing Harry Taylor and his Kewpie Doll Revue, billed as "Two Tons of LafTs," will provide the comedy, singing and dancing end of the show. Jimmy Reynolds will act as master of ceremonies. One of the main attractions of the fair will be centered around the "Sky Man," who will furnish plenty of thrills for those who like circus acts. Another feature act will be "Circus Night in Frogland." This act is an acrobat dressed like a giant bullfrog and has played in every (Continued on page six) r NEAR MIX-UP I V The infant grandchild of Phyl lis Smith, respected local colored woman .died in Norfolk Sunday afternoon. She was instructed by wire to send policies at once. Misreading the word "policies" for police, the grandmother ap pealed to the local law-enforce ment headquarters, where she was advised that the wire meant insurance policies and not the "polices." Offering his services in helping to straighten out the old grand mother, W. K. Parker, frequent visitor to the police station, de clared that Chief Daniel was about to set out for Norfolk at the urgent request of the old wo man, who first thought she must ?end the police. \ All Records Of Recent Years Are Broken As Market Sells 289,782 Pounds For Average Of $35.54 Aged Cou [>le Na rrowlyFsea pe From Burning Home Friday David Bennett Stallings and his I sister, Mrs. Mary E. Lilley, aged ecu I pie, barely escaped with their lives ' last Friday afternoon, when fire de stroyed their home in Griffins Town | ship. A victim of paralysis, Mrs. i Lilley was unable to move, and Mr Stallings was too weak to flee from the building building Claude Peel and J. Daniel, colored tenants living on a near-by farm who happened to be passing that way, saw the smoke and rustled there. They car ned Mrs. Lilley and Mr. Stallings lout in their amis, the fire spreading [so rapidly they could not get back into the house to save a single ar ticle. As she was being carried down the front steps, Mrs. Lilley dropped her pocketbook, and it was burned along with a few paper dollars. Two or three dollars in silver were re covered. Believed to have started from a spark on the kitchen roof, the fire had gained considerable headway before it was discovered, and the oc eupants did not know the house was on tire until the colored tenants rushed in,'according to reports reach- j ing luTe. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Edmondspn made their home with the aged eou- ' pie, and Mrs. Kdmondson was cook ing dinner when the fire started. Mr. Edmondson was in the front part of the six room house with Mr. Stal i lings, but the tire and smoke bore i down upon them so rapidly they were unable to save anything One report stated that the house was burned to the ground in less than 15 minutes The loss was estimated at $3,000, with the property only partially cov ered by insurance * Eighteen Are Jailed Here Last Week-Em I Seven Drunks Jailed In T wo Hours Here List Saturday Night l ow ii Authorities Determined To Stamp Out I'uhlie Drunkenness Here Disturbed over tlie wild west j scenes enacted by boisterous and slobbering drunks the week before, town authorities and local police 1 took a definite stand to wipe out pub- : lie drunkenness on local streets last Saturday. Ordered to patrol the streets, two officers, John Roebuck and J. II Allsbrooks started the j round-up Saturday night at 101 o'clock. In less than two hours seven drunks, four white and three colored I men .were in the common jail, the j officers receiving instructions to | leave them there until they had re gained their sobriety or until their trials could be handled. Showing every leniency possible in time past, officers did not wait for crime to take its course among the drunks. Those wobbling on their feet the least bit or Ijcard talking boisterously, were nabbed by the of ficers and placed in tin- "cooler." No undue trouble like unto that report ed a week before was experienced here during the week-end, and it is fairly certain that the general pub lic will demand a continuation of the officer patrol in tin- future. During the first hour and a half of the round-up, Tom I'eel, colored, Joe James, colored, Dave Gardner, white of Jamesville, Pete A. Cherry, white, Russell Perry, white, Bill Raynor, white and Cecil Pippen, colored, of Bear Grass, were arrested and jailed. Charged with public drunkenness, they were tried by Mayor J. L. Mas sed and taxed with the costs, averag ing about $6.50 per defendant, The round-up was completed Sun day afternoon and evening when lo cal officers jailed five more persons, ! Henry Speight, Ben Bennett, Bennie 1 Little, Eli Raynor and J. A. Ellis. Little was charged with being drunk and carrying a concealed weapon. Supplementing tin- work of local officers, Patrolman Whit Saunders arrested Robert Tripp Sparrow for drunken driving. Sparrow, driving (Continued on page six) ??: 1 Cement Shortage Delaying Pavers Unable to get cement, the Roan oke River fill pavers are being de layed TTlts wrrk Operations, sus pended yesterday when the supply of cement was exhausted, were re sumed this morning, but the supply will hardly last until the middle of this afternoon, according to a re port received from one of the engi neers I his morning. The pavers have rounded the curve on the western end of Co nine Creek bridge this morning and are now about half way between the creek and the first new bridge. It will be some time next week be fore the work is completed, accord ing to late reports heard from the | project. rAi{i:Ms.riv\ciiKHs The Williamston Parent _ Teacher Association will hold a reorganization meeting in the high school auditorium Wednes day afternoon. September :M, be ginning at .1:30. Officers have been secured for the year, and all indications point to a sue cessful year for the organization. All patrons of the school are urged to he present. Prominent Partner Dies at Mis Home Suddenly Sunday Our Cur ami Orixrr Inxolxrtl In l ?ii \rriilrul* ill u> Manx IIiixh William rt. I.< i I'urvi. . tin m- I T>ei of a faiiTTTy tniig?p+?iininrnl?ml the affairs and agricultural life of I i the county and a well known farmer.! and highly respected citi/t n, ;:iiii/.utii>ii* Taxed I n I !a|taril\ To Keep the Tliior- < lea red ? S Tobacco pints, starting off at a rapid 'Hip just about a month ago, reached a new lugli and a dizzy peak o nthe Willianiston Tobacco Market yesterday when 2H9.7H2 pounds of tin' golden leaf were sold for a guar anteed average of $35.54 per 100 pound,s Farmers, patronizing the. local market, were made dizzy when the prices boomed to the highest peak since 1910 and when some of the grftdta actually outsold those of I3ye*rt ago Fa iV tunes in the his tory of .the ifta^^ghave the sales bean more.^aUufita^-mofe pleas ing than All grades shotf sonie rellectHi eight to ten pounds The ave^ tumped alwmt live undue rush should be allowed in selling tobacco, has barely managed to clear the vvare Inmi: it- going to Set what appears to he a record in the rapid marketing of the crop. It is i stimated that between 70 and 75 per cent ofJ.hc crop has been sold in this immediate section, many farmers having already completed their mar keting . Some believe that more than (Continued on page six) . Voting Woman Dies Suddenly in County Mj > Janettir Corey, highly es teemed' young county woman, died suddenly at her home at Piney Grove in Griffins Township some time dur ing last Friday night. She was found dead early Saturday morning and was apparently the victim of a heart attack Suffering from, a severe ?inus Tnfeetions, Miss Cor? y had beei) in ~ declining health for a number of years She had just returned from the western part of the State, where lie had ht en for treatment, and was getting along a.s well as usual when she retired Friday night. The daughter of Mr Simon Corey Corey, she was 29 years old. She had spent all her life in that com munity where she was held in high esteem by all. Possessing a friendly p< rsonality. she seemed to get much lift dc pite her afflication and offered a determined spirit to live. She was a devoted member of the Maple Grove Church, and had a host of friends. Besides her father, she is survived by two sisters. Mrs. Thomas Man ning, of Aulander. and Mrs. Eugenia Roberson, of Griffins Township; and two brothers, Messrs. Rufus and BcU win Corey, both of Bear Grass Town ship. Funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock by her pastor, Rev. Luther Ambrose, assisted by Rev. W. 13 Harrington. Interment was (in the Ticv Community CexnMQr.