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Watek the Lalri OB Your Piwar; It Carrie* the Date Year Subscription ■ Expire*. VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 3 Negro Is Found Dead; Had Been Missing 6 Days 67-Year-Old Man of Free Union Section Dies of Exposure John Henry Boston, 87-year-old col ored man of the Free Union section, vfas found dead yesterday afternoon MP the woods about a mile from his kaue, after an absence of 6 days. Last Tuesday morning Boston left the home of his half-sister before breakfast He was last aeen at Luther Cordon's store about 9 o'clock of the same day. Nobody paid any atten tion to his course from there, for he known as a great wanderer. The day passed and the heaviest snow in years began to fall, but Boston's failure to return caused little uneasiness in his community. Wednesday afternoon in , quiries were made after the old man, but no one had seen or heard of him • since he left Cordon's store Tuesday! morning. A search in the deep snow > was impossible, and it was not until yesterday morning that the search in. real earnest was started. His body, in fair condition, was found at 6 o'- clock by Sam Moore a half mile from the road leading into the Free Union section. The body "'Was allowed to remair. there until Deputy Coroner Henry Taylor was notified and he had held an inquest It was a dark and solemn tide through mud, water, and woods or. a /ail-bodied cart for Mr. Taylor and his Jurors. It was pa.it 10 o'clock when the spot where the dead man's body rested was reached. An investi gation was held there, and the jury practically decided that the old man had not encountered foul play, but • haifc he, in some way and for a cause knewn only to him, had wandered into tht: woods and died from exposure. Relative Refuse to Receive Body The climax of the tragedy came when the several friends of the dead man carried his body to the home of his half sister. There it was refused admittance, and for a while it looked as if the body would have to remain! in the open until burial arrangements' could be made. A vacant house, with' the exception of a few corn shucks, I a few hundred yards away was finally j agreed upon as a place for the body j tc await burial. The jury substan- 1 tiated its opinion after examining the body as it lay on the dirty floor of the 1 two-room hut and rendered a verdict' holding that John Henry Boston died j from exposure and that there was no evidence of foul play. Boston for a number of years work- j ed at the fisheries at Jamesville. His life has been marked mostly by downs, and his death cam-) about ac cording to his own wishes. He had | expressed many times during the pa.st few years that he did not want to be buried, that he wanted to die in the woods where the birds of the air could, come down and carry away his body. East Carolina Firemen Meeting: in New Bern A meeting of the Eastern Carolina Firemen's Association will be held in New Bern tonight All the towns In the organisation will be well repre sen ted, according to reports from fire, chiefs in several of the towns carry- j ing membership. The prevention of fires will be one of the main topics for discussion at > the meeting. The use of metal roofing j and fireproof shingle* will be stressed; along with other methods of preven- j tion. An oyster roast is being planned by New Bern's fire department for the guests tonight Messrs. Theodore Roberson, Mar shall Rogerson, J. W. Manning, and Chief Henry Harrison will attend the meeting from here. r - At The STRANH THEATRE \J WEDNESDAY The Midnight Flyer^ with Dorothy Devore Herbert Rawlinson in "Trooper 77" also Comedy "Baby Blues" Remember you Ret a free ticket to Fri-* day's show by attend ing Wednesday's. Always a Good Show THE ENTERPRISE Woman's Club to * Meet Wednesday The moathly meeting of the Woman's Clnb will be held to morrow afternoon at 3.30. The meeting had to be, postponed last week on account of the ia clement weather, and as the club, year will soon end, the president is very anxious for all the am bers to be present. Home & Farm Agent Reports for February More Work Done in Feb ruary Than in Any Previous Month ) With good, weather prevailing dur-' I inn the greater part of February, the l reports of the county and home agents j show an increase in activities in their | line of work. January was also a | busy month, but the large number of j demonstrations, both result and j ijiethpd, held by the home agent, and the vaccination of hogs by the county agent caused the February activities to lead by a small margin. The car of poultry advertised by the county agent was hampered by the snow, but yesterday and today chickens were being loaded by the hundreds. The car of pyratol ordered last month is now being delivered. As a whole the work of the county's two agents for the month is the great est yet seen. The reports in detail follow. Home Agent's Report Report of Miss Anna Trentham, home demonstration agent: No. meetings hold, 30; attendance, 668. Number other meetings attend ed, 2; attendance, 66. Number home visits made, 41; num ber office calls, 40; number telephone calls, 20. Number letters written, 111; num ber bulletins sent, 84; number article* 1 published, 3. I Njimber office days, 4; number field days, 19; number holidays, 1; number I miles traveled, 823. Number method demonstrations: I in food preparation, 6; in clothing, 18; | ii: household furnishing, 2; in boauti | fying home grounds, 1; in poultry, 2; in home gardening, 3. Number lecture demonstrations in nutrition, 8. , Number lectures on mothercraft, 6. Number kitchens scored for im provements, 12. Number result demonstrations: In | food preparation by women, 18; in riothing by girls, 146; in beautifying I home grounds, 1; in home poultry, 3. j During the month two new clubs 1 were organised for women; one at j Angetown and the other at Holly Springs. Both communities have good leaders who ask for clubs for the women in their communities. County Agent's Report Following is County Agent T. B. Brandon's report for February: 23 days spent in field work; 1 day spent in office work. 108 office conferences; 131 telephone' calls. l_ 168 letters written; 5 articles writ ten. 96 farms visited. 926 miles traveled on official dutlea. 6 poultry flocks culled. Orders for two cars of farm drain the gotten up. Orders for car of Pyratol complet ed and ordered. Car poultry advertised. 49 pecan trees ordered for farmers. 2 self feeders built for farmers. 987 hogs treated for 40 farmers. This has been a very busy month with the county agent due to, the Tact ( I hat there has been a very serious out break of hog cholera in the county. Hamilton Loses to Oak City, 17 to 12 . Oak City, March 7.—Oak City de feated Hamilton Friday night on the Everetta court by a score of 17 to 12. The game was warmly contested throughout and was remarkably clean. Both teams played to the finish with out substitutions. Scoring honors for both teams were quite evenly distributed; both outfits depending upon team play rather than individual stars. Hamilton was never in the lead, but was continually threatening. Bullock, of Everetta, refereed. Regular Meeting: Masons Tonight There will be a regular communica tion of Skewaifcee Lodge, No. 90, A. F. ft A. M., tonight (Tuesday) mi 7.3Q p. m. Business of importance will come before this meeting and a full attendance is uiged. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 8,1927 Noted Diving to Hold Series Sermons Here Rev. J. E. W. Cook to Preach at Episcopal Church for Week During the week of March 27th through April 3rd the community will have the opportunity of hearing on* of North Carolina's famous preachers in a series of evangelistic services to be conducted in the Episcopal Church, Williamston. The preacher is to be the Rev. James E. W. Cook, who be fore accepting the charge of St. Paul's Church, Greenville, N. C., was arch deacon in the Diocese of East Caro lina. Mr. Cook is a preacher of un usual force ami appeal. He is well known as a public speaker of merit and is in great demand both as a preacher and speaker. Mr. Cook is a Mason of high de grees, having been selected to receive thtf thirty-thin! degree in Freemason ry. He is also grand lecturer of the Grand Lodge of Masons in the State of North Carolina. During the re rent Bishops' Crusade, Mr. Cook was selected by the National Commission on Evangelism to be one of the Cru saders in the State of New Hampshire where he preached for a period of three weeks to many congregations. Williamston is fortunate in having the opportunity to have Mr. Cook here for an evangelistic meeting. ,A cor dial invitation is extended to the pub lic to hear Mr. Cook, and it is hoped that the churches and ohurch people of the town and community will all henrtily cooperate during the meeting. Later and more dotailed announce ments will be made through the col umns fit this paper. Board Health Met Yesterday Plan to Ask State Board for Dental Clinic for Martin County The Mmrtin County Board of Health met here yesterday with the follow ing members present, J. G. Barnhill, R. A. Pope and Mayor R. I* Cobum, Dit>. J. E. Smithwick, of Jamesville and Vernon Ward, of RobersonviUe, not being able to attend. The. Board is planning a more ac tive work in it* field and several un dertakings in the way of bettering health conditions throughout the county will be put under way. An application is to be made to the State asking that it send one of its dentists to the county to examine and treat all the school children. Should the State agree to meet the request, and it iH likely that it will, all the children will be examined and in those cases where the children are willing and need treatment it will be given. The clerk to th«> Board is to write all the mayors of all-the town* of the county asking them to gee the commissioners of their towns and re quest that they prohibit the dumping of tin cans, old automobile* and other trash within the incorporated limits of the towns. The letter la also car rying a request that will result in better enforcement of the sanitary laws of the State. Medicine for the inmates at the County Home is to be supplied through the county health officer in stead of going there direct. A more complete report on the several diseases will be required by the Board in the future. Dr. W. E. Warren, County Health efflcer, met with the Board and re viewed the work of the pa»t several months and outlined a possible pro gram of the work to be carried on in the future. Perquimans Wants to Board Its Poor Here According to information corr.lno from the Martin County Board of Health, Perquimans County is working on a plan to get this county to care for the inmates of that county. A statement made by the health officer of Perquimans says that his county would pay liberally for the case of the inmatec of that section. It ia understood that the coramin sioners of Perquimans County investi gated the matter at its meeting yes terday. The question has not come be fore oar board, but should the prob lem be solved favorably by the Per quiman's board it will be submitted to Martin's commissioners at the ear liest date possible. Perquimans County has only 10 in mates, and the combining of the two counties' poor would affect a saving to both, according to the investigations of the health officers of the two gov ernment*. Everetts Win* From Parkton Team 26-12 Everetts won its first game in the State basketball tournament at Ral eight this morning vtfjfen it defeated Pnrkton 26 to 12. Tonight the team maets Pineville in a second game of the tournament Tourney Starts Tomorrow for Benefit of Boys Baptists and Methodists Play Then; Episcopal- Christian THt Friday Quite a fait of interest is being mani fested in a basketball tournament to be held here to raise money to pro vide a baseball diamond for the boys of the town. Kach of ths four churches in town is to provide a team and play ! i.l least one game in Hie tournament. A number of basketball stars of other years will be seen 1q jtction and an evening's amusement Js promised at every grama. 4- The plans as outlined call for three games, two preliminaries and one fi ' rial. No one who ha# played any bas ketball in the past few years is eligi ble for any of the teams, and if a pros pective player is caught practicing before the night of the game he is disqualified. The Baptists, under the leadership of Harcom Grimes, meet the Metho dists, R. L. Coburn, captain, in the fiikt round of the seeks Wednesday right at 8:15 p. m. In the second round the Episcopalian), captained by Cortex Green, engage the' Christians, under Norman Harrison, friday night at Brt6. Then, in the£nais, if enough players recover from #it- first games, the winners of the preliminaries will meet in the main or title bout. This game will be played some time next week—maybe. An admission of 26 cents will be charged for the game and there will positively he no passes is sued. Even the playefs, referees, door keepers, and members of the hospital corps will have to fork over a quarter to get in. If any one Jails to get his money's worth, he is invited to try and get it back. A partial list of the eligible and prospective players is presented below nnd that is the best advertisement that can be written for the tourna ment by any one. Read this list: Methodists: R. L. Coburn, captain; W. H. Carstarphen, C. D. Carstarphen, Jr., R. A. Pope, Jesse Melson, Maur ice Watts, Wig Watts, jr., C. E. Jen kins, E. P. Cunningham, Tom Bran don, Claude Leggett. Baptists: Harcom Grimes, captain; Gut> Harrison, George Harris, Dr. Cone, Julian Harrell, J. C. Anderson, Harry Meador, Joe Pender, Garland Anderson, Jim Ed Harrell, Wheeler Martin, Pete HalL Episcopal: Cortex Green, captain; Francis Barnes, Pets Fowden, Murt Sfubbs, Dick Smith, C. B. Clark, sr., | Maurice Moore, Fred Hoyt, Joe God ard, Charlie James, Bob Everett, and kader Crawford. Christians: Norman Harrison, cap-J tain; Harper Holliday, W. C. JKwning, i jr., Francis Manning, Elbet„ Z.! Hardy Rose, Robert Manning, Lea man Barnhiil, Garland Barn hi 11, Henry Harrison, John A. Manning, Milton Moye, and Stanley Sessoms. Professors Davis and Phillips, of the local faculty, will officiate. —. j, Compulsory Attendance Martin County Schools Statistics in the office of the county superintendent of schools ahow poor attendance for soma of our schools and good attendance for others. The compulsory attendance law is misun derstood by teachers and parents a like in certain districts, it is to dis abuse this misunderstanding that these lines are written. Children seven years old, having reached their seventh birthday by Sep tember 30, 1926, and at any time prior to attaining their fourteenth birthday are required to attend the school of the district in which they reside for all of the term in which the school continues. Any failure of such chil dren to so do is obliged to be repvrted by the teacher in charge of said school each Friday afternoon of the school term under penalty of the law. Upon receipt of such report and investiga tion by the superintendent of public welfare, same being verified, it be comes the duty of such officer to pros ecute the parent The following are suggested as un lawful absences: 1. Truancy. 2. Indifference At opposition on part of the parent. 8, Indifference of the child. 4. Illegal employment of child. 5. Suspension from school. Mesdames G. W. Hard (son, Ned Laughinghouse, John t). Biggs, and B. S. Courtney spent yesterday in Green ville. Town Mourns Death of Mrs. R. S. Critcher Died Early Yesterday Morning; Funeral This Afternoon Mildred E., wife of Roger S. Critch er, diet! yesterday morning at three o'clock at her home on Watts street after an illness lasting several months. Since the 18th of December she has been confined to her bed with acute brights disease and in that tyne she had suffered continuously great pain and discomfort. Daughter of John and Susan Peed, she was born in Knapp Reed, Gran ville county, on June 23, 1856. She married Mr. Critcher February 12, 1878 and in one more year would have celebrated her fiftieth anniver sary of wedded happiness. In 1898, they moved to Martin county and all but two years since that time they have lived in Williamston. Besides her husband she is sur vived by the following children, Mrs. Warren H. l%gs, Messrs. Hurras, Roger and Titus Critcher of William ston, Percy V., of Lexington and Rev. R. D. Critcher of Whitakers and two brothers, Messrs. Ben Peed, of Dur ham and Joe Peed of Creedmore. Mrs. Critcher joined the Raptist church in her fourteenth year and there has not been a more faithful and devout member. A woman of fine character and pleasant disopsition, she wjis loved by every one who came in contact with her. The final funeral rites were' held this afternoon at the home by her pastor, Rev. Charles H. Dickey as sisted by Rev. T. W. Lee of the Metho dist church. Her favorite hymns were sung by Rev. C. J. Coston. Interment followed in the Raptist cemetery. Commissioners Met Yesterday Defer Action on Returns of Biggs School Dis trict Election The county commissioners hud their smallest meeting of the year here yes terday when the business coming be fore them proved to be of minor im portance. Outside the investigation of bills, the work of the day was neg ligible. The matter of accepting or rejecting the election returns of the special school tax election in Higgs School district on account of alleged irregu larities, was deferred until a later date. The result of the school elec tion was submitted to the board ut its last meeting, but the board failed to uccept the returns when it was ru mored that voters improperly regis tered took part in the election. An investigation was made, and it wax learned that several of the votes cast ir. the election were illegal. Just what steps the board will now take in the matter are unknown. Celia Slade had a two dollar allow ance increased to $4. i». I'. Moore was refunds $2 pnll tux improperly listed in Poplar Point Township. The official bond of S. R. Higgs, coroner, was approved and accepted by the board. The bond is in the sum of $2,000. A loan of $2,500 is to be made Mrs. L. M. Brown, of Jamesville. The loan is to come from the Interest and sink ing fund and has a duration of five years. A house and lot in the town of Jamesville end the Modlin farm will acrve as security after the titles to the property and real estate have been passed upon by the county at torney. The insurance on the build ings is to be made payable to the i county. ■' • J All the members of the board were l present. ' • V : Episcopal Women's Auxiliary Meeting "The Woman's Auxiliary of the Epis copal Church met at the home of Mrs. F. U. Barnes on Monday afternoon, March 7, at 3.30, with 18 present. The meeting was opened with prayer, af ter which the secretary, Mrs. Barnes, called the roll, read the minutes and a^ letter from Mrs. McMillan, Dioce san President. After a short business session the following program was rendered: Poem by Margaret Widdemer ami article by Bishop John G. Mur ray, read by Mrs. Pardo. "The Rural Field," read by Mrs. W. P. Watte. "Carolina Parish Nearly TWo Cen turies Old," read by Mrs. J. S. Rhodes. " After some discussion of old par ishes the meeting was brought to a close, the ladies standing and repeat ing the Lord'a Prayer. * t Parents-Teachers To Meet Thursday The Parents-Teachers associ ation will hold its regular meet ing nfxt Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the grad(«d school auditorium. Parents and citizens interested in the welfare of the school and f tow n are urged to attend. On ac count of the illness of the as sociation's president. Mrs. W. C. Liver man, the vice president, Mrs. J. F. Thigpen, will pre side. v. Town Fathers Hold Regular Meet Monday Defer Action in Matter i of Special Tax Against i Itinerant Merchants ' Ihe board of town com 111 issioners ' t held their regular monthly meeting at ! ! thi mayor's office in the city hall last ' night. A number of minor matters were taken up and discus&ed, but. there was no business of major im portance before the board. • Members present wore Mayor Coburn, YV. T. I Meadows, G. H. Harrison, and C. 0. Moor*. ft. [. Sam Faulk came before the board; with a tax tangle to be unraveled, lie was referred to the county- commis- j sioners and the town board will take! the same action taken by the county. Mr. McCabe, of the Murray & Mc- Cabe Lumber Co., appeared before the j commissioners and asked that a wa-| ter line be run to his mill and a lire hydrant be located near the mill prem ises. The matter was referred to the i water committee, composed of Messrs.' Moore, Harrison, anil Ilassell, and they ' were asked to get an estimate of the cost and report back to the commis sioners either at a call meeting or at the next reKular meeting. Mr. K. P. Cross, of Wilson, a rep resentative of the Fairbanks-More Co., who sold the town the crude-oil en-1 pine at the light plant, was present ! al the meeting as a visitor and re-1 nowed his acquaintance with the com missioners. The next matter before the board 1 was one which has been hanging tire for some time, and one that is cuus-1 ing the board mi mbers considerable perplexity. That is the placing of a i ta> on itinerant meri-hiahTs who come j here during the busiest season of the year and put on sale and thejt leave town before time for listiii/ taxes, comes around, Besides failing to con tribute any revenue to the town, this' type of competition is hardly fair to the local merchants who do pay their, taxes and wh(i have t( "cary on" dur-l ing the dull season. A meeting of the merchants of the town was held with the mayor yester day afternoon-to see if there was not some possible way to make these out-! side merchants pay at least a part of the taxes justly due the town. Thei mayor submitted a plan whereby a' privilege tax should be placed on all special sales here, anil then refund j their general town taxes. Thus mer chants who put on sales and remain j in business long enough to pay their j regular taxes would be refunded this | privilege tax, while outsiders who come here, put on a few days' or weeks' sales and then leave would not I receive this refund. -Some of the lo cal merchants objected to this plan because they did not feel that they could advance the' amount of the tax every time they had a sale and then wait until they paid their general taxes before getting it bafk. The board did not take any action on the matter last night, and things will more than likely remain as they are until the merchants here get together and agree on some feasible plan. | As a result of the county board of health's action yesterday in condemn ing the dumping of trash in the city limits, an ordinance was passed mak ing it a misdemeanor for any .person to dump trash within the city limits. A penalty of $lO or 10 days in jail is provided for violators. This action was taken principally on account of the unsightly condition along some of the main roads leading into town where old automobiles, tin cans, and other refuse and junk have been dumped. Besides the ugliness, these locations are the principal breeding .places of mosquitoes. Mr. Meadows brought up the sub-; ject of the condition of the tax books, likening them unto a "Chinese pyz ble"—"-whatever that is. The possi bility of the county securing a perma nent auditor was discussed in this connection; and if it does, the townj commissioners will offer to pay for hit* services for several days each month .in keeping their tax and treas urer'* books audited. % (Continued on the back page) Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns a Latchkey to Over 1600 Homes of Martin County. ESTABLISHED 1898 Boy Dies Result Accidental Gun Shot Wounds Luke Mizelle Succumbs to Injuries Received Last Saturday Luke, the 17-year-old son of Mr. iinii Mrs. Luke Mizelle, of the Brown Spring section, near here, died yes terday morning at 3.30 from a gun shot wound. Iast Saturday afternoon the boy .took his gun and went for a hunt. Ho was on his way home when the town ship road tractors came along anil Kooert llailey stopped the machine for Luke to get on. The boy took a seat on the fender of the tractor and placed his gun in his lap. Within 300 yards cf the Mizelle home, the tractor snatched and caused the gun to fall. ''Little Luke," as he--was .generihiy known, attempted to catch the gun, uiid as he slipped from the big fender the gun hit a step on,the tractor and fired, the load cutting its way through the boy's left arm and into his left side. The pain from the unsightly wound caused the boy to complain but little. Hu conversation after-the accident dealt mainly with the cause of his con- „ dition. He stateiT CiTßobert Bailey and Kcticrt I'rice, "Be careful with guns; 1 have shot myself to death with one." Hubert Price carried him to the hos pital in Washington, where he died yesterday morning at 3.30. Interment will tuke place,this'-afternoon in the Mobley cemetery, near his father's, home. Oak City Won Four of Five ( ianu s This Season •» V ' Oak City, March 7.—(Special to The Enterprise.)— Oak City people gener ally are quite disappointed on account of the failure of the county basket ball series to materialize. The for mation of an independent schedule was held up pending the announcement of the official county series, and when the matter was allowed to die a slow death it was too late to arrange any thing like a satisfactory slate. Only five high-school games went on the cafd, amf of these the Oak City quint won four. Although it was quite well understood that the real contest lay between Jainesville and Everetts, the other schools were not content to let them win by default. It was largely owing to the independent schedules of the two leading teams that the county series was frozen out, after it had hem decided upon. Most IntmrstPrt l> e/yers feel that a mistake was made in not playing through the series ni.il establishing a system by which the county champions of future sea sons could prove their mettle. This would not have detracted in the least from the honors that Jamesville and Kveretts have brought to Martin coun ty and Eastern Carolina. Conoho Chapter to Meet Thursday There' will be a regular convoca tion ot L'onOho chapter, No. 12, R. A. M., Thursday night, March 10, at 7.45 o'clock. All Companions in good standing are urged to be present, as it is the proper time to elect officers, an{,this business must be attended to, with other important business. „ By order of N. C. Green, H. P. N. K. HARBISON, Secretary. IMay Norfolk College Team Here Thursday -*• The local town team is slated to play Norfolk college here next Thurs day night on the Brick warehouse court. • - The last game scheduled for the i-eason will be played next Tuesday ntght when the Smithfield guards re turn to do battle ft»r a third time with the locals. Lenten Services* at Episcopal Church During the season of Lent the Lent en services In the Episcopal church here will be held each Wednesday and Friday afternoons at 4.30. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend when ever possible. Will Open Shows in Richmond Next Month Mr. and Mrs. W. T. S*one left last for Richmond, where Mr. Stone will open the shows bearing his name the early part of next month. The shows will play three weeks In that city before they are carried to Wert 'Virginia, Twelve fairs in that and other States have booked the show* for k the comine ■»»—. •••7.*.:.'.'1 I :k ~Vi