Watch the Label On Your Paper; It Carries the Date Year Subscription Expires. VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 7 - County Baptist Sunday Schools Are Organized Meeting Held at the Everetts Church Last Sunday Afternoon Last Sunday afternoon representa tives from the Baptist Sunday schools in Martin' County met with the Ever etts Baptist Church for the purpose of organizing a Baptist Sunday school convention in this county. Quite large number of people from all parts of the county were v present, and the organization was per fected under the direction of Mr. lloy D. Clarke, educational director of re ligion for the Baptists in the Roan oke Association. The superintendent for the organi zation was Mr. Paul SaWbury, of Hamilton, and the secretary was Mr. Paul Bailey, of Everetts. Other olfi cers were elected for the various sec tions of the work. As this meeting was given over largely to organization, the first reg ular meeting with program will be held with the Baptist Church of Ham ilton on the afternoon of the first Sunday in June, at 3 o'clock. Those attending the meeting at Everetts from Williamston included Mrs. Fannie S. ,Biggs, Miss Mattie Lou Rodgerson, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Holloman, Miss Carrie Deß White, Mr. Andrew £ummerlin, Mr. and Mrs. .. John D. Biggs, and Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Courtney and Furney Howard. Rev. C. H. Dickey, of the local Baptist church, accompanied the delegates. Oak City Negroes in a Free-For-All Oak City was the scene of a cut ting, clubbing, and shooting frolic Sunday night, when John and Norman Jones got into combat with Ben Fur vis, Spencer Hyman, and Thurston Hy man. All the participants are col ored. The row apparently occured over some gasoline, yet some suggestion cf a woman in the case appeared. At any rate, things got lively when one of the Jones succeeded in slip ping a knife blade in Purvis' shoul der and some of the gang tried out a Coca-Cola bottle on Jones' cranium, which produced plenty of blood but nc broken bones. The fun, however, iid not reach its full blast until a gun flashed anil the noise aroused the town. The load took effect in the calf of Thurston Hyman's leg. The shot was very amall chilled shot, so small that they ilid not go very deep. This shot did not end the fight, for anothei crash came, this time the load of shot struck Bpencer Hyman in the back and right side; and then came an other, at such close range that the load tore through his right thigh, bu% not deep enough to do very much harm. No arrests had been made up to yesterday .afternoon. .V Sparrow Caught Here From Pennsylvania On August 7, 1926, James Spear ph.ced a band of the Biological Sur vey around an English Sparrow's leg at Wallingford, Pa. Just what course the bird took from that city is not known. The next thing heard of the bird was when Mr. Simon D. Perry, of Williamston rotfte 4, trapped it in a deadfall the early part of this month. During the heavy snow, Mr. Perry prepared a deadfall at the request ofj his children, and it was then that the Pennsylvania Sparrow revealed his identity. The band bore the stamp of the Biological Survey, Washington, D. C. and through the number, 181,062, OIJ the band the bird's course was partly traced. STRANH THEATRE | J THURSDAY One of the Greatest Picture# •ver filmed. John Barrymore THESEABEAST —with— GEORGE O'HAKA AND DO *,tt>RES OOSTELLO. —DONTr FORGET— Free ticket for Fri day at Wednesday show. Always Good Show THE ENTERPRISE Start 2-Weeks Term Court Here Monday Judge Reviews Crime History States that 98 of Every 100 Criminals Are Never Punished Judge Romulus A. Nunn opened his frr?t term of court In Martin County Monday morning, with State Solicitor Gilliam prosecuting the docket. This term 1s for the trial of both criminal and civil cases.. The civil calendar 1 will begin tomorrow. Judge Nunn gave a considerable his-1 tory of crime in the world today. He said that there is about 10,000 mur ders in the United States each year; that in 20 years past therehave been 175,000 murders and of that vast num ber only 1,500 have been executed by hanging or electrocution. According to his figures, about 20,000 of the mur derers have died; another 18,rtOO are now in prison, with 135,000 of them still at large and going free among other men in the country; that there, arc 50,(KM) more murderers at large j in the United States than there arej policemen in every town and city in | the nation. Continuing, there are 10,000 more murderers going at large than our en-! tire standing army; and there ure' more people who haVe committed mur der in the United States than then* j are prisoners in every jail, lock-up, or penitentiary, national, State, and mu nicipal. While we had 10,000 murders in 1924, England had 100 and France had I 400. We had 80,000 burglaries find 61',000 robberies. England and Wales had ,211, anil France had 47. In North Carolina, crimes are just a little above the high average for the United States. It is claimed by the leading au thorities that a majority of those who commit capital felonies *are never de tected, and only 2 per cent are pun ished. That is, 98 of every 100 people who commit arson, rape, murder, or burglary are never punished. Judge Nunn said the crime of burglary has | increased IHOO per cent in 10 years. The judge went far enough to clear-1 ly intimate that society neods more protection today than prisoners; more 1 penal institutions, and fewer hotels for prisoners. We have made prison life so attractive that men are break-! inu in rather than breaking out. Ho commended the law of New York, which inflicts unpardonable life iin- j prsonment oiv~flny person for his 1 fourth conviction of any crime for a felony. The jurist stated that the old say ing, ''lt is better for 99 guilty persons { to escape than for one innocent man ! to be punished" has been the cause of much leniency by jurors. He said that the countries which' have fewest cf the major offences are 1 diligent in meting out sure and just punishment for the crimes. In Amer-1 ica, it is quite different. We use the modern method, get them loose and lei them kill again. Judge Nurfn took very little time in charging the grand the minor issues or crimes, simply in structed them in their duties and the dignity of their position. The jury is composed of L. 11. Har rison, formean; W, A. Brown, Alex Peal, R. A. Edmondson, Arnold L. Uoberson, J. D. Woolard, G. I). Ward, G. A. Pel, J. F. Weaver, J. H. Ayers, j li. L. Smith, M. E. Koberson, Augus-i luu Williams, J. E. Congleton, W. S. j Gurganua, Jno. W. Green, C. O. Moore > and L. H. Rouse. Baptists to Have Pre-Easter Revival Following a custom of many years,! th* pastor of the Memorial Baptist! Church of Williamston has asked his j church to make plans for a two-weeks revival meeting to he held just before Easter. Accordingly, the time has been ar langed, the preacher engaged, and the meeting is for the first time publicly I Piinounced. The special preacher for these meet ings is Mr. A. O. Moore, of Salisbury, i He is pastor of the First Baptist Church of that city, which is a great and growing church. Mr. Dickey was in Salisbury last year while Rev. Moore was conducting his own reviv al. and heard him preach in his own church. From hearing him in his own revival, Mr. Dickey was so charmed by his preaching that he wanted him for tlie people of this section. It is a soltyce of great gratification to the local Paptist people to be able to announce, therefore, that Mr. Moore ,*fll come to Williamston and Martin County for a revival meeting just be fore Easter. - Mr. Oharllc Barclay made a business trip to Coleraine today. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 22,1927 Seine Fishing: Starts on the Old Roanoke Seine fishfrtg started in the Koanoke at Jumesville yesterday morning after a few days' de lay caused by hitch water. The catcher were reported to be small and that the fishermen had much trouble with snags and logs in the river. The seine was completely torn in two once when it was caught ovej a log. After two hours, however, the break was mended and fishing started anew. Each year thousands of peo ple visit the fisheries on the Koanoke and this season will see a like number going to see the fish trapped by the thousands. 'Messrs. Fleming and Massed operate the fisheries at James ville. Officers Seize Several Stills One Found on Platform in Turkey Swamp Friday Morning Deputy Sheriff Grimes and P. A. j liallard, while hunting in Turkey j sv.-amp last Friday, found a big still j luilt on a platform with water all j around it. The water was not very dtvp -however, but it was deep enough to hinder parties in their search for stills. The kettle was bricked suitable for a permanent service and was warm when the officers arrived, it having been fired a few hours earlier. The output of the still had been re h cved and only nine barrels of beer awaited the distiller's hand. I Last Sunday Sheriff ltoobuck was asked to look in a certain wood for! moonshiners. He took Policeman Hardy, of Everetts, along and after' a few miles drive they took a side road into the ■ Gre&t"Branch section of Itober.-onville township. The con-' flit ion of the road forced them to park their car and set out from there on foot. Right near where they park ed their car they found another which they guessed belonged to rum runners. They took the number of the car and ■ c ontinued their journey in search of I tlii reported still. A 60-gallon copper , outfit and 700 gallons of beer const!-! l tuted their fin* catch. A few hundred j yards away they made a second !atch,' but all the beer had been worked up I and the still was bare. Further information coupled with newer circumstances cleared the park id car from all suspicion. * It. L. Hight Found Dead In a Plymouth Hotel R. L. Hight, middle-aged white man, | wa* found d»ad in the hotel at Ply- I mouth yesterday morning shortly af ter seven o'clock. While no cause for; his death could be assigned, it is tliought that an over-indulgence in the use of liquor brought his life to an unexpected close. The man had dressed and was returning to his room when he fell dead in one of the hotel's halls. Mr. High, for the past 15 years, worked with the Western Union Tele graph company, serving as a lines man. About three weeks ago he lost j ins job with that company, and since that time he has been unemployed, ac cording to information coming from Plymouth. Instructions as to the dis posal of the body were awaited this morning by an undertaking establish -1 rrent in Plymouth. ! , - Charlotte Man is New Pardon Commissioner Governor McLean has appointed Eduin Bridges, of Charlotte, pardon commissioner to take ttye place of Hoyle Sink, who was appointed full time emergency judge. Mr. Bridges |is a Virginian, but has been practic- : king law in Charlotte since his return from the World War. Mrs. Maggie Griffin Died Last Sunday Mrs, Maggie Griffin, of Smith-'i wick creak, died last Saturday morn ing from en attack of pneumonia. Mrs. Griffin was .bfore her marriage a Miss Woolard, of Beaufort county. ! Mrs. Griffin was 65 years old and re suled in Beaufort courrty until her ( t larriage to the late John R. Griffin. I She leaves three sons, two daughters, I several grand children, three brothers ! and a sister. Interment was made in the Griffin burying ground near her home Sunday afternoon. , „ ' f Proceedings of Superior Court to Noon Today Jury Will Get Murder Case About 3:30 in Afternoon The first case to reach the jury of the prasent term superior court was a charge of burglary against William Taylor, Tom Fleming and \ Wright Smith. Early in this month J Ihty broke Into a smoke house and stole 18 hams. They carried the ,meat to Greenville, where they'tried to sell it. Failing thete they went to Ayden and while they were selling ham at 10 cents a pound, the buyers were tipping-off the police. Neither of the defendants had a lawyer and each cross examined the State'- witnesses, and then told the story for lumself. j Each of the defendants tried to make tht story a little better for himself, i l iving his accomplices to foot the I penalty. Taylor described his actions j as he peeded into the residence of j i Tom Brown, owner oft he meat, ( while the others were doing the steal-' ing. It seemed thai Smith remained i.t the car while the others went to the smoke house. The jury found no trouble in eon , vieting the defendants and all were A'ivt 11 road sentences of six months The second jury case was against Jones for driving an automobile ! while drunk. He was convicted but >up to time of our going to press sentence h:ul not' been pronounced. .This case war. appealed from the re corder's court where It was heard several months ago. I>oll Purvis plead guilty to stealing Frank Weaver's chickens and was required to pay for the fowls and to pay the cost of the case. His case came from the recorder's court. The first case called this morning was that aguinst Joseph Hollis, charg ed with killing John Keel at the home of Honry Mullock the early part of lust month. A .venire of 25 men had been summoned to appear at 9:30 und it only .required a short time to seloct the 12 men who are to pass on Hollis' fate. The State put on Henry Mullock and I*. A. Mallard, after which tho | s olicitor for the State resfted. The de- 1 ftnse put on 2) witnesses, the large number being used mainly to prove that Keel had threatened the life of 1 Hollis and to prove the good char-' after of the defendant and the bad , 1 character of Keel. The general trend of the testimony sltowad that ill feelings had existed ■ between Hollis and Keel, that Keel ; made 'threats, that Hollis fortifitd himself with bullets and pistol and; ' went two miles from his home to that j I of Mullock where he remained half i an hour when Keel who lived a hun ! dred yards away came in and .seeing Hollis demanded a reckoning. Hollis went from the dining room to the hall where Keel was and where the killing recurred, and where the shot man talked little. Hollis claimed to have been greatly frightened and hardly knew what he was doing. He stated j that Keel struck him with an axe | handle which was shown in cOurt. He | was knekod down , ami he thinks I Keel was beating him when he shot him. Keel was shot in the head, the ball glancing and going in the wall of the house. The bullet that killed the man uccording to testimony of Hal-' lard, State':) witness, and Dr. Rhodes, | struck Keel in the lower part of his j neck ranging downward about fifteen inches finally crossing the back ,bone I to the left side where it was cut out three and a half inches from the backbone. This shot. paralyzed thrf man and caused his death a ferw hours .later. It was shown during the trial that Hollis could have gotten out of the house without passing Keel, who was described as backing baek while Hollis was advancing on him. The case will go to the jury at 3:30 this afternoon. The c:ise of .9late against Hyman n:i ! Ormond, charging them with forgery, will be called immediately following the Hollis murder case. Roanoke River Alloted $2,700 by Government The War Department has Just an- ' pounced the allotment of fumls for the rivers of North Carolina for the 1 fiscal year ending June 80, 1928. All (of the allocation is for maintenance 1 except that part which will be neces sary to complete the Hyde County cut sof the Inland waterway. A total of ; *794,750 has been set aside for all of the waterways of the State, but the first congressional district gets $677,- 100 of that amount. Representative Lindsay Warren (rives the allocations in this district as follows: Inland waterway, Norfolk to Beau fort (Hyde County), $560,000; Tar and Pamlico Rivers, $16,500; Meherrin River, $2,700; Scuppernong River, $2,- 700; Roanoke River, $2,700; Swan Quarter to Deep Bay, $2,600. - s County Tobacco Increased Twen With an estimated increase of 30 per cent, Martin Coanty will have 16,150 acres of tobacco this year. This estimated increase, coming from a large number of farmers throughout the section, will take place in those sections of the county where the acreage of cotton has been greatly reduced. Within the past several da>a-'Some Teachers Hold Last Meet of School Year r > No Shortage in Tobacco Plants *' According to statements made by about 40 farmers throughout this section, no shortage in to bacco plants is expected- this season. The beds are expected to care for the demand even in the face of an anticipated acre age. Reports hold that the plants in the majority of cases are a bit ahead of the season in growth. — Begins Series Services 28th Rev. James E. VV. Cook, (ireenville Rector, Will Preach The Episcopalians are looking for ward to the evangelistic services to be conducted in the Episcopal church the week of March 2&th-April 3rd. Special prayer set vices ure being held this week and much interest in the approaching mission has been created. The preacher, Rev. James E. W. Cook, is un exceptionally fine one. Itev'. Mr. Cook is favorably known throughout the State of North Caro lina as one of the best preachers in the Episcopal church. In the Masonic circles he ranks high, being the Grand lecturer of the Grand Ixxlge of Mas ons in North Carolina. A very signal honor was mx'ntly conferred on him when he was elected to receive the thirty-third degree of Masonry. Mr. Codk is a member of the Greenville Kiwunis club and will on next Wed nuMtty night preach a sermon es pecially to Kiwanians. On Friday night the Kkewarkee Ijodgeof Masons will attend the service in a body. Tuesday morning at 10:15, Mr. Cook will aildre.ss the Williamston school during chapel hour. The Rector, vestry and members of the Episcopal church cordially urge the cooperation of all the church people of the town and community. Services will be each night at eight o'clock, beginning Monday Murch 2Kth. Morning services will be rnnounced later. Considering Selection New Fair Manager While no successor has been named to take the place of Mr. H. M. I'oe, late manager of the ltoanoke Fair, the names of several applicants are now ibefore the association, and an ap pointment is expected wtihin the next few days. The officials of the associa tion are giving the selection of a new manager much consideration in an ef fort to hold the fair up to its present iiigh standurd. According to an official of the asso ciation, preparations for the fair next lull are being carried on ready for the new manager when he is named with in the next few days. Hefore the ueath of Mr. Poe, many of the fair's contracts had been signed, moat of the number including features now playing the fairs in the far South. It is likely that these contracts will hold, I»ut what they include has not boen announced by the association. M E. Bundy is Now k Head Hertford Schools A late issue of the Hertford News carries a Prof. Edgar E. Bundy, which was taken just as he met a bunch of his school children at Hertford during the recentj big snow utorgi. The picture looks almost as much like a snow manias it does Mr. Buirty, and it is quite evident that he net too large a crowd of the children at one time. Professor Bundy was for several year* superintendent of the William ston schools, and is now superintend ent of Hertford County schools as well as head of the city high school of Hertford, less.than a hundred farmers in this and Washington t'ouaty .have given the reports as gathered by them in their respective sections, and in each case the increase in acreage ranges from l.~> to 23 per cent. Using the average yield per acre of last year, the 1927 crop will amount to around 10,239,100 pounds. Held Friday in Robersonville Schools All Over County Well Represented by Committeemen The last teachers' meeting of the year was held when 80 of the county's teachers anil 40 members of the vari ous school committees met in Rober sonville last Friday afternoon. Mr. K. 1. Leake, principal of the Kobersonville schools, opened this, the largest meeting of the teachers this year. The Rev. Mr. Harrell, of the! Kobersonville Christian Church, read tlx Scriptural lesaon, and Rev. Mr. Mason led the assemblage in prayer. After the minutes had been read and approved, several business matters re lltting to school work were brought up am! a number of changes, made. The ' county commencement, which takes place here the 22nd of next month, was j given a few minutes discussion. After j several suggestions were made, the dates for the ((roup and general com mencements were moved up a day in each case. The group center com mencements will be held in Hamilton on the Bth of April, and in Jamesville on Friday, Apr if 16; the county-wide commencement taking place here on the 22nd instead of the 23rti. Delegates to the North Carolina Teachers' Kducational Association were appointed by the body. To the superintendent's sect fen, Mr. R. A. Pope, county superintendent, was ap pointed. Professor Ainsley, of the Oak City schools, will represent the principals and high schools at the ineoting in Raleigh. Miss Rebecca Former, of the Fveretts school, will j represent' the grammar grades, and M iases Annie llarpcr, of WiUiumtrton, . nd Essie Jordan, ot Jamesville, and Mrs. Ruth Itrown Winslow, of Cold Point,.wore appointed to represent the primary departments. Miss Klizabeth i Jones, of the Oak City schools music department, was chosen from that field. The meeting begins in Raleigh Id morrow and continues through Frr ilay. Some of the country's best edu c!. to is will appear and talk to the hundreds of teachers present. The interchange of ideas among the vari ous members of the appointed groups will be one of the main features of the meeting. . For the past seevraJ years, our county has been ably represented at thrfse State meetings, and the reports I rought back by the delegates have been of much help to the members of the county teaching staff. Heretofore, these reports have been given by the delegates at the regular teacher's meetings, but this year the delegates will write their reports, which will be placed before the teachers of the county through a medium selected by the county superintendent. Superin tendent Perpe stated late yesterday that it might be advisable to call an other county meeting of the teachers and have the reports placed before them in that manner. While another meeting of the teachers is highly spec ulative, the need of one was stressed in the office of the superintendent; but if other methods of distributing the delegates' reports are decided upon, no meeting will be held. ~" TV program, while it was a bit long, was varied and made interest ing by a number of demonstrations (Continued on the back-'page) Town Team Loses Rocky Mount Y. The local town team lost in u prac tice game With the Rocky Mount "Y" team in Rocky Mount lart. night 4K -36. Jimmy Simpson for the Y played n fcplwdid game and to him hiti team's win Is due. Jimmy Brown and Gay lord for the locals were high scorers. Rocky Mount ia to play Charlotte next Friday night for the State championship and It was for that team to keep in practice that the k>- uls visited there laat night. A much lbrger score wa# expected, and the re sult of the game in a credit to the local tomcat*. Advertisers Will Find OoA Cot nmna a Latchkey to Homes of Martin Canty. ESTABLISHED 1898 Robersonville 4 Womans Club, Re views Work* Heads of Departments Make Reports; New Officers Elected Kobersonville, March 21.(Special to The Enterprise.)—Th« regular month ly meetingfof the Robe rsonvi lie Wo man's Club was held in the home eco nomics room of the school building at the usual time, the secoifd Tuesday afternoon in March. The president turned the first part of the meeting oyer to Miss Trentham, the efficient county home agent. She displayed steam-pressure cookers and explained their use. She then placed a three ytar-old uncooked hen, dressed whole, rnd a quart of uncooked navy beans, in one of the cookers, put it on the stove, and stated that the food would be done within 45 minutes after the needle on the pressure gauge reached •15 pounds' pressure. She then gave a ' shoit talk on home gardening, after which the-club hud a business session. March, being the end of the local I club year, all officers,'chairman of de partments and standing committees gave reports of the past year's work. The treasurer reported $114.82 j turned in, SS2.I'M paid out, balance on j hand $62.27; also more plan S2O health fund derived from the sale of Christ i mas seals, of which Mrs. G, H. Cox acted as chairman. The ways and means committee reported $71.02 raised. The membership committee I leperted several new members added during the year, including Mrs. W. I*. ! S.tmner, Mrs. R. K. Adkins, Mis. j Ethner Anderson, Mrs. John lfailey, and Mrs. linrrell. | The publicity committee, through its j clu'.irmun, reported that reports of * meetings were sent to the News & Ob server, M to the Williamston Enter prise, 9 to the Kobersonville Herald, t no 4 to the Kobersonville 'Pimes. ,\\> * ice's of meetings have beeff"pUbli.shi»d in the lleralll and announced in the local churches. The corresponding seo j relary reported 50 letters received and 15 written. Keports of Mrs. I. M. Little, chair j nan of music and art; and Mrs. Abram I lioberson, chairman of home econorn | ics and public welfare, who could not be present on account of illness, were deferred until the April meeting. Mi-. William Gray, chairman of literature' [end civics, rrported that three pro grams had been prepared for the year, the first of which was interrupted by a storm. The December program was a study of North Carolina writeis, j and the February meeting brought Mips Mury Flournoyj of.the~-.StatM Li— j fcrary Commission, to thc_dub with a splendid message on public libraries | and how to enlarge our school library ! for public use. The special library committee Ye ported a meeting held'and plans made (Continued on the back page I Large Shipment Kitchen ! Cabinets to Local Store One of the largest shipment,s of kitchen cabinets ever to Ue shipped in to Williamston at one time arrived here the latter part of last week. The shipment constituted almost a solid ehi of the famous Seller; cabinets. Mr. B. S. Courtney, the purchaser, litn'ted 11kiit the appearance* of tile American kitchen are fast becoming the topics in American housekeeping. Those who recall the old-time kitchen with the glaring oak woodwork, wood en sink, and red table cloth remem ber also what a relief it was when the glistening white kitchen, so spie and span, was introduced. It seemed thut | the very limit in kitchen beauty had j been reached. Then on top of that I enterprising and alert manufacturers i have produced the kitchen cabinet. Today the cabinet holds an elevated position over the first designs, and the carload shipment includes the very latest. ■> These new style cabinets are being shown by Mr. Courtney at his furni ture Store here and they are well worth a visit. Certainly with the new 1 kitchen sets and new "homey" effects, it won't be long before the practice jof "eating in the kitchen" will be ouite plausible. It might not be for | t.ll the meals of a day but for after noon tea, buffet supper, and the like. Ftiils to Get Proper S Introdution at Meet Oak City, March 22.—Thbutgh a misunderstanding the Oak City School board failed to get proper introduction at the teachers' meeting ait Rober ronvill: Friday afternoon. Therefore I take this opportunity; and with great pleasure, of introducing Messrs. N. F. Brown, chairman, J. »A. Everett, secretary, T. H. Johnson and T. H. Council, whom I comniend aa being one of the most cooperative, loyal and handsome boards of Martin county. H. M. Ainnley, P '