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Watch the Label Ob Your Paper; It Carrie* the Date Yaw Subscription Expire*. VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 8 Superior Court Finishes Trial Criminal Cases Hollis Found Guilty of Manslaughter Is Given Suspended Sentence The superior court concluded the trial of criminal cases Tuesday, since which time the tedious civil proceases have thrown everything into slow gear, to that every stump, every tree, and every ditch can he described in detail Jjy a .multitude of witnesses. The jury in the Joseph Hollis case returned a verdict of guilty of man slaughter after a short deliberation Tuesday. The judgment against him was a fine of SIOO and costs of the case and a four-months suspended sentence., It will ibe recalled that Hol lis lulled John Keel during an alter cation between the two in Poplar Point Township .seveial weeks ago. W. V. Ormond and Mary Hyman, who were chaiged (with forgery, en tered a plaa of guilfty of an attempt to defraud. The plea was accepted and Mary Hyman was sentenced to jail for 60 days, judgment being sus pended upon payment of one-half the costs of the case. Ormond /was fined SIOO and charged with the other half of the coats. * This case was apparently an at tempt by Mary Hymtn to defraud a Durham insurance company. Mary Hyiram procured a policy on the life uf her mother, Ada ,Hyman, who she claimed lived in the Indian Woods sec tion of Bertie County.. The policy tarried both a sick and death benefit clause, and Mary Hyman paid the weekly installments from the time the policy was issued in the spring of 1»26. tn the late fall of 1926, she procured blanks upon which to make claim and deeth proof, saying that her mother had been killed in an au tomobile wreck and was buried in th? Indian Woods section. Mary then procured the services of W. V. Or mond to All in the blanks for the un dertaker and reoorder of vital statis tics in Bertie county, and he signed the ,blanks for them. When the reports of the death went in, it (teemed that suspicion was a rouaed, and before paying the S3OO claim, the oompany sent investigators 10 Bertie County, and they found that the Bertie undertaker knew nothing about such a funeral, nor did he au thorize the use of his name. Neithe.. did the recorder of vital statistics that county know anything about the death of a person by that name. The name of the recorder of vital statis tics who had held the position some years ago, and who had been gone for a year or more, was used on the blanks. The insurance company aimed the matter over to the State insurance de partment, which sent representatives lier ' and worked up the case. The case was so plain that the de femflairtß waived trial. Ormond ad mitted that he did all of the work, but simply at the request of the Hy man woman, and that he had no In terest in it whatever, nor did he ex pect to receive any reward for the service he did. It was upon this plea that the gentleness of the judgment was based. Representatives of the 9tate insur ance department were here for the trial, as was Attorney S. T. Thome, who had been re'ained by the depart jttent to assist in the prosecution. In the case against Fred Jones, who w*s convicted by the jury of driving an automobile while drunk, the de fendant was fined SIOO and charged with the oogts in the case, and his ("riving license was suspended for 90 days. Only one divorce had been grant ed up to yesterday afternoon, which wafc in the ease of K. S. Smith vs. Mary Smith, colored. , STRANH THEATRE! SATURDAY TOM TYLER And Hi&Pals in *OUT of the WEST" Alao i Our Gang Comedy and "OFFICER 444" 'Always a Good Show THE ENTERPRISE Personnel of Warehouse Firms for 19 Announced - Partnerships for the running of the local tobacco warehouses were completed the early part of this week when seven of the mem ber* of last year's Arms reorgan ized and two from other markets organized to operate the third house. The Roanoke-I>ixie will have for its proprietors this year Messrs. Joe Taylor, W. T. Meadows, Har ry Meador, and Claude Griffin. All of these men were connected with the market last year, but were not with the same house. Messrs. Taylor and Griffin were in partnership with Messrs. Biggs NewiVutoLaws Go In Effect Ist State Speed Law liaised from 35 to 45 Miles Per Hour Many new automobile laws passed by the recent general assembly will go into effect April Ist. The speed limit has been raised from 36 to 45 miles per hour outside tf>wn»; in town anj city residential sections tihe new limit is 20 miles per hour, and 16 miles per hour in bu i ness sections, and OJI curves and within school zones. The drunken driver penalty has been doubled, and those convicted for this offense will have to go to prison for from 1 month to 1 ynar, or pay a fine of from SIOO to SI,OOO. Cars will only have to stop at such crossings as n»ay be designated by t!»e State Higlhway Commission. No car, including its load, shall v/eigh above 9 tons, and none shall be more than 7 feet 9 inches wide. Every driver in a car to which an accident occurs is required to stop. This law was designed to curb the "hit-and-run" driver. No driver shall throw his gears jn to neutfnal and coast down hills. Another new regulation prohibits pot ters being 'attached to the wind shield, eide or rear windows. A license tag good for six months will be issued July 1 this year, ami Klu.' regular yearly license will be issued on January ,1 thereafter. Every oar is required to carry its registration card in a container at tached to the car. The State fur nishes this container to the motorist for 50 cents. 7 —— / First Sturgeon of Year j Caught Here Yesterday The first sturgeon of the season was caught yesterday by Furney How ard in a flailing machine on the river near here. The sturgeon, however, was so small he had no value, being only about 20 inches long and esti mated to weigh about 2 pounds. The sturgeon was once a great com mercial fish on the Roanoke River, and Jhe fisheries landed many Qf the big fellows, weighing a.s high as 350 pounds each. After the seine fishing j tiwled early in May, large numbers of irturgeon would continue to be taught through Auguft. The indus-j' try was destroyed by the lower sound i and inlet fisheries year ago, when they J Itractically broke the> seed of the j fturgeon fishing with nets If the new fish and ifamc commis-!' sion will make it unlawful to tak«! j sturgeon from the waters for a num- 1 ber of then we.may have plen ty of them.' Several Americans Killed by Cantonese United iStates and English-warships engaged in shelling Nankin Thursday after a group of foreigners, including several Americans, had been attacked and killed by Cantonese soldiers. It seems that the Cantonese forces charged the Standard Oil plant ,a L Nanking and killed a number of the Americans gathered there, some of them beiw sailors and marines. The warships on guard them began firing to prewpt reinforcements reaching the Cantonese attackers. Otiier ships from Manila are rush ing to the scene to protect the small •forces and foreigners now in China. Meet of Robersonville Parents-Teachers 31st Robersonville, March 25.—(Special to the Enterprise.)— The parents teachers' association will meet Thurs day evening, March _l, in ihe school building. The association's members are urged bo attend and take part in the business to come before the meet ing- Imifo-'Aar • • ■ J J Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, March 25,1927 Stalls and CrilHn at the Brick Warehouse, while the Messrs. •Meador and Meadows operated the Roanoke-Dixie. The Farmers n. tnagement remains the same as lust year, Messrs. Frank Bennett, Jule Barnhill, and Hubert Milton operating it. For the third house, the Brick, Messrs. Victor Shel liurne, of Washington, and Itoh ert Grimes, of Hobersonville, will be its proprietors. All of these men are well known throughout this section of the State, and they bring to the market this year prospects for the best markit ever witnessed here. Baptist Revival Begins April 3 Kev. Arthur O. Moore of Salisbury Church Will Preach at Services hev. Arthur O. Moore is coming to Williamston for a revival which is to .be held at the Baptist Church just before Easter. , The dates of this meeting are as follows: It will begin on the first Sunday in April ami will close on Kaster Sunday. The special meetings at the Epis copal church will close just as these meetings at the Baptist church begin. 1 herafore, the protracted services at the Baptist church will be the only special services going on in William son the last two weeks before Easter. This being true, the people of the Baplisl Church wish to extend a spec ial invitation to the general public, and in addition to the other church congregations in Wiiliamston. As nearly as is possible it is hoped that all these congregations may merge their eft'oiU for this common under taking. Mr. Moore lias been invited to come here beceausa of his splundid abilities 4.1 preadier. It is not-claimed that he is a "big preacher," but it is claimed that he is a real and powerful one. He preaches with groat simplic ity, earnestness, and power. The fact that he is pastor of the strong First Baptist Church in Salisbury is evi dence that he is an able anel well qualified man. Mr. Moore is a man who has both religion and sanity. He is not a freak but an hn.'st man of God. Cotton (Winnings Not as Large as Were in 1925 in 1920 Martin County laised and ginned 783 bales of cotton less than in 11)25, according to a report issued ■by the Statu and Federal depart ments of agriculture. In 1926 there bales ninucd as against 8/(81' 1/ales ginned in 11)25. The to tal number of bales ginned in the Slate amounted to 1,238,180. 1 he report estimated the amount of cotton left in the fields to be around 60,000 bales. In this'.country there was a very small amount of the crop left in fields, but in mamy of the coun ties where the crop was late a great er percentage remained untouchod in the fields. While the decreased experienced in this county last year was not great, it is the geneial belief throughout this section that the crop in this coun ty will undergo a greater decrea. « this year. Kobersonville~"School Seniors to Stage Play Robersonville, March 25.—(Special •> Ihe i'.utfrprine.)—The seniors of the local school are practicing daily lor their play, "Mammy's LSI Wild Rose," which ,they will present Tues day night, April 5. The play is a c -medy-drama of the Sunny South in three aots. It has an able east select ed_ from the membens of this year's Mfedu&ting class. TTie entire action of the play takes place in the cabin door yard of Uncle Joe and Mammy Celie in the mountains *>f Virginia. Various committees are at work I'ow trying to nuike the play a hig fcuccess. The teachers are acting as chairman of the committees and they will he loyally assisted by members ot the senior class. The play is be ing directed by Miss Eva Poele, of the j high-school faculty., Supt. R. I. Leake ; 1* acting as general manager. Methodist Program of Services Sunday Sunday school, 9:45 a; m. Preaching at 11 a. m.; text from Cenesis 1:28; and at 7:45 p. m., text from Romans 2:8. Services at Vernon «t 3 j>. m. Ask Permit to Episcopalians Remove Two Start Services Daily Trains Here Monday Kiwanis Club Members Schedule of Services to Plan to Represent the Be Conducted by Town at Hearing J Rev. Mr. Cook That the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road desired to discontinue the Tar boro-Flymouth trains has been heard more than orvce in the parft few years. Recently the company fiW a petition with the corporation commission, at ltaleigh asking; permission to discon- j tinue the noon-day train. This would j also mean the discontinuance of th« west-bound train at 4:45 p. ni. Alt a meeting of the Kiwanis Club ! last Wednesday the secretary of the club was authorized to write to the j coi-po ration commission and ask the date of the hearing, so that the towns air«*ted migtifSpnd representatives 10 it. , The "1:16," as it is generally known itiid called by local citizeens, has for years brought a greater part, of the mail and express to the towns in this section. Since the schedule of the Norfolk-Wilmington train was chang ed, passenger traffic on the afternoon train going to hiss shown a considerable drop. The Kiwanis club will send several oi its members to represent the town xv'liem the hiring is held. If the corporation commission ap- I loves the , railroad'* resuest, every day will be Sunday here, as far as t'uin service is concerned. Fire Truck Wrecked While Going- to Fire A near-dangerous accident took place just before no%i today when a Ford touring car bsdonginir to SUJ»- iivan Motor company of Washington, and driven by A. C. MeDuniel, ran in -1o the townV tire truck while it was n:-hing to a Are near the Corner stone colored church at the edge of town. Henry D. Harrison, fire chief, was driving the truck wh§(j the collision oomrred. - ■*' ' " Huirh, the son of Mr. McDanlel, v.as in the car with his farther and he received had bruises on his- knee end forehead, but they were not serious. The fire truck anl the car were both damaged to a groat extent. The local firemen find that when I'ie fin l alarm .sound:; many cars rush wround through he streets in perfect disregard of the law. The cars nrnh in front of the fire truck and as was the case this morning fail to -top when signaled to do so. Two nrn were signaling the -ars to stop where the Jamesville roads branches from No. HO, but their warnings were isregiarded today. The delay caused by the wrek, how ever, did not hinder the firemen from reaching the fire in timo to save the resilience from be hi# consumed by the flaniog. College Crusade Clones in County Tomorrow The. educational crusade which has been go in;; on in the several Christian churches of the county during th" I«u»t two weeks will cloise tomorrow. The purpose of the cruaade is to raise an endowment fund for Atlantic Christian college. The Martin county churches responded liberally, meeting the goal which was set. Tho.se engaged in the work will go from here to lleaufort county Sunday to continue the bask there. Sinte the beginning of the work six weeks ago, the church people have far exceeded the expectations of the campaigners. A far larger number of people have contributed than to any other call the church has made for educational purposes. HariUlton Preacher to Address Federation Rev. Paul West, the Baptist preach er of Hamilton, will preach to the Federation to night at the Disciples' Church at 7.30. It is to be hoped that the community will avuil itself of thia rare opportunity and bs present. I)r. Perry Case Will I*reach at Jamesville I)r. Perry Case, of Atlantic Chris tian College, will preach at the James ville Christian Church on Sunday night. Everybody k cordially invited to hear Dr. Case, who is a very force ful speaker and preacher. Friends of Mrs. Joe Roebuck, will be Klad to learn that she is improving from a serious illness which has last ed for several weeks. Miss Lula Mae Keel, of the local school faculty, is spending the week eirfi at her home in Rocky Moi » nt - ; , . The evangelistic services in the Episcopal Church begins next Monday night at 8 o'clock. During this week special prayer meetings have been held in various home in the community and a general interest in the meeting has been shown. The Rev. James E. W. Cook, the preacher for the meeting, is well and favorably known throughout North Carolina as a preacher of pow er and force. Not only is he recog nized u preacher but as a public speaker ne is in great demand. Mr. Cook is the graml orator of the Grand Lodge of Masons of the State of North Carolina, and thus honor is not conferred except in the case of ex ceptional ability, llelow is a schedule 'u|f the services to be conducted by Mr. Cook: Monday night: Special sermon to 1 church members of all churches. Tuesday morning, at 10:15: Address in graded school. Tuesday morning, 11 o'clock, in the Church: Meditation for Women of the town. Tuesday night, 8 o'clock: Senium to youth. All young people invited. Wednesday .morning: Holy Com munion at 10:30. Wednesday night: Sermon to Ki u'anians. Thursday morning, 1»:80: Medita tion in the Church. Thursday night: Sermon to the Ma sons. Friday morning, 10:30: Holy com munion. l*riday night Service: Community service. Friends from Windsor, Ham ilton, Everetlts, and ltobersom'ille, are cordially urged to attend. Saturday night: Service in St. Mar tin's, Hamilton. Sunday morning, 8 o'clock: "*Holy Communion with junior choir. Sunday, 3:00 o'clock: Service at Holy Trinity Mission. Sunday, 8 o'clock: Evening praver and tferokon. The public is cordially invited to at tend those services and the prayerful coopereation of all churches is request ed. | Many Shad Caught at Jamesville Tuesday • Shad catches at the Fleming fishery, 1 Jamesville, " last Tuesday almost' equalled those of the best days of the' season last year. One catch netted 68 1 »{ the fish, another 62, while those 1 during the remainder of tho day Were not so laru'e. last season the fishery' hardly ever caught so large a num ber of shad at one haul. Wedneesday! and yesterday, the was so cold that the aatches dropped con siderably, ami at times the seine would bring in no more than one or two shad and only a few hundred herrings. Biff Meeting- Monday of Everetts Woodmen Everetts, March,24.—(Special to the Enterprise.)— The regualr meeting of Everett* Modem Woodmen will be hekl Monday night, March 28, at 7.30. All members in good standing are in vited to attend. Hht re is to be three LaiKfidates .initiated at this time if nothing prevents, and a good time is both the candidates and the /lumbers. From all reports there will be a/ew "visiting members from Rocky Mount and other camps. Aside from the ini tiatory service there will be social en- Ui tainment for all. MOVES TO OFFICE FORMERLY OCCUPIED HY H. G. HOB Mr. W. G. Peele, agent for the Lit Insurance Company of Virginia, mov his office to the Farmer* and Mer chants bank building thia week. Mr. Pfcele, for Borne time haa hal his of fice in the building once occupied by the late Dr. J. B. H. Knight. He will occupy the office recaitly vacated by Attorney H. G. Horton. Mr. Horton Ikas moved to the office recently oc cupied by Bigg* and Stalls. New State Laws to be the First of April he State printers are giving the best service in the history of the State in printing the laws of the General Assembly in 25 days after the body's adjournment. Accohlirig to Secretary I'.verelt, a new speed record will be made this time by putting the laws cut fy the first of next month. There has been much delay hereto fore in issuing the laws,. causing much embarrassment to the courts and the public for months after the passage of the laws they could not be had. • I ; . i ~L. State Dentist Will Be Here Week April 4 Dr. L. H. Butler, one of the State school dentists, will arrive here April 4 to examine the teeth of all the school children in the county and to treat those cases where it is possible to' do so. Mr. Butler is now holdinx a clinic in Tyrrell County, but he will com plete his work there next week. l)r. Butler is sent out by the State Board of Health, and a per iod of two months will be neces sary in treating the school chil dren of the county. The treat ment will be for those children be tween the ages of 6 and 12 years, inclusive. Death of Miss Jennie Boyle Was Former Resident of Martin County; Dies in Brunswick, Ga. Yesterday afternoon at four o'clock Miss Jennie Boyle of Brunswick, Ga was buried in the Hamilton cemetery beside her parents. She was the daughter of the late John Mac. Boyle of Scotland and Mary Plumb Boyle, of England. In early womanhood her parents came to America and lived in Plymouth where her father was a prominent citizen. The family latef moved to Hamilton where she was reared. v I She was educated at Mount de Sales School for Girls near Baltimore and while there became a member of the Catholic church. She has for the last several years lived with her sitser, Mrs. Robert Everett in Brunswick, Georgia. The deceased was in her seventy eighth year and is survived by three sixers, Mrs. Irene Smith, of William ston, Mrs. Robert Everett, of Bruns wick, Ga., and Mrs. Augusta Cotton, of Baltimore. Accompanying the Ixxfy were two nephews, Frank Howell of Waycross, (la and Richard Everett, of liruns wick. Rev. Father Manly, of Golds horo assisted by Kev. C. O. Panic of the local Episcopal church, conducted the funeral. Itobersonville School Girls Persent Program Robersonville, March 24.—(Special to The Enterprise.)— The home eco nomies girls of Robersonville „high school showed oiiginality in the com position-and presentation of the home economics prog-rum given at the coun ty teachers' meeting here Friday, March 18. In the first chorus, a wel coming number, the girls appeared very neat in their food laboratory uni form* which they made the first of the year. After this chorus, a short play, "Proper Dress for High School Girls," was given. In the chorus which followed ithe girls wore the dresses which they had just finished. Lite exhibit on the wall spaces in the lower hall was an indication uf the persistent work of the new seam stresses, who did well. , The refreshments on sale, especially the lemonade, aided in making those who attended more comfortable. Pro ceeds from the sales will go towards the home economics maintenance fund. Judge Nunn Speaks to Kiwanians Wednesday Th weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis Club was held at the Woman's Club Wednesday, with Robert L. Coburn in charge of the program. Kiwanian Coburn invited Judge Nunn to speak preceding a short business discussion. ...iklge Nunn, discussing briefly y Carolina ajid particularly east •Vj tli Oarwlina, described the I*' j and development made in thl» ion within the last few years. He. V. fod to the living condition*, 'ihe prices of land, and the contrasts generally found in the different sec tions of the Mate. The judge insist el that eastern North Carolina, with its fertile land and iratunal advan ces, would demand an increase in \aluartion in the future, and would en joy a more prosperous period in its 11 into ry. Children's Service at Baptist Church Sunday The children of the Baptist church and Sunday school will be addressed at the 11 o'clock service Sunday morn ing. At this service "one of these littte cnts," Alta Critcher, will be baptised. The children, their parents, and their Sunday school teachers are ask ed to keep this service in mind. Sunday night the pastor will preach at the regular hour. Advertiser* Will Find Oar Col umns a Latchkey to Over 1600 Homes of Martin Unity. ESTABLISHED 18 Will Test Ne\i Type Tobacco Here This Year Two Test Farms Will be Run in the County During Season A new kind of tobacco, the cash va riety, .will be introduced in this county this year when experiments are car ried on at two test farm*; in the coun ty. Mr. Floyd, of the extension di vision, of Raleigh, wa.s here two days this Week going ov r the plans for the test farms with County Agent T. B. Wi'undon. - Besides bringing a new type of tobacco to this section, the experimenters will test several brands of fertilizer in growing tobacco. As far as is known, the cash variety i's'iioi usel at alljn this county; while in Franklin, Granville, and other coun ties it is the twain type. Mr. Floyd stated Mint it was ,more of a cigarette tobacco than any other kind raised, and that its uise i,s expected to b come general within a short time in •this part of the State. Mr. Floyd, a specialist in tobacco iaisLiiK, will visit the two test farms in this county all during- the season and assist Mr. Brandon in handling the tests. Similar tefftts will be carried on in J'ertie County, and Mr. Floyd left here yesterday for Windflor, wrthere lie will go over plant; with Mr. (irant, Ber tie's' agent. Since tobacco is one of our main crops, the results obtained from these farms will be elusoly watched by farmers in the county this year. Washington-Carolina Boat Line is Bought The Norfolk-Baltimore and Caro lina boat line recently bought out the Washington-Carolina line. The pur chasing company has for several years operated between Baltimore and Norfolk and points between Norfolk fend this place. The additional line, bought from Gillikin blethers of Morehead City and Norfolk, will a !d to the Norfolk Baltimore and Caro lina company's schedule trips betwe n Norfolk and Washington. The lbeniarle made it* first trip to Washington a few days ago and will continue tliat run until the boat re cently bought by the Norfolk-Halti riore and Carolina line is equipped for the service. Gillikin brothers sold their, interest;! inthe Washington-fit ml inn jipa after their boat was burned .several wef'ks ago. 'I he Dorothy Leigh, one of the Nor folk-BaUlmore and Carolina 1 in', best boats sprunk a leak in Edenton the early part of this week and had to be towed to Norfolk. Repairs have been made and the boat will go buck into the water today or tomorrow Painfully Hurt When Motorcycle Hits Truck James Hishop, lU-yeur-old white boy of Newport News, Vu., was badly cut jutft above the het'l of his right fi*>l here yesterday afternoon when his mo torcycle hit a Dodge truck in front of the Culpepper Hardware Store on Main Street. He was carried to the iliggs Drug Store, where his wound was dressed by Dr. Rhodes. Hishop, accompanied by his friend, Paul Jones, also of Newport News, left Savannah, Ga., about noon Tues day for their home in the Virginia city. As tljj:y were coming down Maui Street they started td> pass the Dodge truck, which was going in the same direction and at a lo>y rate of spied. The truck driver, Minga Rogers, of Hear Grass, held out his hajyJ i but did so too late to prevent the motorcycle, going aboift 15 miles an hour, from hitting the truck. In the collision Jones was thrown trom the motorcycle, but escaped injury. Very little damage was done to either the truck or the motorcycle. The two young men remained o„ r here last night, and ,will continue their journey some time today, but not on the motor cycle. Special Demonstrations at Courtney's for 3 Days Mr. J. D. Enrijfht, representative of the Sellers Kitchen Cabinet Co., El wood, Ind., will arrive here this af ternoon to hdld a three-day demon stration of hs company's cabinets at the store of Courtney. Mr. Eh rig-ht will hold 'Sgemonstrations for three days, beginning tomorrow and lasting through Tuesday. Mr. B. S. Courtney, local dealer, is making an attractive offer to pros pective customers during the demon stration, and every one is cordially invited to investigate without obliga tion the unusual offer being made. Miss Eloise Danien, of Kenly, visit ed her sister, Miss Mildred Harden, here yesterday and today.