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trie* the Label On Your 'iptr It ' Carries the Date 'mmr Subscription Expiree. VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 36 Bazemore Convicted Second Time for Killing Yelverton Sentence Had Not Been Passed Shortly After Noon Today A verdict of first degree murder was returned by a Greene county jury yesterday for the second time against George Frank Bazemore, murderer of Gordon Yelverton of this place, November 6 last year. The second trial started last Wed nesday morning with the task of se l«*cting a jury from a venire of 125 men. It took until 11 o'clock to ex j amine them as to their qualifications, and after the entire list had been call ed there were only 9 jurors in the box. The court ordered fifty other names to be drawn from the box and the men summoned to appear at 2 o'clock that afternoon. Just before the names of the additional fifty had been exhausted, the 12th juror took his seat at 8:32. The jury was com peted of J. B. Vandeford, J. T. Whitehead, J. B. Albritton, J. I. Rog ers, G. W. Gregory, J. E. Manning, Hugh Moore, Paul Methercut, Lemuel Dawson, J. H. McDaniel, J. B. Eakes and J. W. Parrisher. Bazemore was represented by Paul Fri*zell k of Snow Hill. D. M. Clark, solicitor, of 6reenville, was assisted by Mr. Taylor, of Snow Hill, E. S. Peel, of Williamston and Archie Dees, of Goldcfboro. Dr. Whitting, coroner, was the first witness, and he described the body, its condition and location when ex amined. J. C. Gurkin, next witness, who lives near here, told about seeing Baze more standing near where the Yel verton truck was being loaded on the evening prior to the murder. Robert Richmond, colored, said Basemore asked him if he knew whether the boy who drove the truck was gone, that he expected to go with him. This wa( between 7 and 8 o'- clock Thursday night before the hor rible crime took place next morning. H« saw neither S'elverton nor Baze more any more until ten days later when he saw Bazemore in the Wilson jail and recognized him at once in a rrowd. 9 Johnson Gardner, night watchman at ♦l.e Roanoke-Dixie warehouse here, said that Bazemore came to the ware house between 12 and 1 o'clock Fri day morning, November 5 and asked permission to sleep on sacks behind tha stove, that Baztjmore lay down and he thought went to sleep. At 4 o'clock Bazemore was gone, and he saw him no more until the following Monday night at the courthbuse. H. L. Meodar, warehouseman, said he got up 10 minutes to 4 o'clock Friday morning, carried clothes to washerwoman and saw Gordon Yel verton standing by his load of tobac- ; _{P up Main street as if waiting fori someone. Returing a few minutes lat ed, Mr. Mcador found the boy still standing there. Just before reaching Staton's corner, two blocks away, Mr. Meador said he met some one hurry ing towards the truck, according to Mr. Meador, the figure was of small stature. He further said that Baze more had denied feven going to Wilson during the season at any time before that. He stated that he had seen him on the way there with Yelverton and that the negro after ward admitted he went and helped unload tobacco. He further stated that Basemore did .not stand around the warehouse and barbecue stand on Fri day morning after he reached there übout 4:30. J. A. Hardee, of Greenville, said a truck loaded with tobacco with a large boy and a young colored man drove to his place early Fhday morn ing, that the whtie boy came in and bought crackers, sardines and cigars, and called to negro and sfld, "George come in" which the man refused to STRANH THEATRE | J f ' SATURDAY KEN MAYNARD and Tarzan in "SOMEWHERE IN SONORA" Also „ Comedy and Serial I Always a Good Show THE ENTERPRISE Fourth Will Be Observed As Holiday Througnou Holiday Feature Does Not Interfere With County Commissioners, However; All Stores Close That the Fourth will be observed throughout the county was learned i esterday when representative mer chants in Hamilton, Robersonville, Oak City, Everetts, and Willjamston stated that it was understood that practically all the business houses in those towns would remain closed for the day. The county board of education will not meet Monday but will hold its Plan Big Campaign To Advertise Market Tobacco Market to Open September 6 The reporter slipped up last week and stated that the local market would open September 7. when he should have stated Sep tember 6. The error came a bout by thinkinK the past cus tom would be followed, that is opening the market one day af ter the largest tobacco markets opened. This year the local market will open along with practically all the others, on Tuesday, September 6. Kiwanis Club Host to Number Farmers The Kiwanis club was host to a number of farmers last night. Perhaps ho foimer mooting of the club has wrung out with a finer spirit of friendship than that prevail ing at the meeting. A goodly number of farmers made tif.lks on the-important problem of the proper relationship of town anil country. do several calls until Hardee himself said come in that he was wel- come to warm. Hardee saw neither of them again until ten days later when he saw Bazemore in Wilson jail and, had no trouble in identifying him a mang a number of men of his agp and about hia sice. J. S. Cooke, night po liceman herq, said he knew both Gor don Yelverton and George P'rank Bazemore and had seen them leave together as many as two and per haps three times with trucks of to bacco. Ivy F. Smith ,of near Wals.onburg, saw the truck with ?#iltc boy driving' and the negro whom he recognized as Hazemore with him. When he ftfst saw them they were headed towards Wilson. In about a half hour, the same negro with the same truck re turned alone, going j n the direction i.t Farmville. Ppon cross examnia tion, Mr. Smith became somewhat ex cite*i and declared the steering wheel t' a Ford truck was on the right side. W. B. Daniel said he saw J. A. Hardee pick Bazemore from a bunch of about a dozen other young negroes p.Jid that he purposely tried to raise a doubt, but that Hardee was definite and complete in his ideniftcation even to the manner of dress. Court adjourned at this point for the- day and reconvened at 9 o'clock Thursday. John Darden, a colored man, said he was sitting within 10 feet of the highways mile from the place of murder, when the truck passed. He said the Fowl truck, load ed with tobacco and covered with a brown canvas with a white boy driv ing and negro with him, passed him going towards Wilson. The truck and negro soon returned without tha white boy, that the negro driving wps thr prisoner Bazemore. C. P. Bowden and J. A. Bailey both stated they were going to Wilson and saw the truck parked by the road in about SO steps from the place where the boy's body was found. They said that there wan a small man under the wheel, who they thought was a negro as if ready to turn the truck around. They went by very slowly, thinking at flrrft it was a neighbor's truck. J. A. Duprec said he was plowing cotton in his field some four or five hundred yards away and heard the re port of a pistol or rifle in the direc tion of the killing .between 8:30 and 9 o'clock. 1-. •' Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July 1,1927 : meeting on Wednesday a* agreed by ! the members. Recorder's court will not convene Tuesday as scheduled, but will carry the docket's cases over to the fol lowing Tuesday. As was annouced, the county com | missioned will hold their regular j n ceting as scheduled for Monday. In | this connection, the offices of the rcg | ii.ter of deeds and clerk of the court will remain open. Committee Working on Definite Plans To Be Followed Committees representing the Ki wanis Club, the tobacco warehouse men, and the chamber of commerce met in the offices of the Roanoke-Dixie Warehouse here last Wednesday morn irg and formulated plans for staging un advertising campaign for the town ami tobacco market. The meeting was well attended, and those present were very earne.ft in their efforts to adver tise and back the local tobacco mar ket. While the actual plans to be used in advertising the market were not decided upon, it was agreed that one (■( the largest campaigns yet seen here be staged this year. Dr. John D. Biggs was appointed chairman of the finance committee, and,he has already started soliciting funds with which to finance the cam paign. Dr. Biggs stated that while it was not a pleasure to be assigned such a task, it was his desire to help in any way to boost the local mar ket. The committees were very much pleasetl with the prospects lo cal market this year and felt sure that there would be very little trou ble in raising the funds necessary to put the campaign over. Mr. Hubert Morton was made chairman of the ad vertising committee, .and he, with two assistants, will map out definite plans UJ be followed. The outline of the campaign will be placed before ths committees in joint session within the next £ew days for their approval. 1 Sunday Services at Methodist Church Sunday school, 9:48 a. m. Preaching, 11:00 a. m. Junior Epworth League, 2.30 p. m. Preaching at Holly Springs, 3.30 p. m. Woman's Missionary Society, Holly Springs, 4.30 p. m. Intermediate Kpworth League, 6.30 p. m. Preaching, 8 p. m. Indies Aid Society, Monday, 4.00 p. m., at the home of Mrs. T. W. Lee. Prayer meeting, Wednesday, 4.00 p. m. Services at Macedonia Saturday and Sunday Four services are announced to be held at the Macedonia church this week end. Rev. D. G. Saunders will conduct preaching services Saturday and both morning and evening Sun day. A prayer meeting will be held Sunday. SALLY ANN BAKERY TO BK CLOSED ON MONDAY According to W. H. Gurkin, owner, the Sally Ann Bakery will not open next Monday but will close Saturday night so that the employees might have a day or two off. The State rented the car.e at 10:J2C a. m. after R. Lewis, Sam Lewis, R Belcher, Rudolph Simpson, Fred Ed wards, Z. H. Rose, and H. T. Rober- Bon, testified. The evidence from these did away with all doubt .as to the prisoner's guilt, and the jury was legs than an hour in returning its veridct. Bazemore had summoned about half dozen witnesses, but they did not tes tify, nor did he go on the stand to make any explanntion in his own be liatf. ' A poll of the jury was asked for, and each of the twelve jurors affirm ed the verdict. At press time Judge Cramner had not passed sentence, but the verdict will rsquire death in the electric chair. -> j. ■ . r*r - • Sunday Schools Meet Sunday in Robersonville .Splendid Programme Is Announced by H. S. Everett, President Under the auspices of the ltober 8c nville Township and Martin Coun ty Sunday schdol association, the Robersonville Township , Sunday school convention will be held in Rob ersonville Sunday afternoon, July 3, at 3.30 in the Christian . hutvh. The convention is for all Sunday school workers of all denominations and a large attendance is expected. Mr. H. S. Everett, president of the associa tion, annouces a splendid program for the meetings, as follows: 3.30 p, m.—Devotional, song, Scrip ture reading, and prayar; led by Rev. E. W. Mason, pastor of the Rob ersonville Baptist Church 3.48 p. m.—"How »to Reach Adults j and Hold Them in the Sunday School,' j by Mr. R. A. Pope, superintendent of Martin County schools. 4.05 p. m.—Special music by Mc- Dowell music department of the Rob ! crflotwitte Woman's Club 4.20 p. m.—"Meeting the Needs of the Young People Through the Sun day School," by Miss Anna Trentham, j county home demonstration agent. 4.40 p. m.—Song. 4.45 p. m.—"The Greatest Need in Our Sunday School," or "One Good Feature of Our Sunday School." (Three-minute talk by some repre sentative from each Sunday school.) 5.00 p. m.—Business session; elec tion of officers (vice president and seerotary for the township). 5.10 p. m.—Adjourn. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. Describes Race With Lindbergh Pictures Mr. J. W. Wolf, of Baltimore, vis ited "the Kiwanis Club last night. Mr. Wolf is official for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mr. Wolf described a-rtire that he j made on a Pennsylvania train with several air planes from Washington to New York. On the arrival of Lindbergh in Washington, he had taken moving pictures of the flier, as did several others. He prepared his film and rushed to New York on a special train over the Pennsylvania system, making an average speed of 87 miles per hour and ran the Lind bergh pictures in theaters at 7 o'clock the same day,' beating all the air plane men to the screen by an hour and a half. V -r Epworth Leaguers Meet in Louisburg Rev. T. W. Lee left Monday to at tend the Epworth League conference at Ixiuisburg. He was accompanied by Misses Sue Leggett and Mattie Ix.u Rogerson, who represented tly? senior Epworth League; Hlbbel Liver man, representing the Intermediate league; and Julia Daniel, represent ing the junior league. It is hoped that the leagues will have a full at ! tendance next week to hear from the delegates regarding the conference. Drivers With Old Tags Are Subject to Arrest Commissioner of Revenue R. A. Dough'ton stands by his refusal to p.rant an extension of time in which to purchase auto license tags, and be ginning today ?ny user of an old li cense is subject to arrest. Estimates as to the number of li censes yet unsold vary, but it is thought that the unsold number is a round 125,(KM). The local bureau is expecting another shipment of 1,500 tags today, it having «old within 250 (f the number first shipped here. Everetts Defeats Creswell, 6 To 3 ) The Everetts team defeated Cres ! well yesterday afternoon at Everetts j«to3, in an interesting game. Dick ' Cherry, pitching for Evnrwtts, struck rut 13 men, allowed but 3 hits, and did not walk any. Howard Gaylord led at the bat with a triple and two doubles. Jimmy Brown got three singles. Everetts meets the same Itam at Creswell Monday, July'?. iScore by innings: R. H. E, Creswell 100 002 000—3 3 6 Everetts 100 003 02x—fl 9 3 Those attending the Green County court at Snow Hill this week were H. L. Meador, Z. H. Rose, W. B. Dan iel, H. T. Roberson, J. C. Gurldn, Johnson Gardner, J. S. Cook, R. J. Peel, P. A. Ballard, R. P, Tope, Tom and Hardy Rose, E. S. Peel, and W. C. Manning. Mr. P. L. Robertson, of Norfolk, Is visiting relatives here thia week. i- 1 • * Township To Vo School District Next Tuesday Polls Open at Sunrise and Close at Sunset; 226 Will Be Necessary to Carry the Election A cpunt shows that there are _4. r >l voters qualified to cast a vote inlhe school election here next Tuesday at! the courthouse. It must be remember- ' ed that an elector who fails to visit j the polling place next Tuesday al lows his vote to account against the election. As the books now stand, and it is not likely that they will lie chang ed as is possible through a challenge, j 226 will havs to cast votes in favor of • Fertilizer Factory Is Assured Town To Begin Construction of Factory Here In Next Few Days Mr. C. B. Mitchell, vice president of the Standard Wholesale Phosphate Ai Acid Works, of Baltimore, and Mr. C. G. Crockett, of Norge, Va., were in town yesterday arranging details foi a guano factory here. Mr. Crockett will return in a few days with their company engineers to begin the construction of their factory. He will move his family here and have charge of the opera tion of the plant. Arrangements are now under way for repairing the branch, lixus of the Atlantic Line to th? -river at the old cooperage mill, where the fac tory is to be located. According to plans outlined by Mr. Mitchell, this will not be simply a mixirtg plant for local purposes but will supply .a large section of the State and a portioti of three other States, where they expect soon to ship in trainload lots. Water transportation is furnishing Williams ton the key that brings the factory here, and it would not have located here if there had been no way (o carry heavy freight except by rail. Mr. Hunter stuted that his Company was getting freight from Germany, France and Chile for one-third of what it cost tliem to ship from Balti more to ColumbUs, Ohio. It has not been announced whether the local plant will be operated as a Branch of the Standard Wholesale Phosphate & Acid Works or incor porated under a new name. The com pany already operates the Standard Guano Co., United -States Guuno Co., Standard Acid Works, and Union Acid Works. Its principal manufact uring plant* are on Curtis Bay, near Baltimore. Officers Find Four Barrels of Mash • Sheriff Roebuck, Deputy Grimes, and Police H. O. Daniel went out into Cross Roads Township yesterday af ternoon and found four barrels oi beer hidden in the woods. While medi tating' the officers heard a cart com ing and a little. Sam and Mansie Wynn drove up within about yards, as near as they could drive, turned their cart p.rouiul and backed in as far as pos sible, and began unloading their wood. When approached by the offi cers, they claimed they had hauled the wood down to patch a muddy place in the little path they had left, the muddy place being about 50 yards further on, and to which they might have easily driven the cart. The two men were taken in custody and re quired to furnish bond for the next session of the Recorder's Court. I Prospects Bright for Peanut Plant Here While no definite action has been taken in the matter, prospects are bright for the Columbia Peanut Co. to locate here, according to Mayor L.-L. Coburn. For the past several days, the mayor has been correspond ing with officials of the company straightening out minor details with possibility that the peanut com pany would locate one of its many plants here. " It is not known when the company v/ill make its final decision bit'. should it decide to locate here, work will be started within a short time on the factory. Rev. Larkin To Conduct Revival at Hamilton A revival meeting will begiicat the Hamilton Methodist Church Monday night, July 4th. Rev. L. C. Larkin, of Tarboro, a former pastor of this charge, will do the preaching. The public is cordially invited to attend. ~ j5— r~ s - • the election in order to carry it. The law in the matter states that a ma jority of the qualified voters is neces sary to carry the election. Pollholders, Haywood Rogers and YV. H. Edwards and R. T. Griffin will he at the CouFthousCft'oni sunrise to sunset next Tuesday. While the i«lw tion is going on here, the citizens in the Nmithwick school district will be conducting a similar one. Many Cars Running On Old Licenses ■>lan> ears are still wearing the old licenses. In une block on Alain Street 19 new licenses and 11 old ones were counted this morning. The Willianiston Motor Co. issued 737 licenses yesterday, June 30, that being the greatest number ever issued from their office in any single day. The local bureau has issued many more licenses this yeur than it did last year for the sunt? per iod of time. Business Houses To Close Monday Monday "will be a general holiday here when practically every business house remains closed for the day. The post -office comes in for its part of the holiday and will only dispatch . muil during the day. It is under | stood that the drug stores will re j main open, along with the filling sta | tions, hut outside of these there will | be little business transacted on the i Kouith. The business manager has assured the force that The Enterprise would suspend its next Tuesday's publica tion, so that the members could get nt least an extended week-end vaca tion. Present indications are that they Will rest around the shop, thut being the case on account of individ ual financial situations. Tobacco Curing Is Started in County Unfavorable weather during the p:ist three, weks has. caused one of the earliest curing seasons in years, ac cording to tobacco growers all over this section. More tobacco was cured in the last few days v ;.of June than has been known to be cured in the seme month in years. In spite of the ! advanced preparations to handle the crop, the tobacco is understood to be burning in the fields in many sections. ; Some state that it is almost impossi ble to harvest the weed as it ripens end that a large loss can be expected to result. As far as was known yesterday, no cures had been completed near here, but before next week is over there will be many'"barns ready for the cooper. It is a gtncral thing to see field after field where the planters are harvesting the sand lugs. Sunday Services at Episcopal Church Third Sunday after Trinity, July 3, 1927: 10:00.—Church school, Mr. iVj, C. Green, superintendent. 11:00.—Holy Communion and ser mon. 3:30.—H01y Trinity Mission. During the summer morfths there will be no evening service. The morn ing service will afford an opportunity for all to fulfill th'sir church duties, of worship, praise, and Sacrament, The sermons will be fifteen-minute si rmons, ami even though the weath er be hot, a short service will ridt prove uncomfortable to any one. To Hold Services at ~~ County Home Sunday There will be a preaching service at the county home Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. It is considered n fine piece of re- I'gious service to go to the people who are there and carry them the Gos pel message. The people in general pie invited. And Mr. Bland, who Is in charge of the home, wishes especially that the people who live in the vicinity of the hoßK,*will make it a point to come. K iOL i"' Advertiser* Will Find Oar Col umn* • Latchkey to Over 1600 Homes of Martia County. ESTABLISHED 1898 County Officers Capture Large Still Tuesday Over Barrel of Liquor Turned On Ground By the Officers Uig Hertha's sister, a large copper still of about 250-gallons capacity, was captured !a£t Tuesday afternoon Ly Sheriff Roebuck and Deputies Hardy and Daniel. The still was,, of the same type and make as one cap tured by officers in Griffins Township several weeks ago. The workmanship indicated that the two kettles were made by the sair.e man, or rather the, si'me company. However, that might be a mistake, since skill in the shap ing and making of sfills has become general and is now a matter of course. At the plant, Sheriff Roebuck found a Coca-Cola barrel filled to the brim with liquor, anil two 20-gallon kegs already sealed and re:\dy for de livery. Two pint bottle constituted the excess spirit:: and were probably reserved for use while more was in the making. Six vats containing to- I l , ether around 2,600 gallons of beer kud just been refilled. The liquor along with th? Beivr was turned out and allowed to trickle into the earth's bed. While the equipment was not i entirely complete, it was sufficient to turn out liquor in hirge quantities. When the sheriff reached the plant, he saw two men, one white and one colored. The white man was dressed in "Sunday" clothes and appeared to be nothing more than a prospective customer. They were not long in leaving the plant when the. officers ap proached. A third man, having the appearance of a casual visitor, came near the still while the officers were making 4preparations to destroy the outfit and liquor, tie made no hasty retreat, however, after he looked 'the .situation over. The sheriff refused to give the names of the men, stating that he was not positive as to their identifications. Shoriff Roebuck thinks the still had been in operation only a short while and that the whisky found at the plant was the entire output. The ket tle, with the equipment, was brought from its home in Turkey Swamp in Cross Roads Township, near the Hear (irass Township line to the courthouse here, where it was placed on exhibi tion at the courthouse Tuesday aft»«r ii( on and Wednesday. liaptists Announce One Service Sunday Beginning Sunday, the Baptist church will have but one Sunday service throughout the months of July and August. In each instance this will be tlu morning service. Sunday morning communion will be observed at the 11 o'clock hour anil this will conclude the day's pro gram. It is felt that wilh only one serv ice, the people .shou.il come out in large numbers, and make of the sin gle service a renWne. The pax.or wi. lies to remind the members thut it is needful, especially ui this season of the year, to bring their offerings each Sunday. There | is no need for the church's finances to drag merely because it is summer. This test should be met' regularly, ; cheerfully, and punctually. The pastor of this church will preach at the county home Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, livery one is invited; and the people who live in ihr neighborhood of the home are especially asked to be present. Those following the mid-week liible studies will have for the study next Wednesday night first and second Peter and the little book of Jude. .Sunday school Sunday morning, as usual. .Baptist Services at Oak City and Everetts In the absence of the pastor, Rev. W. Koss Vokley, who will be at Fort Bragg, the pulpit of the Baptist church at Oak City will be supplied on Sunday, July 3, at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. by Rev. Sanfonl E. Ayers, one of the Baptist foreign missionaries. '1 he pulpit of the Baptist Church of Everetts will be supplied on the fol lowing Sunday, July 10, at 11 a. m and 8 p. m., by Rev. Ayers also. Enjoyable Meeting of Modern Woodmen The regular meeting of the Ever etts Camp, M. W. A., was very much enjoyed Monday night when Mr. He bcr Peel was initiated and proved to be such a brave candidate. After the initiation he expressed himself as hav inp enjoyed it thoroughly. Next meeting Monday night, July 11, when there will be one more to go. through the scene of adoption. J