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Watch the Lalwl On Your Payer; II Carriaa the Date Yaw Subscription Expire*. VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 47 FEW PRESENT AT GROWERS OF SOY BEANS MEETING Party Gets Separated After Leaving Washington and Crowd Here Was Slim FRED LATHAM TALKS The session of the soy bean grow ers' meeting advertised for Thurs day morning wan not very well at tended, because the delegates, who had spent two days viewing the rich lauds of eastern Carolina, were so anxious to see everything that they split up and scattered on every road, so that they failed to get together here, execpt in a small group. The president of the association, Fred Latham, was in charge, and he mad a short talk, emphasizing the agricultural advantages of eastern North Carolina, and the possibilities within the land to the crops that sus tain life, and even to make money. Mr. Latham himself is regarded as one of the soundest farmers in the State, growing a complete balance of feed crops, stock and poultry, and enough of the truck crops to bal ance up. It is said of him that he trades with his farm, always making a good profit in the trade; yet he treats the farm t'j well that it is also enriched by the trade. The art of farming where the man and the land both grow richer is always safe. Mr. Latham, who has served as president of the American Soy Bean Association for the past year, was accompanied by a number of the country's soy bean specialists, and ex pressed his regrets that the published program did not give him time te present them to the Martin County people. 30 RICHMOND FARMERS HERE Spend Some Time in Town Yesterday; Are Touring In Eastern Carolina Thirty Richmond county farmers a|M.nt *oitM time in our town yester day while touring this part of the £>tate. These farmers, who have been eating and selling peaches, grapes, dewberries, cantaloupes and water melons, set >ut Monday from Rock ingham to tour the farming section of North Carolina. They spent tfcieir first night at the State College, Ral eigh. The next day they came through Wake, Nash, Edgecombe and Pitt counties where they saw cotton and tobacco. Going then into Beaufort and Hyde they saw soybeans and corn. In Hyde they were amazed to see the great cornfields and hundreds of aires of soybeans. Of course, thoy Lay they saw a large amount of cot tor and tobacco in Beaufort. Yesterdy morning they left Wash ington and came to our town where they wei-e met by u good delegation of our people and were shown around by our citizens. They were strong in their praises if the appearance of our crops. Bob Uak, one of the jovial type of fellows, sent his wife word that he was not going back to Richmond county and that she migh have the old gray mule. Tha whole company crossed the bridge on a sight seeing tour and re turned to continue on their schedule whicli takes them to Bethel, Green ville, Wilson, then northward to Ox ford, Durham and Chapel Hill. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Woolard and little eon, J. D. Jr., returned last evening from a short trip to Nor folk. Misses Lucile McCotter and Louise Hodges and Mr. Irving Hodges, of near Washington, were here for a few hours last night. STRANH THEATRE SATURDAY DICK HATTON in "THE ACTION CRAVER" Comedy "NEVER TOO OLD" Always a Good Show THE ENTERPRISE ' • •. * ,r Important Meeting of Masons Next Tuesday All members of Skewarkee are requested to attend a special communication of the lodge next ' Tuesday night, August 16th. Instal lation of officers will be made and other matters taken up. ' - HIGHWAY DEBTS OF STATE TO BE PAID UP BY 1952 $115,000,000 in Highway Bonds Issued Since 1921 By North Carolina PAYING $500,000 YEAR If no moro highway bonds were is jed by the State of North Carolina, the State would be free of highway debts in 1952, with all of the $116,- 000,000 worth of highway bonds which have been issued since 1921 paid, according to the present sys tem of retiring bonds. The State Highway Commission is piying $500,000 yearly into a sink ing fund which will retire the $85,- 000.000 worth of highway bonds Ku _thorized prior to 1927, by 1952. The M 0,000,000 ordered by the 1927 Leg 1. lature was issued in serial bonds, which are coming due at the rate#of 51,500,000 annually. This series will be completely paid in 1947. The largest amount the State will pay in any one year in interest and sinking fund for these bonds will fall oue in 1937 when $2,000,000 will go into the sinking fund, and $6,091,- 000, interest will be paid. This year interest on the $85,000,- 000 long term bonds will amount to approximately $4,(>00,000 while inter on bonds from the $30,000,000 is sue will be $1,350,000. This is in ad dition to the sinking fund of $2,000,- 000 which has already been paid. The present road building- profrtiin was started in 1921 when $50,000,000 worth of bonds were authorized. The Legislature of 1923 authorised $15,- 000,000 in highway bonds, and the 1925 Legh'uture $20,000,000 while the last Legislature authorized the issu ance of $30,000,000 worth of bonds. The sinking fund which bepran in 1 1!»24 now amounts to $2,788 000. During the last fiscal year the Highway Commission received from the sale of automobile licenses, title fees, and gasoline taxes $14,367,000. ——_ « LEGION TO MEET IN WASHINGTON Thousands of Members of State Department Are Expected to Attend Next week will be a great one for V'ashington when thousands of mom birs of the American Legion assemble tftere for their annual meeting. —- The city on the Pamlico, the oiigi r.al Washington, is making every ef fort to make the meeting the best one since the boys returned fioin Franca, The people there are entering hearti ly in the entertainment of the visitors end thsy will se e to i„ that the thous ands who attend from all coiners of the Mate are well cared for when ir. th"ir town. The program will to full from the beginning, running each day from 9 j o'clock in the morning till 9 o'clock in the evening. The meetings of both the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary will be addressed by nten and women of prominence from this and other states. . Martin County Doctor Attends Pediatric Seminar — —— The seventh annual session of the I Southern Pediatric Seminar, which | * Jopened July 25, at Saluda, N. C., e'osed on Friday evening, ugust 6. The Seminar was organised seven \cars ago by the leading pediatricians of the South for the purpose of spreading among practicing physi cians the latest knowledge concern ing children's diseases, and their pre vention and treatment Only nine doctors were registered ; from North Carolina, among them v ere Dr. Vernon Ward, uf Roberson ville, and Dm. Garrenton and Hem inway, of Bethel from this section. They state that the course was most instructive and beneficial to the prac ticing doctor. The attending doctors were royally entertained by the people there, they being shown to many interesting places in that section. Drs. Ward and Garrenton returned by automobile Saturday, leaving Sa luda at 8:30 a. m. and reaching Bethel at 10:45 p. m., covering the trip of 424 miles in around 14, hours. Dr. Heminway returned by train by way of Columbia, S. C. where he was joined by his wife and children who have been visiting relatives there. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, August 12,1927. B. & L. TO OPEN 21ST SERIES ON SEPTEMBER 3RD Morp Than 3,000 Shares of £>tock Sold Here Since Organization EXPECT GREAT GAIN The Martin County Building and Loan Association opens its 21st ser.es the first Saturday in September. Eacn year the association adds a large r.umber of new share holders to its list and many of the old members take on additional shares. The series opening September 3rd thlß year is expected to show the greatest gain since the organization has been in ex istence, according to Mr. Wheeler Martin, one of the association offi cers. Since the association' has been in operation here more than 3000 shares or stock have been sold. The exact number of share holders could not Lk» learned without a close check of the books, but the officers state that that there are several hundred tak ing advantage" of the systematic sav ing offering of the j£so?iati«>n. There are in the county, and the as sociation has share holders all over the county, more than 35 buildings both for homes and businesses built through the association. The associ ation has financed the building of homes in practically every town in the county, and in many of the rural sections. At the present time, the association has oround SIOO,OOO in loans made to home-builders. Earnings have bce;i pood since its establishment and this year a dividend amounting to six and one-third per cent, is expetced. BEAR HUNTERS UP IN THE AIR Don't Know Yet Whether Or Not They Will Have To Tell Court of Hunt According there will be an unlimited number of bear stories in cuurt here within the next several days. The*court, jt is understood will hear the stories of those who went bear hunting without licenses last Monday morning a week ago. While there is no official evidence that indictments will be issued a ;rainst the hunters, several people a round the town are joking with many who attended the hunt. Guy Thomas, v-ho is said to have gone along with a 20-gauge shot gun, one just large enough to get into the hunt with and or,e not large enought to do any damage, allows they have made a mis take, that he did not even leaw? town that day. Mr. Exum Ward, the pool room man, suid yesterday morning th.nt he did not think there was any thing to the ruinor, but that he thought if it came to the point where it meant either jail or SSO, he might be able to negotiate a loun for that amount. Pete Hall, of the Citizens barber tdiop, brought all the news from Ber tie county the other day when he was over there. The matter summed up only means thKt people going bear hunting do not have to have and conse | quently there Is nothing to the rumor. It might be nddfd that there is no I license required to go hunting bare. "Stag Shower" Is Given For W. C. Manning, Jr. W. C. Manning, jr. was honored with a stag shower last Tuesday right by Messrs. Wheeler Martin, O. S. Anderson, and J. A. Manning at the home of Mr. Martin on Main street. Outside the slighUy dark appear ance of "Snowball", printing offlc? ' devil, the party was a bright affair. The gifts were many and greatly varied in their nature. Watermelon Party Here Last Night Mr. and Mrs. James K. Harrison, jr., entertained a number of their friends last night with a watermelon party, given at Lindslev'" Ice House, where they had f,n \q1(1 storage a number of 60-pounu cartaret county watermelons. Those invited included G. P. Hall and family, Theodore Koberson and family, H. D. Harrison and family, J. O. Manning and family; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Rogerson, W. C. Man ning, J. L. Rogerson, J. W. Manning, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Harrison, J. R. Stanley, and Jim Ed Harrell. The melons were as fine as ever seen in Williamston and as good as ever tasted. All present greatly en joyed the Jreat. k Mr. Garland Barnhill leaves Sun day for New York to purchase goods for Barnhill Brothers and company. CARS WRECKED NEAR HERE ON HIGHWAY NO. 30 Tragedy Narrowly Averted Wednesday When Two Cars Collide Another near tragedy occurred last Wednesday afternoon when a Chevro let, driven by Howard Hopkins, and a Buick sedan, driven by C. A. Task er, of Asheville collided ne»u here on the Washington road)/ The Hopkins car was knocked off the road on the left side an>! damaged considerably while its driver vas bad ly jarred and bruised. Tasker's car was stripped of one running board, had all the glass broken and the other running board was mashed when the tar turned over several times. Tasker, accompanied by his wife! rnd four sons, escaped unhurt along with two of his sons. Mrs. Tasker was slightly bruised and two of the sons, Jack and Russell, were cut and bruised very badly, but were able to continue their journey to Bel haven j -after receiving medical attention at j the hands of pr. Wm. E. Warren here, j The question of who was at fault! was hotly debated by both Hopkins and Tasker. Hopkins claimed he had j run his front wheel on the concrete! from the road leading toward -James- j ville and stopped his car, that Task or swung his car to the left or the wrong side of the road and struck Ji.m, knocking his car back off the I ighway and turning his own cat over. Hopkins further claimed that he had three witnesses who saw tha situation as well as the marks made Jby both his and the Tasker car; to prove hi.i statement. , Tasker claimed that Hopkins ap proached from the side road at such a speed that ho was forced to leave the concrete and take to the out side of the road and that .Hopkins crossed the entire road and struck him. |At any rate the spot is a very dangerous one and the place where a Mr. Brickhouiie, of near Crimes land received fatal injuries when his iar was wrecked there several months ago. RETURN FROM WESTERN N. C. Baptist Preacher and Mayor Are Telling Tales on Each Other Mayor Robt. L. Coburn and Rev. C. H. Dickey returned from a West ern NortnCarolina trip last night. They went by Salisbury, CHitrrlotte, Gastonia, Chimney ■K o o fc,,,„A sheyille oi- to. Waynesville and back by Blow irg Kock, Boone and Winston-Salem. They report a fine trip, and say that t:o scenes In nature could express mere grandeur than tho. Western North Carolina mountains. No acci dents happened to the party and every thing went well. Mayor Coburn, however, says that Mr. Dickey put on one of his shirts at one of the hotels visited and that be seemed to bo perfectly satisfied with its size even though it was sev eral sizes too small. Yet, Mr. Co burn says, fortunately the shirt was i dirty and Mr. Dickey refused to wear it when he found it out and he re covered his property. Mr. Dickey says the Mayor is a real affable traveling companion ex cept he is a little embarrassing at times in his selection of souvenirs. Arkansas Lands Flooded Fourth Time This Year A fourth flood in the neighborhood ef Arkansas City is now sweeping over thousands of acres of land. The water from the Arkansas river is driving families from theijr homes and all hopes for raising a has been abandoned. Some bean.- and feed crops were planted after the third flooid swept them away, but the acreage is not large. It is stated that Arkansas City will suffer oTlly slightly as it is not ex pected the water will covar more than 1C per cent, of the town and will not reach the business section at all. Only One Service at Baptist Church Sunday The pastor will be in the pulpit at the Baptist church Sunday morning, and will be pleased to& have a large congregation present. The themo that will be discussed is this, "What Is a Christian?" There ifc a lot of twisted thinking on this matter, and the pastor will make an honest effort to give a sane and reas onable outline of what' % Christian really is according to the teachings of the new Testament and the prac tices of our Master. There being no services at this church in the evening th# people will have opportunity to attend whatever service they may like. To Start Work on Fertilizer Factory Within Few Weeks RECORDER HAD SIX CASES TO TRY TUESDAY Three Cases for Assaults and Three for Violations Of Prohibition Law ____ TWO G0.7 TO ROADS! Recorder Bailey and Solicitor Hor ton had a very light day in their court last Tuesday when only six j cases came up for trial. Part of one cuse was referred to the juvenile court and the other part was continu- J eu leaving little for the court to do. Assaults and liquor cases led the day | with three of each kind. Alonzo Roddick, charged with an j I assault, had his case continued one | week. Leander Knight and William Ester,' | charged with the manufacture of li i ! quor, had their case divided when it j [ v a;: learned that Ester was a minor | and his case belonged to the juvenile court. Knight plead guilty and had his. cause continued one week. Clue Terry plead not guilty when he was' charged with manufacturing | I'tiuor, The court, after examining tho j evidence, agreed with Terry, and he war, sent out a free man. Manuel Mooro plead not guilty to I an assault with a deadly weapon j charge, but the court did not look at the situation as he did, He was .sentenced to tho Kdgecomhe roads for j 90 days. Henry Gainer, assault' with deadly weapon, had a case -similar to that \ of Manuel Moore. He plead not guilty j to the assault charge; the court dis agreed; a sentence of ninety days' duration was imposed. He goes to th? Edgecombe roads where he will serve ' his sentence. R. W. Clemmons, violating the li' quor laws, plead not guilty to the ■ charge against him. The court dls ! agreed with him on the subject, and \ I he was fined S6O and is under a sus-- I pended 12-months 'road sentence. EVERETTS BEATS GREENVILLE, 4 - 3 4 1 Cherry Twirls Good Game for Everetts and Scored Winning Run in 10th (Special to the Enterprise) Everetts, Aug. -12.—The Everetts buse ball team treated itself to a four to three win over Greenville's i combination of high school and form er professional players here yester day afternoon and displayed a brand of ball that has not been equalled here Hi a number of seasons. The game was a ten inning affair and had it not been for Roebuck's timely single which scored Cherry, it is possible that Greenville's big end which was awaiting an eleventh in ning opportunity, would have come through .with a margin that would have exerteil the Everetts luds to I overcome In their one remaining in ning. Roebuck also led his team with three hits and did some nice work behind the plate. Cherry twirled a nice ganie for Everetts and started the tenth with a single. Bullock, woh would make a noticeable record on the average cin der path, was chosen by Greenville's captain to run for Cherry. He stole second on the first pitched ball, went to third on a throw to first, and drift ed home on Roebuck's hot infield single. Two men ware out when the winning run was scored. Greenville took the lead in tin fourth by making two hits count for two runs. Everetts made its first counter, in the fifth and evened the score on, Clark's single in the sixth. Brown's two-bagger gave Everetts a 3 to 2 margin in the seventh but Car son, for Greenville, tied it at three all in the last of the ninth. Faulkner,, playing second base fflr Fveretts, made a splendid throw from short centei:fleld, catching Hicks at the plate, who attempt to score be hind Carson. The tlfrow stopped Greenville's ninth inning spurt and paved the way for a win in the tenth There was only one error credited to each team and all runs were earn ed. Everbody agrees that It was a i.ice game and its dupliction will, doubtless, boost the attendance record, thus far, has been fair. Methodist Church Services at Hamilton Regular services will lie held in the Methodist church at Hamilton Sun day morning at. 11 o'clock. There will be no service Sunday night. T. W. LEE, Pastor. Putting New Coat Paint On Roanoke River Bridge Painters have been busy during the past several days painting the river oridge here. This is the first time the highway painters have been this way since the first coat of paint was put on the bridge when it was built in 11.22. With its new white coat, the bridge gives a very pleasing appearance. WARRANTS ARE ISSUED IN FORTY SANITARY CASES Failure to Observe Sanitary Privy Laws Results in Summons to Court TRIALS SEPTEMBER 15 Chief of Police W. B. Daniel is serving around 40 warrants on peo ple of the town who have failed to I comply with the sanitary laws audi j regulations provided by the State.! 'l'he warrants call,for the trials of the j defendants on the 15th day of Sep- j tember. The indictments are made by the j State Sanitary Inspector, Hi F. Wil | liums, who was lyere and made u sur -1 of the sanitary conditions for the! ! '.own several months ago. Soon after I the survey was made Chief Dantq. j was ordeivd to notify the owners of those homes were :;anitary rules wero not in effect and advise them to meet I the requirements set out by the State sanitary laws. The time for this work lo be done.has expired, and it is un dirstood that fines will be laid when the cases come up in court next September. In all cases where the sanitary regulations were not in force, Chief Daniel notified the owners of the I uHdings to provide methods that j would meet State inspection. The ma jority of cases is found where ten ants live and are not in the main part in town. However, Chief Daniel stated that there were a few homes on on® or iwo of the principal streets that hud not yet conheced with the water and sewer lines. Chief Daniel states that it will re nuire tomorrow and part of next week | to finish serving the warrants. Sev | eral warrants, are not complete, but | will b; made ready just as coon as here adds his signature to I them. Jhe total will not run over j fifty in number, it is thought. Following the suggestion of the in spector" when he was here last May, many people went ahead and met the sanitary.regulations, and it is thouKht a large number of the remaining fifty will take some action in the matter before the time of the triuls rolls a reund. KILLS OFFICER WHILE DRUNK Wilson Policeman Killed by Man Said to Have Lived Here at One Time -Eugene Mason, who was disorderly and cruel in his family, shot and kill ed Policeman Joseph 11. Ellin in Wil son early Tuesday morning. He also shot i'oliceman L. F. Karnes. Mason's wife said that her husband came home drunk and attacked her with a gun and threatened to kill her, that she slipped to a neighbor's ' house ami called the police depart ment. When Ellis, Harnes and H. C. McKell, another policeman, entered the yard at the home, Mason shot Ellis dead and seriously and possibly i I'atally wounded Harnes. and then fled. Hf was captured übout ten miles a wuy durinK th 6 day and begged his captors not to hurt hicau. A coroner's jury charged him with the killing which is first degree mur -1 dcr and he was placed in the Wilson , county jail without bond and to a -1 j wait the next term of superior court. '■ Mason is said to be the some nun who came to Williamston about 25 ' years ago and worked at the carpen ' ter's trade for some years. While here he married Miss Lucy Godard, ' but deserted her later. Ha has since ' married. i - • Cumberland County's Tax Rate Decreased Cumberland county has decreased its', tax rate from $1.91 last year to SI.BO this year, a drop of 11 cents on each SIOO valuation, i So far nearly every county in the State has increased its rate under the new budget system. The school fund In the county this year Is 97 cents against SI.OO for, last year. Advertiser* Will Find Onr Col umns a Latchkey to Over IfiOO Homes of Martia Count jr. ESTABLISHED 1898 RAILROAD WILL REBUILD OLD SPUR TO RIVER Plans for New Buildings Have Been Submitted And Approved MODERN EQUIPMENT Plant Will Have Kleetric Conveyors To Facilitate Moving Products In Different Buildings Plans for the Standard W ho!e.,ale Phosphate and Acid Company fertil izer, factory her*: have been submit ted, ami it is understood bids will be submitted for its erection immediate ly. Plans were handed in by live con tractors, one from this place and four from neiir-Jjy. cities, the fertilizer to 111 pun ervng to the principle, "trade at home" as near as possible. Details as to the size of the fac tory have not been made known at '.his time, but it is understood that one building will be three stories high. Equipped with electric conveyors, it will be po»sib,le to move fertilizer to any point in the building with great rapidity. The plant will be o ar ranged that it can serve alt of North Carolina as the demands call for the product. Mr. 15. A. Critcher, local attorney ; for the company, slated thai-it was a big undertaking by a big com pany. Mr. Critcher was in one of the company's factories at Haiti mo re a few days ago and he says he had never seen anything to compare with the operations there. "Tons and tons oi fertilizer ingredients were being thrown into large furnaces with noth ing coining out save vapors used in the manufacture of fertilizer," Mr. Critcher stated. Mr.-Critcher was notified yesterday- L by the Atlantic Coast Line Uailroad company that it would rebuild the river track at its own expense, and that work would lie started within the next few days to. put v the track in -;.hape. This has delayed work on the part of the fertilizer people to some extent, but it is certain that the ' plant wilt he ready to deliver frrti! izer when the season opens next spring. , Following is an article appearing in Ihe Charlottetown Guardian, a news- _ pnper printed in Charlottetown, Can aiia, showing the scale upon which the Standard Wholesale Phosphate and Acid, company carries on its business: "In an interview with Mr. J. VV. Yioulter, Secretary of the Prince Kd wurd Island Potato Growers Associ ation, the Guardian learns that tlv importation and distribution of thir a.son's fertilizer requirements have been completed. The quantity usen this, year shows an increase over thu! of last y?ar of one hundred per cent. Tho association imported this year 21,01)1) tons This quantity was brought in eight steamers direct from >'alti ir.ore anil was discnai'geu in Char lottetown, Sutnmerside, Gerogetown, and Souris. All parties who had plae Of! their orders previous to the rating of the last steamer hav,e received their full complement. There have been no complaints and no disiipp***"' nients. The fertilizer came through in , excellent condition. This stupendous undertaking, in volving an outlay of considerably !c\er $600,000 has been carried through without a hitch, a great tri bute to the management of the associ ation. Mr. llouler showed the Guardian representative a paragraph- from a letter received by him from a promi nent business man of this province which reads as follows: 'I wish to congratulate the associ-. ation on the completion of-one of th.' biggest contracts ever undertaken by a business organization in this' coun try. The work has been done with pre cision and accuracy and to my mind reflects a great deal of credit upon the association and is but another evi dence of what can be accomplished by an organization of this kind if 1 properly directed and controlled.' 1 Mr. Boutler slated that all thin fertilizer was purchased from the Standard Wholesale Phosphate an I Acid Works, of Baltimore, Md., and he could not speak too highly of tho treatment received from this company who, to complete their order and have it here on time, paid an excess in .freight of over SB,OOO. There may, he aaid, be larger concerns, but there are none more honourable and o ' bliging." The first steps to bring a branch of the Standard Wholesale Phosphate ! and Acid Works here were made al ' .most a year ago when several of the town's cltisens visited the main fac te ry in Baltimore. Mr. D. D. Stalls, "2C (Continued on the back page)