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' \ Wack the LaM on Your Paper; It Carries the Dote Your Subscription Expires V■ , / ; VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 18 CANDIDATES FOR COUNTY OFFICES ARE UNOPPOSED Contests Are Expected in Races for Three Offices, However MUST FILE BY MAY 18 J. A. Everett Announces Self Candiate For Reelection To Lower House Of General Assembly Gradually the hats are being en tered in the political ring and now we have J. A. Everett running again tor a seat in the General Assembly, A. L Roebuck for aherifT, J. Sam Getsinger for register of deeds, C. D. Carstarphen for treasurer and Julius S. Peel for solicitor. Mr. H. M. Stubbs stated to a representative of this paper that he would tun for the recoidership, has not made his an nouncement officially at this time. He is expected to file his candidacy with in the next few days, however. * And that's how the land lies in the county's politics at the present time. But it is not to be understood that all are through filing by an means; they have until May 18 to make known their candidacies, it is under stood. Unofficial reports hold that Mr. J. G. Barnhill, commissioner from Robersonville, on account of bad health will not b« a candidate for that office again this year. The several other members of the county board have not announced their candidacies, and just what they intend to do is not known at this time. No competition has presented *it self in the offices of treasurer and 4 register of deeds, but there is like ly to be a race for the offices of sheriff, solicitor and recorder, it is rumored at this time. Judge J. W. Bailey was quoted as saying a few weeks'ago that he would not be up for re-election to the recorderahip as it now stands, and that his statement wf# not final or conclusive was made certain in a signed correspondence from his office yesterday which reads, "It is my intention to become a can didate for the solicitorship or for re ~ election. A statement- to this effect has been made several times and it is un derstood by quite a number of people. An announcement of my candidacy will be made within the next few days." NEW SCHEDULE BEGAN SUNDAY Morning Train Now Leaves At 7:10; Carries But F*w Passengers It was a mean trick for the engineer to sound .his whistle a doien times here Sunday morning at 7:10, the new time for the train's arrival. Not only did he blow the whistle • to let thu would-be passengers know they were left, but he interferred greatly with a second nap for many people' here. The schedule of the arrival and de parture of trains here is changed so often that it must be a hard task for even the station employees to meet every train. It will be so before long that people in these parts will have to go to Parmele or Rocky Mount to see a passenger train. To do that, all the train company has to do would be change the last train's schedule to a late hour in the night, for very few see the morning dinky roll in or out, and the two trains that served at noon and early afternoon h#re been re moved. A check on the traffic, shows that members of the colored race purchase one, two and three tickets to New York, Philadelphia or come other northern point practically every day. And the only passengers coming in are those who left for New York, Philadelphia or some other northern point a few weeks before. Of course, there are a few other paasengrs now and then, but very, very few. S^tranß THEATREjJ WEDNESDAY TOM MIX hi "The Arizona Wildcat" Alio 2 - REEL COMEDY And Serial WILLIAM DESMOND in "THE VANISHING RIDER" FREE TICKET FOR SHOW FRIDAY r r >■ " THE ENTERPRISE -If— s May Get Swimming 1 Pool This Summer Thit the town will have a swimming pool in the near fu • ture was practically assured last week when the Woman's Club aaked for estimates of the coat of its erection. One or two bid* have been entered and several more are expected, it was stated this morning by one of the club's members. The pool planned by the wo men of th eclub will be about 40 x 60, and will be located on the town's property at the river hill or near the courthouse, back of the Joe Roberson home. It could not be learned when the women plan to have ths pool completed, but it is understood that they are anxious to have' it ready as soon as possible and to establish a playground for the children at the same time and in connection with the pool. 21 PERMITS TO MARRY ISSUED Number Continues To De crease; Smallest So Far This Year vi From fifty in January to twenty six in February and twenty-one in March, the marriage licenses issued during the month of April struck a new low mark for the year when only sixteen licenses were sold to contract ing parties by Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger. But even at that low mark, the number bettered that for April of last year when only thirteen licenses were issued. Five of the contracting parties last month were from Pitt, Bertie and Washington counties, the remaining twenty-seven being residents of this county. f The list for the month just closed follows: » White Gaston James 20-Mamie Mobley 19; Charles Benjamin Coltrain, iiO-Mary Elieabeth Harris, 18; Arthur Dewey Simpson, 22-Bettie Elisabeth Tyrr, 18; Jonas Henry Norris, 62-Gludys Clark, 16} Allen Peed, 23-Ituhy As_- kew, 23; Luoian J. Peole, 24-Mi Id red Waters, 22. Colored Wright J. Smith, 22-Addi Doeberry, 18; Simon Fagan, 28-Lena Knight, 27; Clarence Moore, 22-Mary Jane Con nie, 21; Nathaniel Brown 21-Verna Tender, 18; William Wooten, 41- Reginia Turner, 84; James Powell, 27- Annie May Rodger*, 20; Samuel Best, 29-Hattie Little, 2.'t; Crnest Holley, 20-Mamie Holley, 18; Charlie Hyman, 21-Mary Ix>ssie Dickens, 18; Oscar Burnett, 21-Estelle Peterson, 17. 'SPIRIT ST. LOUIS' IN FINAL FLIGHT Lindbergh Flies Plane To Washington; Goes To Smithsonian Washington, April 80.—A partner ship of the heights and distances which has won a wrold-wide acclaim passed into history today as Colonel Charles A Lindbergh brought his chrished ''Spirit of St. Louis" to earth ht its last airport. "We" participated in one last long hop. The boyish and tanned Trans- Atlantic flier said the 726 air miles from St. Louis to Boiling Field had been spanned in four hours and 58 minute*. They came to be separated. In ac cordance with his promise, Lindbergh will forthwith turn his silvered partner over to the Smithsonian In stitution. It will take ita place there along with exhibits of outstanding American accomplishments which in fluenced the thought and actions of times past JUNIORS TO HEAR BILLY SUNDAY Members of the Junior Order from . all over the State have been invited to attend a special service that ha* been arranged with Billy Sunday next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, it was announced by the Greenville o'- Utilization this week. Reserved sent; will be I riven the members of the Order and thousands are expected to attend the service. According to the plans announced by the Greenville Junior Order, the numbers will meet at the courthouse in Greenville at 2:00 o'clock where s ■ parade will be formed. Marching through the main streets ot the town, the body will reach the services a few minutes before the services are sop posed to start. . Mr. Sunday i« to preach his famou i sermon, "Americanism" or "Uncle Sam", it was stated to the announce ment received by the local Punier Order. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 1, 1928 REGULAR MEET WOMAN'S CLUB HELD THURSDAY Better Homes Program Pre sented; Report Two Sites For Swimming Pool MISS OGLESBY SPEAKS New Officers Are Elected; Name Mias Sleeper Delegate to State Meet of Federated Clube At the Woman's club regular meet ing last Thursday afternoon, one of the most attractive features was the "Better Homes" program sponsored by Miss Lora E. Sleeper, home demon stration agent. She had as special speaker, Miss Oglesby, of Raleigh, 'who is assistant chairman of tho home i economics work of the State depart- I rnent. Miss Oglesby, a splendid speaker, 1 made a good impression on her aud ience She selected as her subject, "Child Health" in its relation to Better Homes. She said that one of the greater* tanks of the home-build er was to take care of the physical development of the child, as well as tiie mental, social and spiritual sides his character. The club was asked by her to endorse some program or project for "Child Health Day" which U being observed today in many parts of the State and Nation. The speaker completed her talk with a summary of questions that brought out the most practical and scientific way to en iv for children. Mrs. A. R. Dunning has accepted the chairmanship of the Junior De portment and she will organise "her work this week. Miss Sleeper was appointed delegate to the State Convention of Federated Clubs which meet.s in High Point this week. Two sites were reported for a swimming pool, one back of the courthouse near the Roberson -"home ami another at the east end of Main street where clay has been removed "by the town for the past several years and where there is an excavation large enough for a pool. New officers for the coming year. w re elected as follows, ''Mrs. W. C. Manning, jr., first vice president; Mrj. W, B. Watte, secretary and Mr#. W. H. TOggs, treasnrer. The civic committee of the club was to assist Miss Sleeper in get ting the courthouse yard and this will be done at once. FARMERS GET BACK TO WORK Weather Proving Serious Drawback to Planting; Little Done After experiencing delay after de lay brought about by heavy rains, farmers in thia section made another attempt this week to do their season's planting. Experiencing one of the latest springs in years, farmers gen erally have encountered obstacle after obstacle that are bound to cause the harvest to vary in its amount. A light rain today failed to halt the farmers in their work, and with fair and warmer as the weather man's forecast, the work is expected to g i forward rapidly this week. Many of those farmers who plant ed their corn in between the rains art having to plow their plantiHgs up and sow again. General complaints are be ing heard in all sections of the coun ty, some of the farmers stating that the increased acreage in certain crop.i will not result this year just because of the lateness of the season. Where there was an increase in tobacco fore easted in this part of the State, it is now the opinionof many that there will even be a decrease. SCHOOL FINALS AT HAMILTON To Be Held Next Week; R. T. Fountain Is Main Speaker The commencement exercises of the Hamilton school will begin Sunday May 6, at 8:00 o'clock in the even ing ,it was announced today by Prin cipal, W. W. Clarke. Rev. O. P. Fitz gerald, of the local Methodist church, will preach the commencement sermon that evening. At the same hour, the following night, the high school stu dents will produce their annual play. Thia year they are presenting "Son John." I Tuesday evening, Hon. R. T. Foun tain, speaker of the lower house of the general assembly, will deliver the main address. The flnals will bring to a close the term Wednesday night when th* elementary department will stage an operetta, "In a Flower Gar den. The school is extending a cordial invitation to the public at large to attend the exercises. i_ _ NEGROESHAVE FREE FOR ALL Washington Negroes Given WarroJßeccption When Fjffct Starts Here Willie Williams and Thomas Fore man, Washington Negroes, were given a warm reception by local members of their race last Sunday about night when they came here a'courting. Reprimanded for cursing, one of the . visitors showed his power for fight. It was a three-cornered affair for a few minutes, but soon Williams fac ed a half doien, then a dozen, and some said the number reached flve before the battle was over. Dur ing the meantime, Foreman slipped away and came up town for the po lice. Going back to Monk Uagley's cafe, the scene of the disturbance, Foreman attempted to atop the fight which wad getting warmer as the time passed. Jesse Rogers chased him and Foreman hid behind a chicken coop in the neighborhood. His first part in the fight came when he slipped an axe from a nearby woodpile and crown ed Larry Johnson over the head. Policeman Allsbrooks appeared on the scene and while he was on one side of the house, the battle was carried to new ground on the other side of the house. Dottles were flying, and oc casionally a brick bat would appear from an unknown hand. The battle continued and it was a hard matter to tell who was who, but in the final windup a 'check showed that Colie Hyman had suffered a severe razor wound on the arm and Larry Johnson - htyi a bax axe wound on the head. At - the trial yesterday afternoon, Lurry Johnson, Colie Hyman, Azariah Williams, Columbus Brown, Willie Williams, and Thomas Foreman re lated {heir parts in the fight, but they admitted that it was so mixed up that they knew little about the whole of it. It was shown, however, that John- SOM v was trying to stop the fight when Foreman hit him over the head with the axe. Foreman stated that he thought Johnson was assisting in the attack on Williams, Foreman's friend. The evidence by the defendants, like thi|( of the witnesses, was not of much value in throwing light on the JIRle issues, and it is thought that many >eroaped being called Into court when l'umes were Jesse Rogers and Back Slade were missing in the final windup, and were not at the trial yesterday after noon. > Fines, ranging from ten to twenty flve dollars were imposed by Mayor R. L. Coburn, and the case was con tinued in the case of Rogers and Slade. SCHOOL CLOSING AT BEAR GRASS Exercises Begin Tonight; End Friday; Judge Moore Speaker With the presentation of "Jumbo Jim", a one-act play, the Bear Grass school beginu its commencement ex ercises to night at 8:00 o'clock. To morrow morning, the exercises will be opened with a pageant by a large number of the pup'ls. The pageant, "Our United States", has been given particular attention in its preparation, and the sixty or more children tak ing part are expected to make a pleasing impression. Judge Clayton Moore, the main speaker of the ' commencement, will make his address following the stag ing of the pageant. Presentation of certificates will be made after Judge Moore's talk. The closing number on the program is a play, "Eyes of Love" which will be staged in the auditorium tomorrow nigh at 8:00 o'clock. Each year the exercises of the Bear Grass school are largely attended, and this year there will be no exception to the rule. » ROBERSONVILLE SCHOOL CLOSING Exercises Being Held This Week. *F. C. Harding * To Speak A very successful year for the Rob eisonville school*' will be brought to a close this week whan appropriate and unique exercises are held there. The first of the exercises, scheduled foi tonight, will be* staged by the members of the senior class. Tomor row evening at 8:00 o'clock, Dr. Fred erick Jones, of Greenville, will preach the commencement sermon to the graduating class in the school audi torium. Rev. Mr. Jones is said to be a very Btrong and forceful preacher, and a large number of people is ex pected to hear hira. The year's work will be officially closed Thursday evening at 8 o'clock when Hon. F. C. Harding, of Green ville, delivers the commencement ad address to the school and its patrons. Mass Meeting Asks Board To Reconsider Location of School Text of Resolution At Mass Meet At the mass meeting held last night by about 100 citisens of the j Williamston Graded School dia trict R. L. Cobura was suthorised and directed to write and publish the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted by the meet ing: "Whereas, The Martin County Board of Education, during its ses sion held on the 24th day of April _1928, tentatively adopted a resolu tion to purchase a site of six acres .of the Rhodes property for a lo cation upon which to erect a pro posed high school building for the Williamston Graded School Dis trict, and to pay for same the sum of 94,000; and "Whereaa, It is the opinion of i the citisens present at this meet- j NAME ARCHITECT OF NEW THEATER Fred A. Bishop, of Rich mond, To Present Plans Next Week Plans for a new theatre to be erected here are almost complete, and construction will be started about June 1, it was learned from Mr. J W. Watts, jr., the builder, yesterduy. Pencil sketches of the proposed build ing have been submitted by severu! "architects, and Mr. Fred A. Bishop, of Richmond, and Mr. Fred A. Bishop, of Richmond, was chosen Xo draft the rinal plans for the $30,000 structure The theatre, facing the Main street near the Culpepper Hardware store, will be modem in every respect anu will neat approximately 700 people. The complete set of plans will be finished by the early part of nex' week, and preliminary building prep aratiops will be made soon after thai time, Mr. Watts stated yesterday. Mr. llishop, the architect has jus', completed plans for a $400,000 theatre in Richmond, and his experience in that field assures the town an up-to date theatre. JUDGE BAILEY TRIES 5 CASES Although Short Session, Court Collects Enough To Run for Month Although Judge Bailey had a shor' court this morning, there were Ave cases disposed of, netting a revenue sufficient to offset the expense of th'j court for an entire month. E. M. James, charged with manu facturing liquor, was fined S6O, charg ed with the cost and placed under a four-months suspended road sentence. Jasper Rollins, charged with steal ing a pair of trousers, plead an error which did not satisfy the court and he was fined $26. and required to pay the costs. George Purvis, violating the traf fic law by hogging the road, was lined sl6. and charged with the cost of the case. Aaron Biggs, violating the stock ! law by turning mules out, was charg ed with the cost and the. judgment was suspended. Lee R. Bland, charged with as- | saulting J. S. Williams with a dead- : ly weapon, plead guilty and was fined $26, charged with the cost and re- , quired to pay Williams' doctor bill. Williams' throat was cut snd a six inch gash was made from the top of his heda to the end of the nose, the injury almost causing the man's death. j j fi ll. E. Ellison was charged with violating the game and fish law, flsh ihg with a drift net over 40 yards' long, the maximum allowed by the law. It was alleged by the State that Ellison had been instructed three times to shorten his net, but had fail ed to meet the requirements. He was fined SIOO «nd charged with the costs of the case. He entered an appeal for s hearing before the Suprior court which convnes here in June. CHILDREN FIND BODY OF MOTHER, A SUICIDE Lexigton, April 30.—Her two chil dren returning from school late today found the body of Mrs. George E. Hilton, 41, hanging from the basement stairs at the home near Reeds, four miles west of here. Death according to the coroner, Dr. F. L. Mock, had evidently occurred several hours be fore. ■' _ ■ r v. . f ing that the proposed site on said Rhodes property would make an undesirable site because and on account of its being located at a place that will be inconvenient to reach by practically every pupil in the district; that it is impractica ble on account of making water, light connections; that it is undesirable on account of the ! reason that there are no streets, and it would cost more to make these improvements than the pur chase price of the land: Therefore, be it "Resolved, That the citizens present at this meeting respect fully request that said Martin County Board of Education rescind its resolution and select a more { desirable location upon which to | erect the said high-school building. REGISTRATION BOOKS OPEN At Office C. B. Hassell; Only Three Registered So Far The registration books for the com ing primary and election are now open in the office of Mr. C. B. Hassell, next to Harrison Brothers and Com : puny's store. Those citizens whose names already appear on the books do not hove to register again, but it is necessary for those who have be come of age, since the last registra tion and those who have moved into the township since the last registra tion to register in order to vote in the coming primary and election. The books will remain open until the Saturday before the primar> June 2, and that being the case, the books will be closed May 26, challenge day. ~7~' Up until yesterday, Mr. Jojjn L. Hassell, registrar, stated that only three new names had been added to the list. It is generally believed that there are numbers of people who are eligible for registration, and should they avail themselves of the oppor tunity, there will be a large addition to the list of qualified voters in the township. . While the books are supposed to b: kept ope;i only on Saturdays, Mr. Hassell stated, that someone would be in the office every day to register any one who might' call in. Former Resident Heads Large Business School That M. L. James, formerly of this place, has succeeded in organizing on of the largest business schools in sev eral of the Southern States is eVideni ed by newspaper reports sent on' from Norfolk, the home of the school Mr. James accepted the presidency of the Norfolk College several years ago and since that time it has en joyed a steady growth until now it has one of the largest enrollments of any business school in this part of the States. I,ast month the institu tion bought out the interests of the Davis-Wagner school, and added to its list of students those of that in j stitution. There are several young | men and women from this section who | are now studying in the school. EVERETT FINALS HELD THIS WEEK Operetta To Be Presented Tonight;- Finals On Friday Night This week brings to a close the 1927-'2B session .of the Eveictt.s "School, the first of the commcnce ing scheduled for tonight. Founded up on Grimm's.well-known fairy story, an operetta will be given by the pu pils of the first, second and third grades of the school tonight at 8:0(1 o'clock. Thursday evening at 8:00 o'clock class exercises will be held and n re cital will be given by the pupil; of Miss Opal Warren's music class im mediately following the other exer cises. The class program includes a class inventory by Bene Wynne, clast history by Sidney Mallory, prophecy by Beatrice Roebuck, class poem by Nora Wynne, classwill by Gentry Mills; giftorian, Hattie Roberson anc valedictory, Vriginia Wynne. Certifl ' cutes will be awarded at the close ol : the exercise. The finals will be held the follow ing night, when the annnnl addresi will be delivered. —"— V Advertisers Wtu Find Our Cat- I vmns a Latchkey to Over lfiOO ! Homes of Martin Comity v - i ESTABLISHED 1893 * DEMUR AGAINST , RHODES SITE Meeting Attended by 75 Citizens of School District RESOLUTION PASSED Only Two School Officials Present; Several Suggestions Made By Various Citizens A resolution; requestnig the Martin County Board of • Education to re consider its decision- in choosing a site for the proposed high school build ing here, wui passed last night when seventy-live citizens met in the cdurt house and discussed the location-of the iftw building. The meeting was > the result of an interest shown by numerous citkens both in the town and surrounding country in locating the school, and was called upon short notice by several people throughout the towiwfiip. ' , While the township was well repn ented, no school officials other than Mr. J. Haywood Rogers, mem ber of the township school board and the local principal attended, he stating that he would, as long as he remained here, teach anywhere the people chose to put the school, that he would rather the people who are to pay for the building to decide upon the site. It is reported that one or two ( of the other school officials who were notified regarding the meeting stated , that it was Joo late to do anything, s and probably reason, failed [ to attend. Other school officials when asked to attend the meeting stated that they had experienced too much trouble already, and that they did not care to take part. Several,,were out of ' town and they knew nothing about the meeting. Mr. K. B. Crawford who was I out of town and who could not,get back in time for the meeting, stated late last night that he did Hot realize the power of the opposition to the site, and- that - i t'wa* - his- {Wire U*-assi st- in - securing a location that would be '• suitable to the majority. He assured citizens a hearing at a meeting of the B County Board here next Monday. ! Upon the motion 'of Mr. Wheeler I Martin, Mayor R. L. Coburn was made chairman of the meeting, and he ex plained the purpose of the assemblage. W. C. Manning was called upon to open the discussion and he made a warm and pointed five-minute tulk. He further explained the purpose of' ■ the meeting, stating that thJ citizen i had met to protest the action of the ' County l'oani of Education. In the" beginning it was stated by Mr. Man ning that the location of a building was one of the most important things in erecting a school, and'in selecting * a place he did not want what he thought was right but what the ma s jority thought was right. If as many as one out of every nine people in the " township wanted the site selected by the county educational body, he would ' say no more, and do what- he could for the welfare of the school. He i made no suggestion for locating the s building, but stated that it was his - opinion thajt the site selected is not t appropriate, that a committee should s be appointed to go before the County t Board Here next Monday ami ask that - the matter be reconsidered. e Following his tallc, Mr. Wheeler 0 Martin made a motion*that a rasoiu - tion be prepared asking he Board of Education to' reconsider the matter n fo selecting a site. His Motion \va: seconded and passed. The chairman then asked if there » was any discussion relative to prob ' able sites. Mr. Julian Anderson sug gested that a representative from the * State Department be asked to ccme down and settle the question, but no 1 definite action was taken in that direction. Discussing the possibility of sifts further, Mr. W, Joe Taylor mentioned the Martin farm, the Godard proper g ty, that of Mr. S. C. Griffin, or that adjoining the JamesvillC and Wash ington roads. Several others mentioned a few ad [_' vantages of the sites pointed out, but j no vote was oulled for to determine which of the four sites would be most suitable. / Mr. Haywood Rogers, member of the township school board, suggested ~ that the desires of every citizen in the township, as far ai possible, be ' (considered jn selecting the site for the building. a .It is understood that a committer will present the resolution passed at y the meeting Jast night before the County Board of Education.in session * here next Monday. Local* Lose to Roper In a game marred by many errors, r- the local high school baseball team is lost to Roper here yesterday after noon, 10 to 5. i " \ I ~ .
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