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Watch the Label oo Tow As It Carrie* the Data When Yoor Subscription Kxpfres VOLUME XXXII—NUMBER 47 B. AND L. SERIES SOON TO BEGIN 25th Series Expected to Continue Growth of Local Unit While the past several series have established new records in the growth of the Martin County Building and Ixtan association, the 25th series, opening next month, is exported to result in a continued growth of the association, the officers declared yes terday. Several of the new homes erected hen this summer were madw possible with the aid of the building and loan association, and aa the or ganization progresses so does the town and community. That the building and loan organi sations all over the South' are taking an active part in the section's prog ress is shown by the following report, pointed out by Mr. Wheeler Martin, an officer of the local organisation: The amazing increase in building and loan activity in the southern states since 1921 is revealed by Dr. Albert S. Keister, professor of eco nomics at North Carolina College for Women, Greensboro, in a recent issue of the Manufacturers Record. Or. Keiater describes the housing needs felt in the decentralised indus trial development of the South. He tells of the response which the Build ing and Loan Associations have made to this need, a response which iF measured in the tripling of their re sources. He Outlines the factors hack of the vital attraction which the as sociations have had for home builders and savers. In the last ten years, new money, new people and new business have flowed into a thousand cities and towns of South. 11M widespread demand fot housing has been met for the most part without profiteering or excessive rentals. Dr. KeisUr finds. Few people realise how rapidly the building and loan assoeietions have grown, he declares. In the United States their assets vaulted from $2,- porting figures for both 1021 and 1927 or 186 per cent increase. In the south ern states the growth has been even more rapid sna in eight of them re porting gurea for both 1021 and 1927 the increase is 209 per cent. Thel North Carolina Building and Loan as sets rose from 126,000,000 in 1921 to (•1,000,000 in J027. The boriwer finds "he can borrow a liberal percentage of the total cost and pay it back in monthly sums comparable to rent. "To savers," he concludes, "the building and loan associations speak of the safety of the investment, the generous returns earned on savings and the eaae with which onea savings may be available in case of need. Evidently their appeals have fallen or fertile ground for, as the record shows, the yield in increased resources has been several hundred-fold." Graf Zeppelin Starts on Trip Around the World , New York, Aug. B.—The Graf Zep pelin, first commercial airship to at tempt a flight around the North At lantic ocean tonight and forging steadily ahead in an effort to set « new record for dirigible flight from America to Germany. Pushing that big dirigible along at high speed throughout tha day, its veteran commander, Dr. Hugo Eckner, reported to the Navy depart ment that he waa 1,180 statute miles due east of New York at duqk, Dr. Eckner gave the big ship's position as 40.86 north, 51.86 wetot at 7 p- m. E. 8 T. Maintaining the pace, the Graf Zeppelin ahould add another 350 miles to ita record hy midnight and fas more than half way to the coast ef Portu gal by dawn, carrying its 22 pAaaeng ero—one a woman—and 40 members of the crow towards Fried rich aha/en, Germany, and the end of the first stage of a projected flight around tha globe. WATTS T T THEATRE Saturday August 10 BUZZ BARTON , in ~ "The Vagabond Cub" Also COMEDY AND SEKIAL "Tarsen the Mighty" Monday-Tuesday August 12-13 ALICE WHITE ;;!OT STUFF;; aWkkws AHD PABLES MUSIC »Y PHOTOTOME THE ENTERPRISE Mayor Says Stre Paved By Bond Issue With No Increase in PLAN OUTLINED WOULD PAVE EIGHT STREETS —• $60,000 Bond Issue Added to Money on Hand Would Do Work OWNERS PAY HALF Mayor Co burn Presents Statement Of Bonds and Interest Due, In cluding Proposed Issue By R. L. COBURN, Mayor In connection with the request that lias been made by a large number of citizens of the town to have various streets paved under the contract that we have had our sidewalks paved, some are of the opinion that the Board of Commissioners would have to increase the present budget for the payment of bonds and interest on bonds. For the reasons set out above, I have prepared a statement (presented on page two of this newspaper) show ing what the town paid for the re tirement of bonds and the iuterest on bonds during the years of 1927-28, the amount to be paid during the year of 1929, and the amounts that would be come due and payable from 1930 to 1960, when the last of our bonds ma ture, if we are to borrow $60,000 for the purpose of paving Haughton Street from Simmons Avenue to Wil liams Street (including the widening ot saiH (tret from Main Street to the railroad), Watti Street, Church Street Academy Street, Simmons Avenue, Smithwick Street, Hatfon Street, and Williams Street, of which the prop erty owners would be required to pay approximately $54,000 in ten annual installments. This would make a to tal cost of paving sidewalks and streets of $120,000. The above loan of $60,- 000 would be $5,042 more than the a rnount provided for in the estimate which has been prepared by our engi neer. The City Hall bonds amounting to $13,500 have, not been considered in this statement because the necessary amount to pay theae bonds this year has been set aaide from monay we re ceived from the Virginia Electric k Power Company. * From the statement presented with this article, it is clear that it would not be necessary to increase the budget foi the payment of bonds and interest on bonds. This is because we had $60,000 to pave with, which we did not have to borrow, and of that amount and the additional $60,000 that we would have to borrow, the property ownera would be required to pay 50 per cent (exclusive of street and sidewalk in tersections) in ten annual initallmenta with interest. As a matter of (act, our appropriations for the payments of bonds and intereat on bonds will con tinue to get smaller, and I see no reason why the present tax rate ahould not be reduced aome practically every year for a number of years, even in the event we were to pave our streets. It is rather atrange that we ahould (Continued on page two) REQUIRE PUPILS TO READ BIBLES Oak City School Course of Study Lists Bible Study As Parallel Reading According to a course of study ef fective in the Oak City schools during the coming terms, Bible reading will be required oi all second, third, and fourth year high school pupils. The collateral reading embraces two books in the Bible during the term, each book to be twenty chapters or more. One of the books is to be chosen from the Old Testament and the second from the New^ In connection with the parallel read ing program, Mr. H. M. Ainsley, the school's principal, has selected a vari able and valuable list of books, one that is believed to be suitable to a large of schools. Reports on the readings will be re quested of the pupils the second Fri day in each month, and in March an examination covering the entire list will be held. As far s# it is known, the Oak City pchooi is the only one requiring Bible feeding of its pupils. Services Sundqy At Local Christian Church • The Christian church will hold its regular services Sunday. Bible school will begin atj 9:43 a. m. and church services at Uja. m. The subject for the morning worship will be "A Christian War." The evening service will be gin at 8 p. m. Following our study of the character of Jesus, ike topic for Sunday evening Will be "The Refsr - T *1 Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, August 9,1929 URGE ENFORCING SANITARY LAWS Resolution Passed by Club Women Leads to Passing Of Ordinance Discussing the sanitary conditions of the town, members of the local Wo man's Club recently set into motion machinery requiring the inspection of milk sold within the incorporated lim its of the town, and a more rigid en forcement of the present sanitary laws. The resolutions passed by the club and presented to the board of commis sioners at their meeting the early part of this week follows: Whereas it is a recognized fact by all competent authorities that food' constitutes our life; and Whereas no community is safe un less the food consumed is sanitary: Therefore, be it Resolved that we form a committee, with power to act, in securing a sani tary inspection of all dairies and food markets. Further, be it resolved that we en list every agency, Boy Scouts, Town Commissioners, Kiwanis Club, Parent- Teacher Association, and individual in an active battle for the extermination of mice, rates, flies, and mosquitoes. Realizing that only extreme clean liness will accomplish the desired ob jective, we recommend the City Commissioners set the proper machin ery in motion to have proper inspec tions made and past an ordinance that all cow and horse stables must be cleaned daily, and that the law be en forced relative to the prevention of the retention of pigs within the cor porate limits of the city. In the past two years, the town has spent, according to a recent financial audit of the town's books, $24.75 for sanitary purposes, a sum that attracts criticism within itself. In 1927, the audit shows that $19.50 was spent for sanitary purposes; last year only $9.25 was spent. However, the street de partment force cares for much of the sanitary work, and that department, of course, is charged with the costs. Other than that carried on by the street cleaning department, the sani tary work is practically ignored. Breed ing places for flies and mosquitoes are unnoticed, and many of the town's . back lots are in foul condition. Program of Services At Baptist Church Other than the regular Sunday school there will be no morning service at the Baptist church, it was announc ed this morning by one of the church's member*. In the evening, the B. Y. P. U., both tha intermediate and junior (roups, will hold regular serv icer There will be no preaching serv ice. Rev. C. H. Dickey, the pastor, is improving in a Naval hospital at Portsmouth, and it is expected that he will be able to resume his regular church duties Sunday, August 18. All members of the Sunday school and the B. Y. P. U. are urged to at tend the services announced. Program oi Services at Presbyterian Church Sunday school, !M5 a. m. Worship service, 11 a. m. We are to have the pleasure of hearing at effr worship service Sunday, August U, Rev. Perley Perry, of Williamston. We cordially invite all those who are not having services in their own churches Sunday to meet and worship with us. I We especially invite all vistiors'in our I city and al persons who are not con nected wtih any church in William ston to make oijr church your church. Bear Qraaa Preaching services will be held in the schoolhouse at Bear Grass Sunday, August 11, at Bp. m. All person? read ing this notice, with their friends, are invited to attend. County Auditor Begins . Working on Tax Bookg * ♦ Following the determination of the 19JP ux levy by the eommi»iioners in tesiion here last, Monday, J. Sam Get (inger, auditor, and hi* office force are starting work on the tabulation* and the distribution of the variou* rate* this week. The ta*k i* one of the larg est in the long list of duties connected with the office, and it will require sev eral weeks to prepare the books, write the receipts and turn them over to the collector. % Mrs. J. W. Wright, of Jamasville, WW • bnatoesa visitor hare this mora- 15,000 GALLONS OF BEER CAPTURED m Revenue Agents Also Get Two Operators and Three Stills [ The capture of approximately 15,- 600 gallons of beer featured the work of revenue agents in this section this week when the officers trappfed two operators, took six gallons of liquor and brought in three copper stills. Wednesday, Federal Agent Street, Sheriff Roebuck and deputies went to the Free Union section where they captured a 100-gallon capacity still, six gallons of liquor, two axes, two buckets and a keg. Approximately 1,- 800 gallons of beer were turned on the ground. David Brooks, an old col ored man, was busily engaged firing the still when the officers arrived. He told the officers the still belonged to Joe James, that he was being paid for operating the plant. At the hear ing, Brooks claimed the still, stating that James hsd sold and delivered sugar to him at the still. PrSbable cause appearing in the case, the com missioner held Brooks under a S3OO bond for his appearance in the next term of Federal court. Yesterday, the officers returned to the same section and found business progressing rapidly. A still of 150- gallon capacity was captured and 1,-* 250 gallons of beer were turned out. The still was idle lit the time, but Sanford Cordon and a friend were preparing to remove the plant. Cor don fell into the hands of the law while his friend and helper made his fescape in a mule -and cart. Cordon is being held for the next sesSiop of the recorder'r court here. Continuing their search, the officers found a still running fuir blast, but the operators made their escape when they heard the agents tearing up a plant a short distance away. No liquor was found and the beerf 950 gallons, was turned out. At a last plant tb« officers found 11,500 gallons of beer, a number of jugs, all empty, and 40 fermenters. The beer captured and destroyed during the day, it is estimated, would have turned out 1,600 gallons of liquor which at the general market price, would have sold for $3,750. MARTIN LOSES TWO TO BERTIE ——• Bulls Practically Sew Up Second Half Honors by Double Win Here Bertie County's aggregation walked away with honors and practically iced the second half of the Bright Belt lea gue here Wednesday afternoon when Martin suffered'defeat, losing the first by th» close margin of 7 to 6 and drop ping the second -to-2 score. In the first game, the visitors touch ed Gardner for five runs in the first stanzas white the locals could count only o'nce. Grimes, of Gold Point, re lieved Gardner and it was nothing and nothing from then to the seventh, when the visitors annexed another run. In the eighth the locals rallied to push four funs across. With two men on bases, Roberson, of Robersonville, went in as a pinch hitter and knocked the ball over the new school building for a horn? run. Bertie made another in the ninth, and Martin threatened to even the score or even win the contest in the same frame. There were three men oil bases and no outs, but only one run was made, the visitors tighten ing in the pinches to retire the side. In the second game, the locals got off tq a splendid start. Cherry, on the mound for the Monks, fanned two and first base was not reached in the first inning. Victory was forecasted for the Monks when Roebuck made a hit, fpl- Icwed by Piephoflf's, and another by Hood. J. Brown was out on a high fly. Roebuck counted on Vance Rob erson's single; Gaylord went out as Brown did, and Whitehurst retired the side when he knocked a high fly. The four hits netted only one run. In the second inning, Bertie made three hits and two runs. The *cored their second and last run m the second when Spivey led off with a single. Taylor, running foi him, scored on Roebuck's hit. One out followed later by a double play rttired the side. Windsor scored again in the third, making a last marker in the sixth. Whitehead, for the visitors, had a perfect dty at bat, walking once and getting six hits out of his six official appearance* at the plate, several of them going for extra bases. Both games were well played, Ber tie getting the breaks to win the first. The afternoon's play was witnessed by approximately 500 fans. Rev. D. W. Arnold Will Preach at Maple Grove Rev. D. W. Arnold wi)l preach at the Maple o rem church' next week, beginning Tuesday evening, it was an """•"ttf *ftfo """"I'f New Insurance Rating Saves $6,000 Annually in Premiums EVERETTS BOY DIES IN HOSPITAL Hubert Moore, 20, Succumbs After Operation for Appendicitis Hubert Moore, 20 years old, of near Everetts, died in a Rocky Mount hos pital last Wednesday afternoon, fol lowing an attack of appendicitis suf fered the Saturday before'. He was carried to the hospital soon after the attack, but the operation was not per formed until 10 o'clock Sunday morn ing, a time said to be too late to save the young man's life. The funeral was held yesterday aft ernoon at 3:30 o'clock from the .resi dence of his father, Mr. Whit' Moore, near Everetts, by Rev. C. B. Mas(v burn, of Robersonville. Interment fol lowed in the family cemetery on the home farm. A father, step-mother, a brother, Dal las Moore, and a half-brother, of Ever etts, survive. Mrs. Moore, the boy's mother, died several years ago. JAMES HENRY WARD DEAD Prominent Citizen of Batts Store Section Victim of Heart Failure James Henry Ward, 72 .years old, was found dead in bed at home near Batts store on the Washington road early yesterday morning, his death, attributable to heart, failure, coming as a shock to his family and fiicnds. Although Mr. Ward" bad heart trouble and suffered other com plications for several years, he was apparently as well as usual the day before when he drove his automobile around the neighborhood and attended to his regular duties. He retired •boot-. his usual hour and so far ds it is known be was not sick during the night. His failure to arise at the usu al time caused his wife to visit the room, where she found him dead, ap parently dying a short while before. The son of the late Joshua L. and Louisa Hodges Ward, James Henry was born and r«ared on the farm, where he labored long hours from early youth 'up to the day before bis death for livelihood. Eew men have fol lowed their work more closely than did Mr. Ward. In connection with his farm work, he engaged in the timber business, and at the time of his death he owned and operated two lumber mills. He had been advised by his. physician not to work,' but he ignored the advice and often stood at the rever and ran a saw all during the day. He was noted for his neighborliness and his kind disposition. During the past several years he had been a mem ber of the Primitive Baptist Church and during that time he was very ac tive in its work. The funeral was held at the home this morning and interment followed in the family cemetery at the home place. Mr. Ward was married twice, first to Miss Ellen Griffin, who died several years ago. By this marriage eight children, Burroughs, John Simon, and Williamston, Mrs. Mary L. Stalls, Mrs. Annie Gray Cherry, and Mrs. Hettie Coltrain, survive. A number of years ago he married Miss Eunice Rogers, who survives. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Virginia Perry, of Williamston; and Mrs. Addie Ed wards, of High Point; one brother, J. W. Ward, of Jamesville. He had 31 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchil dren. HERTFORD AND MARTIN TIE, 2-2 Play Thirteen Inning With out Decision Here Thursday A new record was set up in the Bright Leaf Belt League here yester day afternoon when the Hertford Har,es and the Martin Monks went 13 rounds to stop at 2-all. Breaks for either tide were few and far between, but ttie lo cal*' chance to score presented itself several times just to be turned down a majority of the time. The Monks started the scoring with one marker in the first frame. Hert ford evened the situation in the second and the game was evenly balanced un til the eighth when the visitors pushed another run across. The locals tied the score in the ninth, and then dur ing four more innings the deadlock re mained unbroken. Gardner improved as the game progressed and in the last few innings of play, he retired the sides in r*pi4 order. RECORDER HAS TWELVE CASES Two Fines Imposed; Sev eral Cases Continued; One Appeal Noted A round dozen cases were called in the recorder's court here last Tuesday, several being continued for hearing lat er in the month. Two fines were im posed, and one appeal to a higher court was made. John H. Taylor, charged with as-" wuilt with a deadly weapon, entered 4 plea of not guilty, and after examin ing the evidence the court found him guilty of a simple affray. He was fined $25 add taxed with the costs. Early Boston plead guilty to an as sault 011 a female and was fined $25 and taxed with' the costs. The case charging Ernest Harrison with an assault with a deadly Weapon was continued one week. Two cases ;igainst W. E. Bunting, otic charging him with threatening to kill and the second charging-a viola tion of the liquor laws, were continued one week. loin Nicholson, charged with oper ating an automobile while under the in fluence of liquor, entered a pica of nolo contendre, the court accepting the plea and imposing a nine months road sentence. All appeal was. effected, the court fixing bond in the sum of SJOO. A,capias was issued when John Mc ( ray Covington, charged with operat ing an automobile while intoxicated, was caled and failed. J. C.rWynn, charged with an as sault with a deadly weapon, plead not guilty, the court after examining the evidence fountl him guilty of disorderly conduct. Judgment was ..suspended upon the payment of the costs by the defendant. The case charging Gus I'urvis with disorderly conduct and assault with a iltadly weapon, was heard and contin ued one—week. A similar action was followed iu the case charging Tom Scott with disorderly conduct. No' disposition resulted in the case charging Horace Thomas with larceny and receiving. NEGRO LAWYER IN TOILS OF LAW ') » Counsel, for Percy Miller To Be Heard on Perjury Charge in Windsor Charged with subornation of perjury, A. Eseoffei-y colored lawyer of Dur ham, will be given a hearing in Wind sor tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock as a result of affidavits alleged to have been procured by him in connec tion with the trial of Percy Miller, convicted slayer of P. H. White, Windsor' policeman. The hearing will be held before Justice of the Peace P. T. Perry. The affidavits causing the arrest of Escoffery were signed by Lem Pritchard, of Bertie, main witness for the State in Miller's trial, before Mr. C. D. Carstarphen, jr., local notary. Pritchard is awaiting the hearing in the Bertie jail being unable to raUe a bond of $6,000. EscofPery is out on a. $2,000 bond./' .• Escoffery procured, it is ulleged, the affidavit from Pritchard that the evidence given on the trial in the Su perior Court was false; and that he was forced to testify to what he did by the solicitor and attorneys ap pearing for the prosecution and Depu ty Sheriff Askew. The solicitor and other attorneys named in the affidavits brand the charge as absolutely false, and have announced that they will spare no ef fort in bringing all the facts to light regarding the same. It is reported that since the arrest of Pritchard he says that he did not know what the contents of the affl davit he signed were; that his testi mony at the trial was true, and that he was induced to sign the same by the attorney for Miller. The criminal action against Escof fery and Pritchard is expected to re sult in the moat sensational trial held in Windsor in recent years outside the trial of Miller several months ago. Carolinians Spent Over $5,000,000 for Cars in July •" North Carolinians bought 7,796 au tomobiles in July at a cost of $6,- 866,000, according to Sppgue Silver of the automobile division of the State Department of Revenue. The sales established a record and more cars were paid for with cash than has been the case in any other month since the title law went into effect in 1028. > Ford led with 8,563 sales, Chevro let second with 2,170. Advert!»*r« Will Find Oar C«L uinns a Latchkey to Oyer 1,000 Homes of Martin Coonty - ESTABLISHED 1898 CUT IN RATES AMOUNTS TO 18 OR 20 PER CENT !■ Few Slight Increases in Rates Made on Special Risks EFFECTn/iToN JULY 29 '.» • A New Lower Rating Due Principally to Purchase of New Truck By Town t Authorities ■{ "• * .The 18 or 20 per cent reduction in lccal fire insurance premiums forecast ed at the town officials were consider ing the purchase of a new fire truck, thereby effecting a change in'rates from thud to second-class, was made cer tain this week upon the receipt of the new rate hook here, While there are one or two increases in special risks, tile decreases in regular risks outnum ber them probably 75 to, 1. The rate on the R. S. Critcher & Sous mill is lulieved to show the most marked in xrfase, the rate there being raised from 4>'',24 to $13.38. One or two other special risks were increased, but the increase amounted tof only a few.cents. Reviewing the decrease, or the sav-- ings made possible in meeting the Ol'.d-class requirements, a very favor able turn for premium hutdefs is evi dent. It "would require dayt, probably, to make a complete survey of the new r;,tc as compared with the old and de termine the savings in their entirety. However, to determine a fairly sound and reasonable estimate of the savings made possible by the change in rates, several comparisons were made. The old rate etTcctive-'on the dwelling of Mrs. ('. D. Carstarphen was SI.OB |ki SIOO insurance, tire new rate is 68 cents on the SIOO insurance, a saving oi 40 cent's on the SIOO insurance. 1 lie rate on the household contents was re duced iruiu -SL2U to-80 cents-, a -saving of 40 cents on the SIOO. Where the Enterprise Publishing Company once paid a rate of $1.64 on its building, the new rate calls for on ly 85 cents, a 79-ceut drop. The rate on' contents was decreased from $2.04 t'> $1.30, a 74-cent saving on the SIOO valuation, saving incidentally the firm around SIOO on its insurance each year. | The rate on the building housing the Clark Drug Stonu was decreased from $1.09 to 84 cents; while the rate on contents fell from $1 54 to $1.27, a saving on the last item of 27 cents. The rate on the apartment building ij $1.75, no, comparison being available at this time. The contents rate, how ever, dropped from $3.60 to $2.15, > a saving of $1.45 on the SIOO insurance, j The old woodeil building to the wer.t of the apartments is said to be the cause of the unusually high raje there. A drop from 52 cents to 29 is re corded on.Mr. G. 11. Harrison's home on Main Street. The. rate qu contents was dropped from 64 to 40 cents. On his home, Mr. W. T. Meadows gets-a 58-cent rate as compared with the old one of 95 cents. The contents rate was dropped from $1.07 to 71 cents. - Another marked drop in the rates is that on the hew l'lanters Warehouse as compai'd with the one on the old Brick Warehouse which it replaces. The rate fell from $3.60 to sl.lO. Other co-.iiparisons of rates on all types of l.uildings in all sections of the town have been made, and the re ductions are in keeping with the prom ised . decrease, at the time the change was proposd. To meet the require ments, a very small increase in the ex pense of the fire department has been necessary other, than the purchase of the new truck. Firemen's quarters have been arranged and hired men are ion duty atriiight, while two are at the station during the day. The alarm I system is electrically equipped and op crated by hand buttons, the alarms be- I nig handled by telephone connections. With the new rate in effect, Chief | Henry 1). Harrison, who studied the rates in the two classes and started a drive for a better rating, stated yes terday that fire insurance policyholders here will save around $6,000 annually. Eweretts Woodmen To Meet Monday The Evereits Modern Woodmerf camp will hold its regular' meeting in the hall there next Monday night, when the officers will discuss the fea tures of "the district meeting to be held in Wilson in September. Dele gates to the district meeting will be elected at the neltt Monday meeting, it was stated yeaerday. Several im portant matters will be placed before the meeting, according to an an nouncement made by the camp's secretary yesterday. The members are urged to attend Monday
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