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VOLUME XXXII—NUMBER 55
130,000 POUNDS TOBACCO ON MARKET TODAY
MEMBER OP FARM
BOARD TO BE AT
TOBACCO MEET
Strengthens Possibility of
Reorganizing Tobacco
Growers
MEETING IN RALEIGH
Jam— C. Stone To Attend Meeting of
Former Member* of Tri-Sute As
sociation Tomorrow
Raleigh, Sept. 6.—James C. Stone,
tobacco growers' representative on
the Farm Relief Board, will attend
the meeting of fomer members of the
Tri-State Tobacco Growers Coopera
tive Association here Saturday.
Word was received here yesterday
by Dr. Clarence Poe and George
Rosa, former public directors of the
aaaodation, who, with the president,
George A. Norwood of Goldaboro,
sent ut the call for the meeting that
Mr. Stone and the three directors of
agricultural extension work in the
two Carolinaa and Virginia would at- {
tend the meeting. Indications are that
the meeting will be widely attended
by representative growers.
The presence of Mr. Stone at the
gathering is expected to strengthen
the possibilities of the tobacco grow
ers getting together in some kind of
an organisation. Only through an or
ganisation can farmers deal with the
Federal board and this plus the
general dissatisfaction with low to
bacco prices will constitute two of
the most imedimate reasons for or
ganisation.
Mr. Stone Was formerly a large to
bacco planter and has also served as
manager of the Kentucky Co-oper
ative Association of tobacco growers
Hence, he is considered qualified to
speak from the standpoint of the
farmer, the co-operative association
and of the Federal board.
- Hie presence of the three exten
sion heads ia considered significant
in that they direct the work of farm
and extension agents who come di
rectly in contact with farmers over
the three States. Thejr*>are John R.
Hutcheson, director of agricultural
extension work in Virginia; Dr. W.
W. Long, director of agricultural ex
tension work in South Carolina and
Dr. L 0. Schaub in chars* of exten
sion work in this State.
M. L. Corey of Richmond, James
H. Pou, of Raleigh and Hallet Ward
of Washington, receiver* for the co
operative aaaodation, will alio attend
the meeting which will be held at 11
o'clock in the hall of the House of
Representative*.
Other rnatten which will come be
fore the meeting of former members
will be the disposition of a rela
tively small surplus and an expres
sion of the sentiment of members in
regard to the $76,000 in fees request
ed by three attorney! who were in
strumental in throwing the coopera
tive association into the hands of re
ceivers.
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"The Pace That Kills"
At Watts Next Week
"The Pace That Kills," a striking
drama with startling truths, will be
shown at the Watts Theatre here next
Thursday, according to an announce
ment made yesterday by the manage
ment.
It is a simply told story, though it
points out-devious psths. It is the life
recital of*a boy and a girl—he fresh
from the country, she with the veneer
of sophistication that knows nothing
about the dangers below the surface.
Together they start out to live life at
top speed and one by one discover
that it is the pace that kills.
The rfrl it* the story is quite a dis
covery, because she has charm and a
bility, an unusual combination. She
' ia Virginia Roye.
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•THE MAN AND
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i Also NEWS AND FABLES
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_ MUSIC BT PHOTOTOME
THE ENTERPRISE
School Enrollment Climbs;
Another Teacher Necessary
Addition of 15 Pupils in High School Department Since
Opening Monday; Several Changes to be Made in
Arrangements Within Pew Days
With an increase resulting in the
record-breaking enrollment here last
Monday, school officials announced
yesterday that several changes would
be made today and tomorrow in
handling the pupils. The sixth and
seventh grades will be moved to the
high school building, making it pos
sible for the second-grade children,
now in the basement of the old build
ing, to occupy a room on the second
floor. An additional teacher made
necessary by the unusually large en
rollment will be employed, it was
stated. Professor B. E. Hood will join
the high school faculty and the new;
CAPTURE STILLS
AND EQUIPMENT
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Sheriff and Deputies Make
Raid in Williams
Township
a
Two stilli and operating equipment
were captured by Sheriff C. B. Roe
buck and deputies in William* Town
ship last Wednesday afternoon. The
plant, from all appearances, had been
operated the day before for the first
time. No liquor was found. The stills
100-gallon capacity each, carried the
Free Union earmarks, the 20 tierces
being the ssme used in the Garrett
Winery at Plymouth years ago.
The equipment consisted of three
worms, three cooling barrels, one 50-
gallon doubter, two SO-gallon barrels,
two 5-gallon kegs, one 5-gallon jug,
thirty-sTx one-half gallon fruit jars, 3
buckets, 1 axe, a cross-cut saw, twen
ty JOO-gallon fermenters, 4,800 gallons
of beer. The saw found was recognised
ly one of the officers as one left in
the hands of s colored man by £ro
hibition Agent C. F. Alexander last
fall.
No arrests were made. «-
DRY AGENTS GET
2 MEN AND STILL
Still Was Cold; Men Arrett
ed for Having Liquor
In Possession
Agents King, Street and Roebuck,
in a raid yesterday afternoon be
tween Everetts and Robersonville,
arrested Buck Terry and his son,
Chester Terry, and captured a small
liquor still.
The offices, upon reaching the plant
found the kettle cold, but saw signs
of recent operation. Very little
equipment was found at the plant
and after puncturing the kettle, the
officers left the woods. When they
tbached the Terry home, the man
and his son were preparing to leave
in a Ford roadster. They were defin
ed and searched, the agents finding
three pints of whiskey in the car.
Both men denied ownership in the
still, and "stated that they had started
on a Ashing trip down to Conine
creek.
The men were brought here where
a temporary bond was arranged for
the father, the son going to Jail. The
two will be given a hearing before
the U. S. commissioner here tomor
row morning at 10:00 o'clock. The
bond arranged was Axed at S6OO.
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Negro Pool Room
Here la Closed
Opening a pool room here without
permission of the town board of
commissioners, Bruce Payton, color
ed of Washington, closed the doors
and moved out when he learned that
the officials frowned upon the action
and started an investigation.
Payton, through two attorneys,
asked permission of the commission
ers to open a pool room here, but
the officials refused after investigat
ing the crowded conditions near the
Spellar store on Washington street.
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Studio of Fine Arts to ,
Open September 10th
The "Studio of Ftoe Arts," Miss Zel
ma Russ, instructor of piano, voice,
speech and expression, Ballet rhythm
and choir directing will open for the
fall term. on September 10 in Wash
ington. The term is for the season
1929-30, and will end on May 23. The
studio was conducted the past season,
bat was opened in October and ended
ia June.
Any one desiring any/information is
asked to write Miss Russ at
jton for booklet /
o Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, September 6,1929
teacher will teach in the elementary
school, according to present plans.
"While we have settled down to
work and hare had a successful week,
we hope to be permanently settled
by next Monday," Principal W. R.
Watson stated this morning.
The enrollment had reached the
666 mark yesterday, according to an
official announcement coming from
the principal's office this morning. In
the high school there were 198 stu
dents, an increase of 15 over the
opening-day registration. The enroll
ment in the primary and elementary
school was increased from 462 to 467.
RECORDER HAD
6 CASES TUESDAY
Court Finishes Work in
Less Than Half Day;
Several Sentenced
In a short session here last Tuesday,
the recorder's court handled six cases,
adjourning before the noon hour.
Harry Lee Wiggins, charged with an
assault with s deadly weapon, entered
a plea of guilty and was sentenced to
three months in jail with leave to be
hired out at the discretion of the coun
ty commissioners. He was required
to pay the costs of the case and the
doctor's bill of the prosecuting wit
ness.
The cut charging George Gardner
with violating the liquor laws\nd dis
orderly conduct, w*i continued until
the last .Tuesday in October with the
defendant under a $l5O bond.
Sentenced to three months in jail at
the last week session of the court, Car
rie Biggs, charged with larceny and
receiving, was, last Tuesday, required
to pay a $25 fine and the costs of
thr case and allowed her freedom un
der a four months sentence suspended
for 12 months.
Clyde Knignt, non-support, was giv
en until tomorrow to pay installments
past due.
Leslie Warren, the pretty Pitt Coun
ty girl charged with living with one
Archie Lee illegally in this county, was
ordered placed in the North Carolina
Industrial Colony at Kinston. Ac
cording to the commitment, the girl is
to remain there until such time as the
trustees or governing agencies deem
proper for her discharge. She was re
moved to the colony yesterday morn
ing by Sheriff Roebuck and Deputy
Grimes.
Archie Lee, charged with fornica
tion, entered a plea of guilty and was
sentenced to the roads for a term of
18 months. He entered an appeal in
open court, Judge Bailey Axing the
bond in the sum of SSOO. Lee was re
turned to Pitt County wtfere he faced
a charge of manufacturing liquor lat
er in the day.
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Agricultural Class Returns
From White Lake Outing
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1 Meeting with ten other agricul
tural classes at White Lake recently,
Profeaaor W. T. Overby and his stu
dents of the Jamesville club reported
yesterday a splendid outing there
daring the letter part of laat month.
Fourteen boys in the Jamesville
school, William Oaylord, Elwood
Ange, Wendell Griffin, Vernon Griffin,
Edwin Geteinger, Grady Davenport,
Sherwood Davis, Tommie Brown,
Archie Hardison, Dee Simpson, Dan
iel Holliday, Charles Martin, Elmer
Modlin and Willie Modlin, attended
the outing and took part in the sports
during the week. In the contests, Pro
fessor Overby stated that the James
ville boys won several first places
and were nmners-up in many others.
The vocational agricultural schools
all over the State have financed the
construction of a camp at White Lake
and each rammer the students with
their teachers meet there for a week
of recreation and sports.
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Program oi Services
At Baptist Church
•
There will be two preaching servicea
at the Baptist Church Sunday—the eve
ning preaching hour is at S o'clock.
The other services of the day are
Sunday school classes for all ages at
9:45 o'clock, and the Junior and Inter
mediate B. Y. P. U. at 7 o'clock.
This church welcomes to the com
munity, and to its services, the tobacco
men who are here and who will be mak
ing their home in our community for
several months.
4 VIOLATORS OF
GAME LAW FINED
* .
Squirrel Hunters Fined $5
And Costs Each By
Justices of Peace
Four squirrel hunters were given
fines in justice of the peace courts in
this county this week for violating
the laws, according to a report
made by County Game Warden J. W.
Hines, of Oak City, yesterday.
The Goose Nest Township warden,
Robert Price, caught Love Williams
and L. C. Williams hunting squirrels in
township last Tuesday. The two
men plead guilty before Justice of the
Peace J. E. Edmondson, of Hamilton,
and were required to pay a fine of $5
each and the costs, which amounted
to $14.75 in each case.
Jack Spruill and Henry Speight
Were carried into court, facing similar I
charges by Warden W. E. Baker, of I
Poplar Point. Spruill was tried by 1
Justice Edmondson and was fined $5,1
the costs attached. Speight was brought'
before A. T. Crawford, justice of the
peace here, and was found guilty. He
appealed to the recorder's court when
the court fined him $5 and the costs.
His case will be heard in the county
court here next Tuesday, it was stated.
The open season for squirrel is more
than a month away, but there are a
few hunters taking chances, it is be
lieved.
Jack Norman Players
Here All Next Week
The Jack Norman Players, a travel
ing theatrical company of 32 people,,
wilt open here next Monday for a
week's play in their tent to be located
on the Crawford lot at the corner of
Smithwick and Church Streets.
While the company comes here for
its first engagement, it is well known
in this State, having played Sanford,
Kaleigh, Goldsboro, - Washington,
Tarboro, and other larger towns for
the past nine years. The players stage
"T-ildy Ann" opening night, according
to the program scheduled for the week.
It was pointed out that the play ran
for twenty-one .nights in Asheville ;and
fourteen days in Atlanta.
The company carries one of the best
orchestras on the road today, it was
stated. Duriqg the past three winter*,
the orchestra, headed by Ike Norman,
has broadcasted over the Clearwater
station in Florida. Free tickets are
being distributed this week to the wom
en for the opening performance next
Monday evening.
Martin-Bertie Team
Plays at Bailey Today
Winning ovor Bailey 5 to 4 here
last Tuesday afternoon, the Martin-
Bertie baseball aggregation left to
day to play two games at Bailey to
determine the champions of the two
leagues. Rain halted the play in
Wednesday afternoon in the fourth
inning, neither team having scored.
Program of Services
At Christian Church
Sunday school, 9:45; preaching at
11 in the morning and 8 o'clock in
the evening.
A cordial welcome awaits you at
each of the services, a special invi
tation being extended visitors and
newcomers.
Program of Services
At Methodist Church
Dr. O. P. PitfOerald, Paator
Preaching, 11 a. m., subject: "Want
ed—A New Emphasis on Worship,"
Evening service, 7:30, subject: "The
Tragedy of Waste."
Sunday school, 9:45. Senior Epworth
League Monday, 7:30 p. m.
! Bible study class Wednesday evening
7:30.
Hi-League Thursday evening, 7:30.
A friendly welcome will greet all
attendants to our worship.
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Local News of Interest
To People of Oak City
The highway force on number 125,
between Hamilton and Oak City, is
held up for a few days on account of
the heavy rain Thursday morning.
Farmers are talking tobacco sales
and the low market prices. Almost
everybody is busy grading tobacco.
I'he Detroit intelligence test and the
Stanford achievement test have been
given the Oak City pupils this weeti.
Mr. Ira C. Ainsley, who has been
holding a position aboard the "Levia
than," for the summer, has returned
tr Oak City to' spend a few days with
hir parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Ains
ley, before returning to his school at
Stedman, where he has charge of
science and is basketball coach.
Mr. and Mri. P. Harrell, former rea-
I identa of Oak City, have nioved into
the W. J. Johnaon reaklence and opened
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Price Average Continues To
Hover Around 12-Cent Mark
JOHN THOMAS
BROWN DIES
I
73-Year-Old Citizen of Rob
ersonville Dies After |
3-Weeks Illness
John Thomas Brown, 78 years old,
of Kobersonville died there early
Tuesday following a several weeks'
illness. The funeral was conducted
by Rev. W. B. Harrington, interment
following in the new cemetery at
Robersonville.
The son of the late James Z. Brown
and wife, he was born on a farm
near Jamesville where he lived for
a number of years. For the past few
years he resided in Pitt county, near
Robersonville.
He was first married to Miss
Lydia Spruill, one daughter, Mrs.
Henry Grimes, now surviving. His
second marriage was to Miss Lulla
Robersonville, of Robersonville, and
she with four children, one daughter
and three sons, survive. He also
leaves four brothers, S. S. Brown, of
this place, Lawrence C. and L. M.
Brown, of Jamesville and Henry
Brown, of Washington and one sister,
Mrs. Mamie Langley, of Wilson.
8 PERMITS TO
MARRY ISSUED
a
Only One Issued to Colored
Couples, Smallest on
Record Here
Eight marriage licenses were issued
by Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger
here during the month of August!, a
decrease of' one as compared with the
number issued in July. The increase
in the number of licenses issued to
white couples over those for colored
was greater by far-during the past
month than in years, seven going to
the whites as to one for the colored.
The names of the applicants follow:
White
W. S. Satterthwaite, Ethel Lane, of
Tarboro.
Paul Vernon Jones, Sallie Elizabeth
Harris.
Wilson E. Ambrose, Sudie Williams.
James Daniel, Lethia Harrell.
John H. Cowin, Motie Bell Roger*.
Edgar R. Chesson (Washington
County), Ruth Harden. ~
Joseph P. Co wen, Magnolia Glisson.
Colored
Ilrinkley Bonds, Bell Gray.
Presbyterian Services
In County Sunday
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.
The members of the Presbyterian
Church will worship with the members
of the other denominations this Sun
day, due |o the absence of the Pre*-
bytcrian minister. Regular services
will be resumed Sunday, September 15.
B«ar Grass
The usual Preshyterian services
will be held in the schoolhouse audi
torium Sunday September 8, 1929, at
7:3(1 p. m. Rev. J. T. Wildman, of
Parmele, will preach. Mr. Piephoff
will be back for services September 15.
Winston-Salem Journal
Lauds Tobac
t
Editor Santford Martin, of the Winston-Salem Journal, was very com
plimentary to Williamaton and The Enterprise in his lead editorial last
Monday morning about our special edition of last Friday. The editorial
in full followa:
"The Enterprise, published in Williamaton, the huatling capital of
Martin County, came out last week with a special edition that deserves
special comment because of ita unique color scheme. The regular edi
tion consists of sis pages of regular site and printed in "black and white."
The special edition containa thirty-two pages of half-sise. This edition is
made up of four sections, each of eight pages, and each printed on a dif
ferent color of paper. Section 2ia printed on pink paper, while Section
3 appears on green paper. Section 4 ia orange in color, while the last
section ia of lemon complexion. ' M
"Every page of the special edition ia chock full of good tobacco, indus
trial, commercial, and general business news. Advertisers patronized the
edition with considerable enthusiasm, as the number of advertisementa
indicate. The edition will enter practically every home in the neighbor
hood of Williamaton. The edition ia doing ita part in the common task
of developing North Carolina." 
The Enterprise particularly wiahes to thank Editor Martin for not re
ferring to that last section aa a "yellow sheet." "Lemon complexion"
sounds decidedly better to us, even though it does mean yellow. Jona
than Daniels, in his column, "Looking Both Ways," in the News and Ob
server Monday, became' somewhat facetious at the expense of the yellow
lection by saying that we had proved "yellow Journalism" was old
fashioned by our edition. However, the colored sections attracted the
attention of many readers, which was the reason colora were used.
Kiwanis to Entertain
Teachers Next Week
The local Kiwanis Club will
entertain the teachers and prin
cipal of the schools here next
Friday evening, it was announced
by the organization's president,
following a meeting of the club
heads last Wednesday. Each
year since its establishment here
the club has been host to the
teachers. The club held its meet
ing last Wednesday for the first
time sincg July.
TWELVE PEOPLE
IN COUNTY JAIL
For First Time in Several
Ypars Whites Outnumber
Negro Inmates
For the first time in several years,
the white inmates in the Martin Coun
ty jail outnumber the colored ones,
and as a climax-to the unusual situa
tion there are two women included with
the whites. The colored people 'num
ber five, all men, while there are five
white men and two white women Serv
ian sentences or awaStirtfc trial.
The charges preferred anaitist .sev
eral of the -prisoners vary Rreatly and
are considered of minor importance, yet
there are one or two cases coining un
der a major classification.
Since their confinement in the jail,
several of the prisoners are said to
have broken down under the strain of
the charges that they will fact in the
superior court here week after next.
AUGUST REPORT
OF HOME AGENT
Travels 694 Miles, Conducts
21 Meetings With An
Attendance of 126
During the month of August, Miss
'Lora E. Sleeper, Martin County home
demonstration agent, traveled 694 miles
in the county, c6nducting 21 meetings
with an attendance of 126. Twenty-one
and a half days were spent in the field
artd five and one-half day*4n the office.
There were eight conferences, and teii
homes were visited. •
One of the women who joined in the
kitchen contest in February did not
have time to fix her kitchen during the
allotted time. This last week Miss
Sleeper checked the work, finding she
had put in two more windows to give
sufficient light, and had a new sink
and shelves put in. She reported her
kitchen rearranged had saved her much
time already. This same woman walked
six miles in her kitchen one day, ac
cording to the pedometer loaned her.
This mileage was before her kitchen
was rearranged, the agent stated.
Approximately 100 jars of fruit and
vegetables have been canned by girls
and women in the county this month
in meetings conducted by the agent.
For two months the women have had
food preservation as their subject.
Advertisers Will Find Our CoL
«mma a Latchkey to Over 1,600
Homes of Martin County
ESTABLISHED 1898
SALES ARE LIGHT
ON ALL MARKETS
FIRST FEW DAYS
Price Range on Market Here
Today From 4 to 37
Cents a Pound
QUALITY" ONLY FAIR
Many 'Farmers Are Holding Weed in
Hopes That Better Prices
Will Prevail
With little or no change no
ticed in the prices paid as com
pared by those received by grow
ers earlier in the wefek, the lo
cal market had approximately
130,000 pounds of tobacco on its
floors today.
Price® varied as to range,
some being as low as four cents
while a few piles of the golden
weed sold for as much as thirty
seven cents a pound.
While the growers are greatly
disheartened, not only here but
throughout the section, many are
optimistic, believing that the
price will advance soon.
Believing that prices can go no
lower than the present low level,
thousands of Eastern Carolina farm
ers are holding their tobacco in their
packhouses with a hope that an up
ward turn in price will follow soon,
and as a result of this anticipation,
sales on all the eastern markets
have been light since the opening,
many warehouses reporting their
smallest sales in years considering
the time for marketing the crop. The
sales have been large enough, how
ever, to show that there'has been no
appreciable change in market
price since the opening day.
Sales on the local market- from
Tuesday through yesterday reached
the 202,601 mark, and brought $23,-
445.53, giving an average price of
$11.58 per hundred pounds. A ma
jority of that amount was placed on
the floors the first day, the 150,804
pounds selling for $17,415.24, an
average of $11.55 the one hundred
pounds. Wednesday, the sales dropped
to 36,221 pounds and brought $4,-
211.42, an average of $11.62. Yester
day the market was five points
stronger, the 15,676 pounds offered
selling for $1,818.87, an average of
$11.67 per hundred pounds.
The quality of the offerings here
has been reported as poor to fair,
I many people stating that the crop is
[ decidedly of a poorer quality than
that offered last year, while others
state that it is about the same. That
the poundage per acre is less by far
than was the case last season is
' unanimously agreed.
The Williamston market is striv
ing to offer its customers every con
sideration when tobacco is pladed on
the floors here, and it is a guarantee
backed by every tobacco man and
citizens here that the prices will run
just as high as they do on any mar
ket.
AUGUST REPORT
OF FARM AGENT
Orders Car of Drain Tile;
Now Taking Orders for
Car Dynamite
Submitted to the county commis
sioners at their regular meeting held
here this week, the county farm agent's
report points to activities common on
the farm during the late summer and
fall. A car of drain tile was ordered
during the month, indicating that the
farmers are planning a marked land
improvement program. Plans were
furnished for the construction of a
sveet potato curing barn.
Mr. Brandon stafe(!'in his report that
much time was devoted to the Roan
oke Fair to be held here in Novem
ber. During the past several year*,
formers of this county have ordered
cars of dynamite for blasting stump*.
The orders have been placfcd in Sep
tember and October in the past, and
the agent it asking all farmers who
are interested in another shipment to
sec him at their earliest convenience.
Tlte detailed report:
9 days spnt in office work.
18 days spent in field work.
125 office conference during the
month.
102 telephone calls, 155 letter* writ
ten.
48 farms visited.
746 mile* traveled during the month
oil official dutie*.
248 hogs treated.