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Watch tha Labal on Tow £?« A" It Carriaa tfaa Data Wban To«r Subscription ExpfeM VOLUME XXXII—NUMBER 78 NEGRO FAILS IN ATTEMPT TO SAW WAY OUT OF JAIL James Williams Wears Out Seven Hack-Saw Blades, But Gets Nowhere GOOD TEST FOR JAIL Blades Were Smuggled to William* by His Wife; Warrant Issued For Her Using seven hack-saw blades and working for several hours, James Wil liams, colored prisoner, failed in an attempt to saw his way out of the Martin County jail here last Sund&y night Williams, it is said, perspired at the task, but the steel bars failed to yield to the blades of the saw. Discovering the blades and saw yes terday, officers stated that the jail bad been given a splendid test, that Williams had proved beyond a doubt the quality of the steel used in the erection of the cages. After wearing all the blades completely out, Wil liams had hardly made an impression upon the bars. Investigating the case, Deputy Grimes stated that Williams' wife bought the blades and saw ffom a local store Saturday and delivered them to her husband that after noon, carrying them there in her bosom. A warrant was issued yester day for arrest in connection with the attempted jail breaking, it was learn ed In the sheriff's office yesterday aft ernoon. ' Williams was arrested the latter part of last October on a charge of attempted criminal assauP. In de fault of a 91,000 bond he has been held in the jail here since that time. Jt waa reported in the jail that two other prisoners took part in the at tempt to gain their freedom, but the investigation limits the guilt, in the main, to Williama and his wife, it is understood. TEACHERS AND PARENTS MEET ■■ ■ ' • Six New Membet-s Added to Everetts Association at Meeting Wednesday , Everett*, Nov. 25.—0n Wednesday night, November 20, the fourth meet ing of the Everetts Parent-Teacher Association was held in the school au ditorium. Forty patrons and teachers of the school were present, six new members being added to the roll. Aft er a short program, presented by the piipils, a lather lively discussion con cfrning school matters was held, spec ial! mention being made of the attend ance problem. A report of the elec tion to determine consolidation and the local tax issue in Hurst School Dis trict was presented by the principal. Of the 28 voters legally qualified to participate in this election, 25 voted (or the local tax issue. The body ad journed to meet again on December tfth. ' The association decided to sponsor a Fiddler's Convention to be held on Friday, ©ecember 13th. Several Injured ifi Fight At Colored School house Blade Corey, colored, was danger ously cut Across the back and sev eral others were more or less badly hurt in a fight taking place at Corey's school house (colored) in Griffins township last Thursday night. Jim Corey, Lee Griffin and Matthew Grif fin, three of the insurgents left for parts unknown soon after the fight. According to reports received here, the school was holding a basket party and Slade Corey was trying to pro tect the property when several of the other negroes attempted to knock down and tear out benches, windows and break up the party. Warrants were issued in the case, but no arrests had been made late yesterday. ♦ Federal Officers Get One Man and Still in Bertie ♦ ,j Raiding in the Merry Hill section Of «Berti« county last Friday after noon, Federal Agent Street and Depu ty Roebuck, of this place, and Agents Eifart, L. M. Da vies, and Mosley, of New Bern, captured Chaa. By rum, • young white man and destroyed a large copper plant and about 1,000 gallons of beer. No liquor was found at the plant. Young By rum was brought here lor a preliminary bearing late Friday afternoon. In default of a s7so bond, he was placed in the local jail where he was bald until late Saturday when bond waa arranged. ' » jThanksgiving Service at Everetts Baptist Church The Everetts Baptist Church will hold * special Thanksgiving Day service Thursday at 11:00 o'clock, i,E,it was announced this morn ing. AH an invited to attend the service. • THE ENTERPRISE 1 A prariamatum 1 rec To the People oj WUliamston: . soc £TS Y Whereas the people of Williamston have been so bounti- )Y\ cS fully and graciously blessed with health, happiness, and the £rS □B many necessities of life,' and - GD 0K Whereas it is altogether fitting and proper that we give OR OR time to express our thanks for our many blessings and to en- Qg HK courage the virtue of gratitude for the benefactions of a kind OR HK Providence; Now, therefore, HK HK I, Robert L. Coburn, Mayor of Williamston, happy to follow HK Hn a custom that has been perpetuated since this natjon of ours HK H0 established its independence, do hereby proclaim and set HK cB aside Thursday, November 28, as Thahksgiving Day, and call oB TO upon the people of the town to honor and observe it by sus- gB W pending all unnecessary activities and by giving expression a? TO to the gratitude that is in their hearts for all the blessings en- Cts w joyed during»the past year. W W It is my desire that the people of Williamston use this oc- W W casion to offer their prayers and devotions, to Almighty God, w SA? the giver of all good and perfect gifts, for His many blessings; ra 5$C to remember in our prayers those who are sick and bereaved; 53c 53c that we contribute to the necessities of the less fortunate, es- 53t Sy pecially to those who are dependent-flpon the bounty of those ?YS who have enjoyed a greater degree of prosperity. Freely we ?v\ as have received, freely let us give. £YS In conclusion, I further urge that our people, remember- £YS JIS ing that aU W*us are, in the final analysis, dependent upon cYS CIS the great Central Source of Supply, forget their individual cS fig differences and unite in gratitude to God for the abiding Qg OR things of life, at the same time seeking Divine guidance for flg HK the future. £+s HK R. L. COBUHN, HK HK Mayor, Town oj WUliamston. HK LITTLE DEMAND FOR GOBBLERS • Price of Turkeys Ranges From 25 to 35 Cents, With Few Buyers With low price prevailing, and no ready market, turkey raisers in this section were disheartened yesterday and today while offering '.heir bird& for stle. Prices ranged from 25 to 35 ctnts per pound, the 30-cent mark be ing the most popular figure, according to information gathered from a number of sources. A Raleigh report dealing with the market for turkeys and prices being paid follows: "Due to causes yet undetermined, turkeys are not bringing fancy prices this year, and reports coming in to the State Department of Agriculture indicate that not only the lordly turk but fat hens and succulen capons, a« well, are being held off the market for higher prices by farmers able to do so. year, it was not uncommon to pay 45 cents a pound retail for prjme turkey on the hoof. This year it is re ported that they are being offered free ly at 35, or not much above the price usually asked for roasting hens. But even wtjth the low price* there is no rush of takers, neither on t local markets or the big cities of the to which thousands of Tar Heel fowls are shipped. The marketing experts haven't been able to decide whether the stock market crash and the unem ployment situation are respon sible for the lack of buying of what has been regarded as a Thanksgiving utcessity, but they are trying to dis ' cover the trouble. "In the meanwhile, farmers are be ing counselled to hold their birds off the market." Turn Ford Coupe Over Near Dardens Sunday Jack Daniel and Charles Peel, young white men of this place, luckily escap ed prithout a scratch when their car, a Ford coupe, turned over below Dardens on Highway No. 90 last Sun day afternoon. Mr. Daniel, the car's driver, telling of the accident, stated that he waa running on a straight stretch of roafc and applied the brakes lightly to slow up for an approach ing car, that when he did so the braker locked on one of the wheels, causing the car to swerve and turn over. The top of the car was badly damaged. Jamesville Minstrel Last Wednesday Is Success Jamesville, Nov. 25.—The Jamesville basketball club gave a delightful en tertainment last Wednesday evtning. The entert»inment was a minstrel. Mr, T. O. Hickman, seventh grade teach er served as interlocutor. Grady Dav enport, Edwin Grtsinger, Tommie Brown, and A. L. Pollock acted as end men. The evening displayed severaj peppy Negro songs, dsnces, and C variety ot rich jokes. Little Jack and Albert Martin, of the third grade, furnished several minutes of delightful songs and stunts. The proceeds are to benefit the ball club. Willi am st on. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 26,1929 THIEVES BREAK IN LOCAL STORE ♦— Harrison Wholesale Co. Victim of Robbery Sunday Night Breaking into the Harrison Whok j.sale Company's store,""near the Atlan tic Coast Line Station last Sunday I night, thieves raffled money drawers, stealing about $3 in cash, a lady's wrist watch and several keys. The owners of the store were unable to note a shortage in the store's stock, how ever, the robbers might have carried away a case or two of goods and other articles. The thieves entered the store from the rear, knocking a glass from the door and removing an iron bar., Once an entrance gained, a key was found and the door was unlocked. It is believed the thieves were small local boys seeking money in preference to goods. Apparently they were hungry, as they- fore open a cheese box and cut out a large piece of cheoy; with an ax. C. D. Carstarphen Estate To Hold Closing Out Sale After serving the community and section for almost a ceptury, the C. D. Carstarphen store here is an nouncing a closing-out sale begin ning this week. While the sale itself meets with great approval upon the part of the store's patrons and the public, the closing-out feature sounds a note of regret for many of those patrons who have walked step by step with the business for years and years. "The stock must go, regardless of the losses that will be incurred by the draatic price reductions,' the ad ministrators of the C. D. Carstarphen Estate said yesterday. Employees have been busy during the past few days making ready for the sale, marking down prices and re arranging stocks. Dislocates Elbow While Playing at Local School Brinkley Lilley, 10-year-old ion., of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Lilley, of near here, suffered immense pain caused*when he dislocated hii arm at the elbow while playing on the local school ground last Friday afternoon. The little fellow was packed in„the truck serving one of the rural schools routes and carried home. Upon his arrival there he was Returned here by his father and brother for medical at tention. It was first thought that the child's arm was broken. Raid in Bear Grass Nets Large Plant Saturday A Urge iteam plant ,three vats and. eight barrels of beer and four teen gallons of liquor were captured by Officera Street and Roebuck in the Bear Grass section last Saturday Morning. No arrests were effected. According to reports, the plant was equipped with a flve-horse-power boil er and other apparatus making pos sible production on a large scale. Two man were at the still, but signals prevented their capture, it waa stat ed. UNION SERVICE WEDNESDAY ■ ■ Thanksgiving Service Will Be Held in Christian Church at 7:30 P. M. Williamston's regular union Thanks giving service will be held Wednes day evening at 7:30 o'clock in the lo cal Christian church, the pastors of the several churches uring a large attendance upon this service. The sermon will be preached by the Rev. Arthur H. Marshall, of the Epis copal church. The other ters will assist him. It is the custom of all the churches to make an offering at this service for the respective orphans home work. Since the envelopes used by all the churches are different, all may be dropped into the basket and proper division will be made, it was stated. It is the custom that the loose change offering be equally divided between the participating churches. The service is held on Wednesday evening for the convenience of the people, and it is hoped that a very large and representative audience will assemble.' LOCALS DEFEAT HENDERSON, 24-0 Game PlayecfhTcold Rain Here Friday to Few Spectators In a cold, drinling rain that forc ed spectators to seek shelter in their cars parked along the sidelines, the local high school evelen chalked up another victory here last Friday aft ernoon, defeating Henderson's stronr squad by a 24 to 0 count. In spite of unfavorsble weather conditions, both squads played a creditable brand of ball, making only a few fumbles dur ing the entire game. The battle was probably -one of the hardest engaged in this season by the locals, the visitors offering a stubborn defense, nnd staging an offense that Coach Hood's all-star line successful ly turned back with only an V ndded determination. George Harrison, jr.. captain for the day, and his line al lowed the visitors only one down, an - other resulting from penalties. The locals received the ball at the opening of the game, and worked it to their opponents' 30-yard line. A fumble was made, Henderson recov ering the ball on th» fifty yard line. A try through the line was futile, and a pass was intercepted by Hold ing. On the next play, Murdock went off tackle for the first score of the game. The extra point was not made. Receiving the kick-off, the visitors failed to do effective work against Center Hardison and his cohorts, and a kick was ordered. Breaks were in order, the locals taking them as they came. Fumbles and penalties prevent ed a first down*and the ball went over to the visitors. Renewing the fight aft er the first quarter, Henderson failed to gain and punted, Holding taking the ball on the first play following for a long, run later making the second score. No point was made, the score standing at 12 to 0. Returning the ball to its 35-yard line, Henderson made its first down, but falling to gain a second a kick was ordered. Receiving the ball on its 30-yard line, Williamston started a rapid march down the field for a third score, Murdock was off for a 18-yard gain, Saunders followed short ly afterwards with a long run, a pass by Murdock to Cook completing the drive for the third touchdow.i. The pass was one of the prettiest plays o j the game, being timed perfectly and well executed. The extra point failed. The third quarter was marked for playing from one end of the field to the other, the locals fumbling and forced to kick while the visitors failed to gain ground and were forc ed to kick. Eany in the last period, the locals fumbled end lost the ball. Two plays later the visitors fumbled and the lo cals recovered. Murdock went through line for a good gain and a last touch down of the day..The point failing, the final scoi*e stood at 24 to 0. Penalties featured in the latter part of the fourth period, several long runs made by the locals going to nothing when an-_offside play was made. The visitors galneJ their sec ond first down at this tima. Parmele Womep in Meeting Monday By Miss LORA E. SLEEPER Home Demonstration Agent At the regular meeting of the Par mele women held Monday afternoon at the Parmele schoolhouse at 2 p. m., 17 women made hats. Twenty-seven women were present at the meeting. The women arc plannipK to in terest for a hot dish school lunch by serving the various rooms a hot lunch in the near future. Mrs. T. M. Wood burn, president of the club, acted as hostess and served delicious angel fod cake and hot coffee. _ The remainder of the week will be spent in making the usual annual re «***• ' ' 1 . THREE AUTOS IN WRECK ON NO. 90 SATURDAY NIGHT - a Two Painfully But Not Seri ously Injured; Cars Are Badly Damaged *- — 2 WARRANTS ISSUED Fenner Respass, Colored, of thi* Place, And W. B. Williams, of Jarnes ville Suffer Cuts and Bruises YV. B. Williams, 16-year-old white boy, of near jamesville, was badly cut about the (ace and head, and Fennel Respass, local colored jitney driver, had a little finger almost cut off in an automobile accident on Highway No 90 about five miles this side of James ville early last Saturday night. Three ears, one driven by the wife of John James, colored, another by Walter Barnes, white, and the third by Res pass, were in the wreck, considerable damage resulting fo the machines. Respass and Williams were the only two that received injuries. Several versions of the. wreck were given, Barnes claiming that he with his wife and ('. M. Barber and Harvey Ptrry were, driving to Williamston in a Ford and that his car was hit by that driven by the James woman. He stated that he was driviiig on the prop er aids of the road, that his car was knocked off the concrete and the wo man's machine was left cross-wise on 'lie road. A few seconds later, Kc s - pass was said to have drove up and, traveling at a fast rate of speed, was unable to avoid running into the James car. Barnes says Respass was driving without lights. Uespass corroborated Barnes' state ment with one exception, that he had Kind lights* Respass further stated that he saw no danger light at the scene of the accident, that Barnes and some of the others were drinking and wire about to "mob" him before he ri uld get away. He stated they drew knives and made serious threats 011 his lilt. Respass added that he was per fectly sober at the ttnie. \V. B. Wil liams, the white boy, picked up 'by Respass a few miles back, corroborated the statements made by Respass. Warrants have been issued against Barnes and Barber, and it is understood that the matter will go- into court on the (.'rounds of assault, reckless driv ing, and possibly the woman will be required to answer to a charge of driv ing a car while She is said to have hit a colored man a few minutes before the-wreck, bruising him badly. .» GARDNER URGES VARIED FARMING .. .+, Governor Speaks at Meeting Held in Belhaven Last Wednesday "When low prices are being paid for your tobaccfT;" said Governor (). Max Gardner last Wednesday morning at uii immense gathering at Belhaven of farmers and farm women" of this sec tion, "and when your cotton crop is practically ruined, there is nothing mere comforting or reassuring to lean against byway of support than the cackle of a steadily laying ben,' His audience roared with laufthter, but they grasped the significance of his assertion and heartily endorsed the pro, gram of crop diversification and livc J slock raising as outlined at the organi zation meeting of the Tidewater Live stock Association. The initial meeting of farmers in Beaufort and adjoining counties for the purpose of forming such an organization had_ been aht lit a month ago s Today's session took place for the purpose of complef i 14' the work of getting tilt, association 011 an active basis and to hear what the Governor had to say about it,— Washington Progress, ♦ Orphans Conduct Service At Local Baptist Church ——• Coming, here Sunday evening after meeting an engagement in a church at Roebrsonville that morning, a number of orphans from the Ken nedy Home, near Kinston, conducted the worship at the Baptist church at the 7:80 o'clock service. The chil dren were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Huff, of the orphanage. Several songs were Bung by the group, and Mr .and Mrs. Huff talked on the life followed at the Kennedy Home. A large audience greeted the boys and girU and their guardians. 1 Radio and Press Blamed For Lack of Jurymen Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 16.—Radio, airplanes «id newspapers are playing hob with"the Jury system, believes Senator J. W. Kiowa Davis, of Greens burg, Kan. The veteran legislator is working for a change In the Stat# Constitution which will permit the trial of criminal cases outside the counties ill which the crimes are com mitted. "Tile people know everything about a case before It comes to trial," he said, "and you cant get a Jury." Sunday Schools To Meet Next Sunday LOCALS TO PLAY APEX THURSDAY » Thanksgiving Day Game Is Expected To Draw Big Crowd Here The local high school football team will bring its season to a fitting close here next Thursday afternoon by play ing the Apex eleven, champions in Wake county, and runners-up in a State championship series. The game will be played on the new high school field, play being scheduled to start at 2:80 o'clock. JThe locals, with their goal line un crossed this season, will probably face their sti'6ngest test of the season. Coach B. E, Hood has all members of the squ-td in splendid shape for the game next Thursday with the excep tion of Shearon who was forced out of play by an injury received early in the season. The visitors, judging from their record this season, will furnish a strong opposition. the announcement of the game here yesterday, many local fans canceled their reservations made for the Virginia-Carolina football game in Chapel Hill next Thursday afternoon. Several To Take Bus Tour to Washington The Carolina Motor Camps is run ning six busses to Washington City this week, according to announcement made rec&ntly by Mr. Paul Ricks, an agent of the company. Busses will leave Charlotte, Gas tonia, Kinston, Dover, running through here at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. An over-night stop will be made in Norfolk, the party leaving there Thursday morning for the nation's capital, g(thig byway of Yorktown. The party will reach Washington Thursday evening and during Friday and Saturday the members will go on sight-seeing trips in and around the city. The return tri[> will be started Sunday morning, reaching this section late that after noon. The total expense will be only. $17.60, that amount caring for travel, meals and lodging. The party will be made up mainly of teachers and high school pupils. About half a dozen will go from Wil liamston, it is understood. The en tire party includes approximately 90 people. i /"fee Roberson, Colored, Dies in Beaufort County Jobe Roberson, who served the county as janitor of the courthouse and jail during the entire time that Sher iff Kidicrsoit was in office, passed away at the hqnte of his son, in Beaufort ( oulity, Tuesday. Old man Jobe was noted for his friendliness to everybody, fur his steY ting honesty anil politeness. He w'ork ed around the home of Sheriff Rolier- M'i: since he left office until about two ths ago, -when lie visited his son ; tul was never able to return. He was ■ qnned by a holt of lightning last sunnier, which seemed to a'ffect his health and to sliglutly impair his niiiul.' All Business Houses To Be Closed Thanksgiving With all business houses and post offices doing for the day, a quiet is forecasted for Wil liamston and the county, as a whole.. The football game' here between Apex and the local high school squad will hold quite a number of the residents here for the day, and will attract pos sibly muny others from near-by com munities. Local Masons to Have Regular Meet Tonight A regular communication of the A. !•'. and A. M. lodge will be held this evening at 7:45 oclock, it was an nounced, this moriiing by .one order's ■ officers. All members are ■urged to attend. Woman's Club To Have Dance Tonight, at 9:00 There will be a dance at the woman's ciub here tonight from 0 to 12 o'clock, according to an announcement made yesterday. Kiwanis To Meet Oply First and Third Weeks - • There will be no meeting of the lo cal Kiwanis club tomorrow since the. organization has decided to meet only on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, it was announced by the president of the club today. _ Advertisers Will Find Our CoL umn« a Latchkey to Over 1,000 Homes of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1898 WILL BE HELD IN ROBERSONVILLE * ' Large Attendance Expected From All Over Martin County TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS Excellent Program Is Prepared With State Sunday School Association Officials Leading The annual Martin County Sunday School convention will be held with the Christian church at Roberson ville next Sunday, the convention opening with a morning session at 11:00 o'clock. Reports received here indicate a large attendance of dele gates from all Sunday schools in the county. The. convention was to have opened at 10:30 Sunday morning, but min isters there finding it impossible to complete their regular Sunday school | exercises by that time, asked that the | hour be changed to eleven o'clock. Accordirg to an announcement made by the officers of the County | Association, Messrs. J. L. Robertson and J. E.. Pope, the program has been prepared With the idea of having "a convention for the discussion of prac- I tical Sunday 'School plans and prob | lems," the plan being to have some- I thing in the convention that will help workers in all departments of the I Sunday school. "Amotu» the prominent speakers on the program will be Miss Daisy Ma gee, Raleigji, Children's Division Su perintendent of the North Carolina j Sunday School association. During the convention, various/ phases of Sunday school work will be discuss ed. An attendance pennant will be awarded, as usual, to the Sunday school having in the sessions of the convention the largest average at tendance of representatives, sixteen years of age and over, according to number of miles traveled. Attendance records will be taken at each of the convention. THe average num ber of representatives in each ses- HUH |OOipg XBpUnS U3AIS I) U.OJJ uois be multiplied by the number of miles from that church to the convention church, and the Sunday school* having the largust number of points will re ceive the pennant, it was stated. The afternoon session will convene at 2:00 o'clock, following a basket picnic. The convention will close with j the evening session, starting at 7:30 o clock, according to the announce ments. g> Robersonville Sunday School Has 477 Present «, A new high Sunday school attend ance record was established in this county lust Sunday, when 477 .men, Women, and children attended!, the classes at the Rolicrsnnvftle • tNpeinf- Church. The record is marked in that the number attending the Sunday morning exercises at the one church represents approximately-one-lourth of the town's population. It is under stood that other Sunday schools in the town attract hundreds to their serv es- > According o reports received here, the Baptist Sunday school at Rober sonville has enjoyed a rapid growth in recent months, with Superintendent Taylor and Rev. N. I). IJlacknian, the thurchs pastor, leading in the work. Prominent Farmer of Parmele Section Dead Mr. John Scott, prominent farmer of tin Parmele section, jlied at his home there last_Saturday following a long illness.-,'; Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon at 1 :.10 o'clock by ' Rev. C. B. Mashbum, of Robersonville, interment following- in the cemetery near the home. Mrs. Scott and several children sur vive. | „ Club Welfare Department Seeks Names of Needy * The Welfare Department of the lo j cal Woman's club would like to know the names of any needy person or ; persons. If you know of any Buch | cases, please notify Mrs. W. C. Man | ning, chairman ot the Welfare com pnittee, or Wheeler . Martin, Scout | Master. MRS. J. H. SAUNDERS, President. - ■» ' Superior Court To Take Thanksgiving Day Off In keeping with the general holiday scheme observed widely on Thanks giving Day, the superior court will not hold a session here next Thurs day. No cases are scheduled for the day, the court re-convening for raffu lark work Friday, the hut day of the term that has heard only civil matter*.
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