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Watch tht Latd oa Toor Pyw As It Cantoa tba Data Whan Yoor Subscription Expfrss VOLUME XXXII—NUMBER 93 SMALL FRACTION OP PEANUT CROP HAS BEEN SOLD Buyers Estimate 75 Per Cent of County Crop Is Unsold PRICE IS STILL LOW Manufacturer* Apparently Do Not Want Peanuts Even at Low Prices Offered With approximately 75 per cent of the crop in this county unsold and with local buyers practically off the mar ket, the peanut situation is apparently in line for a turn from bad to worse in Martin County. The last sales made arc said to have commanded a price varying from two and one-half to three and one-half cents per pound. "And the manufacturers apparently don't want them at that price," one of the main buyers here stated yesterday aft crnoon. The situation has reached that point I where one buyer sums it up as fol-1 lows, "You are considered a thief aN this end and a fool at the other end, ' the grower thinking that you are steal- | ing the crop, and the manufacturer 1 thinking you are a fool for buying." I A government report for the Caro lina-Virginia section, in part, says: Farmers hauled peanuts quite ac tively on Monday, but during the rest of the week movement has been light Cleaners are sufficiency well stocked with peanuts, however, especially of the poorer grades, are now only interested In lots that will make at least 40 per cent jumbos -and fancies. The quality and condition of this year's crop is undoubtedly the worst in many years. Peanuts that were dug early fend were well stasked came through in good shape, but late Sep tember rains delayed harvesting of most of the crop, so that not only were many good large peanuts left in the ground, but some that were harvested were overmature. Further, stacking was often carelessly done and the rains that came during the time that the peanuts were in the stack caused a great deal of damage. Many peanuts which had not thoroughly cured were froten or frostbitten during the ex tremely cold weather late in Novem ber, adding to the difficulty of the •hclltr in keeping his grades up to standard. Finally, evidently the fans on the picking machines were not gen erally fully utilixed, as most bags con tain many pops and pods containing very small kernels which should have been blown out and left on the fartfi with the hay. JAMES ASHLEY DAVIS DIES Was Prominent Farmer o! Jamesville Section; Funeral Today James Ashley Davis, 66-year-old fanner of near Jamesville, died at his hone there last Sunday afternoon of cerebral paralysis. Mr. Davis had been in poor health for two years, and dur ing the past year he had been con fined to his bed, suffering much pain, , Funeral services are being held at the home this afternoon by Rev. W. A. Davis. Interment follows in the family plot on the home farm. A son of Wright Davis and wife, the deceased had farmed successfully in the community of his birth. During the spring of each year he fished on the Roanoke. He was married twice, one aon and two daughters surviving the first union. A widow and one daugh ter also survive. FARMERS WILL MEET TONIGHT Tobacco Bed Preparation Is Subject At Meeting in* Jamesville W? Professor W. f. Overby, of the Jam Seville school, will discuss to bacco bed preparation with a number of farmers in that community this evening at 7:80 o'clock in the school auditorium, it was announced yester day. Farmers an urged to attend, the agticultural teacher pointing out that the selection of (seed and the prepar ation of the plant bed are very im portant ami command careful study. Mr. Oiwfc) pointed out that areani «• per cent of the diseases fa tobacco are started in the bed, the preparation of beds out of the most important steps in growing a crop. Present Entertainment at School Next Friday Night 9" Experiencing marked need for ma terial. the local grammar teachera and children are busily engaged at the pres ent time preparing a Tom Thumb wed ding and added attractions in an ef fort to raise funds with which to buy equtßment. The entertainment will be given in the new high school auditori cm next Friday Jfening .at 8 o'clock. A small admission will be charged, it was stated, THE ENTERPRISE Young Man of Oak City Is Killed in Aut Near Spring 3,645 AUTO TAGS ARE SOLD HERE Sale So Far Is 355 Less Than Last Year; Sale Ends January 31 • The automobile license tag sale at the local bureau reached the 3,645-mark last Saturday. Automobile owners in this section paid $51,782 for the plates. According to a statement made by the managers of the local license bu reau, the sales this year are 355 less than they were last year. This differ ence, however, will be lessened by at least 100 between now and the end of the month, when the tags go off »ale here, it is thought. Although the decrease in the aale of the plates is not very marked here, the drop is almost limited to one class of car owners. For several years, the sale of automobile licenses in many cases has been made possible by the land lord or the credit merchant, who add ed the cost of the tags to their ten ant's account and collected in the fall. With credit copditions practically non existent at this time, the sale has been limited. A similar situation is expected when the days of grace expire in the collec tion of taxes. Probably a few of the old cars sparked under shelters with out licenses will be driven in by the tax collector ntxt JaM. BALANCED DIET IS IMPORTANT Is Chief Factor in Prevent ing Pellagra and v Tuberculosis The following letter from Dr. W. C. Linvitle, Superintendent of the State Hospital at Goldsboro, is proof that pellagara and tuberculosis are not only a problem for the Board of Health and the physician, but an economic prob lem. Its cure comes through a bal anced ration—more green vegetables, more eggs, more milk, more red meats. "My dear Dr. Laughinghouse: "We have ju»t recently completed our reports for the past six months' work connected with this hospital, and in it I find some statistics that I think may be of service to you in your work. We had on an average of 1,674 pa tients in the hospital, and admitted during the six months, 267 patients with IS4 deaths. Of this 267 patients admitted, 59 patient's insanity was traceable directly to pellagra and 78 of these their insanity was traceable to syphilis. Our previous records show that we had, as a rule, eight to ten female patients to one male admit ted with pellagra, but report shows that there were practically as many liiale patients admitted with pel lagra as female, and of the 59 patients who died from this disease, 29 of them were male and 30 female. Our results from treating pellagra patients for the past six months have been very unsatisfactory. The cases brought here are in a more severe form than we have ever had before. We are trying to enrich our diet for pellagra patients all the time and hope to con tinue to do so. I feel that the Gover nor's program of live at home, if abid ed by by the people, especially in East ern North Carolina, will be far reach ing itP its effect on this class of pa tients. "Our death rate from tuberculosis for the past six months has been on the increase." The State Board of Health knows enough of pellagTa to be in position to advise that it is not confined to the cot ton mill villages and the people who work in milla. It ia in every aection of the State. It it increasing by leaps and bounds and it haa already come to be of such serious economic import that industry is being emphatically af fected by it, most particularly agricul ture. Sick labor is a liability. It must be met by communities and by the State. Adequate nutrition, perfected by a bal anced ration, is sn economic necessity. Like Napoleon's army, agriculture and all other types of industry, if it pro gresses, must go forward on ita belly. P re-Scbool Clinics Being Held in County This Week The pre-school clinics started in the county yesterday are meeting with much success, according to statements made this morning by County Health Officer W. E. Warren. A goodly number of children planning to enter school next faU, attended the clinics at Jamesville and Farm Life yester day, and many are being examined today, it wu stated. The health none, Mrs. Cherry, eomes to tJ" local school next Thurs day, completing the work in this comity at Bear Grass the followinc day. •••." ".*> > , a ■..•. > ■ Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina , Tuesday, January 21, 1930 CLARENCE ROSS DIES INSTANTLY FRIEND IS HURT Car in Which They Were Riding Crashes Into Bridge Abutment FINAL RITES TODAY E. L. Harrell, Driver of Car, la Taken To Hospital Seriously Injured; | Cause Not Known Clarence A. Ross, 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ross, of Oak City, 1 was almost instantly killed, and E. 1..! Harrell, young man also of Oak City,, badly hurt linn tutomobl le wreck' yesterday morning about 1 o'clock, on Highway No. 90, near-Spring Hope, With Harrell at the wheel the boys a«e said to have been traveling toward Raleigh when the driver apparently j dropped asleep, allowing the machine, a Chevrolet six coupe, to rutjflinto a ! concrete bridge abutment. I Parties arriving at the scene shortly > alter the accident found young Ross with his head and about half his body lying outside of the car on the engine hood. Death is believed to have result ed when the parties lifted him back into the car. Hafrell was founf*"~tihcon scious in the car. He was removed to Spring Hope, where he regained con sciousness, physicians there stating that he was badly hurt. According to information received here, the parties examining the wreck found that the car left the hard surface 25 yards or more before striking the bridge. The left wheels of the car | were just off the pavement while the right side barely missed the edge of the embankment when the machine crashed into the bridge. The car, owned by Harrell, was bad ly damaged. Leaving Oak City Sunday evening a bout 7 o'clock, the two boys are said to have gone to Hamilton, where they remained until about 10:30 o'clock. They apparently started toward Ra leigh immediately after leaving Ham ilton, as they had been traveling a lit tle over two hours when they wrecked the machine. The funeral for young Ross will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in Oak I City. WRECK VICTIMS ARE IMPROVING -#-! Walter Baker and N. S. God ard Recovering From . Injuries Badly hurt in an automobile-train collision last week, Walter Baker, of seme place in Maryland, is said to be tecovering gradually at the home of Mrs. Alice Godard on Main Street here. Baker, it is reported, was badly hurt about the head and leg. Noah S. Godard, driver of the wrecked car, was badly shocked, so badly in fact, that his condition was considered seri ous at one time. He was carried to a Washington hospital for an X-ray examination, but he did not favor such action. Returning here, he is said to have visited the cemetery after tell ing his mother that he had not been there in a number of years and that he wanted to go out there. It wa* about 5 o'clock in the morning when he is said to have gone there. Baker, who is an aviator, landed his airplane several day a ago in a field near here on the Hamilton road. He and Noah were returning from a trip to Plymouth when they hit a Norfolk- Southern train near Hymouth. SPELLING BEE AT EVERETTS Yo-Yo and Baby Contests Also To Be Features ef Entertainment Everett*, Jan. 21.—The Everett* Parent-Teacher aaaociation is spon soring an old-fashioned spelling match, baby show and yoyo contest at the school auditorium next Friday evening at 7:80 o'clock. Cash prises are being offered for the winners in each of the contests. Words will be taken from the Old Blue Back Speller for the spelling match. A, first and second prise wil be offered the prettiest and most healthy babies up to two years of age and for the winner from two to four years of age. Two prises will be offered for the best yo-yoer. All the good spellers in the com munity are asked to enter the spell ing contest, and all the women are Urged to enter their babies. Many boys are expected to take pert in the yo-yo contest. A small admission fee of five cents for children and ten cents for adults will be charged. YOUNG POPLAR POINT FARMER KILLS HIMSELF Irving Gibson, 26, Shoots Himself in Abdomen This Morning NO*. CAUSE* ASSIGNED * Reports of Coroner and Sheriff Not Yet Available; Was Tenant on Jack Sherrod Farm Irving Gibson, 28-year-old white farmer of Poplar Point township, this county, killed himself ItTout 9:30 this morning by firing a load of gun shot into his abdomen, according t 3 ports received here shortly after n o'clock. While very few details in the case were available at noon today, the wife of the dead man is said to have stated that Gibson fired the fatal shot into his own body with out warning. She made very few re marks regarding the shooting prior to the arrival of County Coroner S. R. Biggs and Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, but she did state that, her husband had threatened to take his life about three months ago. No cause had been assigned to the act at noon today. Coroner Biggs and Sheriff Roebuck left for the scene of the tragedy soon after the supposed suicide was reported, but their find ings eould not be learned herein time for publication today. Gibson did not own property and was, at the time of his death, a ten ant farmer on the Jack Sherrod farm, in Poplar Point township. f* PRIZES OFFERED FOR BEST ESSAYS Three Prizes for Martin; Open to Any School Child in County The American Forestry Association has inaugurated a three-year essay ion test which will be carried on (in North Carolina through the forestry division of the Department of Conser vation and Development. This con test is to be open to all the pupils of the public high schools of the State. The problem selected for the essay this year is, "Develop a Suitable Wood land Taxation Policy for North Caro lina." You will recognize this as deal ing with one of the most important questions which will come before the people of North Carolina during the year, since the proposed constitutional amendment is designed to enable the Ceneral Assembly to sdopt an - im proved fair method of taxing wood lands. This has no connection with the high school debate though the sub ject is closely related to that. Differ ent subjects will be selected for the essays for succeeding years. The rules and conditions of the con test are as follows: 1. The contest is open to all pupils in the public high schools of the State, whether supervised by the County Superintendent of Public Instruction or by the city school authorities. 2. Essays must be written on one side of the page only and must not exceed 1,500 words. Competing es says must be handed in to the princi pal of the school in which the child is a pupil not later than Monday, March 17. Information about taxation of woodlands will be furnished on ap plication to the State Forester, Ra leigh, N. C., in the form of a series of short notes on multigraphed sheets. The pupils should be encouraged to look into the tax conditions of thdir own county, talking over-present con ditions and possible changes with for estry or taxation officials; such as the tax collector, sheriff, or county war den. The essays should be in the pupils' own words, using quotations at little as possible. In addition to two medals, the State Department of Conservation and Development it offering cash prizes as, follow*: First prite, $10; seeond prize,j $5; third, fourth, fifth, and prizes, $2.50 each. Three -prizes will also be given in Martin County. The Dennis-Simmons Lumber Company wlil give $5 for the best essay from any Martin County pupil; John W. Hinea will give %3 for the second best; and The Enterprise will give $2 for the third. Robersonville Girls Will Play Woodland Tomorrow Robersonville, Jan. 20.—Wednesday night, January 22, in the Robersonville High School Auditorium, there will be a double header basketball game be tween ihe boys' and girls' teams- of RobersOrfville and Woodland. Under the instruction of Coach Ainsley and Miss Schwab, the teams have shown much improvement since the first game of the season, and it is expected that each will show his ability in the coming game. On Friday night, January 24, the lo cal girls' team will meet that of VVil liamston in the Robersonville High School Auditorium. Every one has been looking forward to a game with Williamston since the season began, and it is expected that the attendance will be very much larger than at any time so far this season. Hear Church Dispute Before Judge In Tarboro Tomorrow Mrs. Hinson Ord From Jail T EVIDENCE NOT SUFFICIENT TO HOLD WOMAN Further Action Is Up To Grand Jury at March Term of Court MEN ALREADY FREED Case Has Been Very Expensive To County; Cause of Child's Death Still a Mystery The Hinson tnufder case, growing out of the unusual death several weeks ago, o( Sarah Virginia Hinson, seven weeks-old daughter of Warren W. and Verna Hinson, was temporarily closed today when Judge Jos. W. Bailey de cided to turn the matter over to the Martin County grand jury, sitting here next March. The mother, the last of the three defendants arrested in the case, is to be discharged from the local jail this afternoon. Warren and Carrol Hinson, the other two defendants, were released following a hearing held here last Thursday at a special session of the court. The mother's part in the case was continued before Judge Bailey, who after complying a review of the evidence yesterday, stat ed that probable cause did not war rant the holding of the woman. The death of the child has attracted much attention in the county during the past two weeks, and the case has caused an extensive investigation. While the evidence in the case heard at the hearing here last Thursday points to foul play, it was apparently too weak to warrant the holding of either of the three defendant^. Disposition of the case is now a problem for the grand jury, it is under stood. The happening has caused much ex pense for the county, - illness of one of the mother's children making neces sary an added cost. A coroner's in qutst was held and a special session of the recorder's court was arranged. Many witnesses were called in the case, and officers traveled many miles in bringing the affair to the attention of the court. Gordon Rae, the three and one-half y« ar old son of the llinsons, is prac- 1 t'cally recovered from the attack of pneumonia suffered during his stay in jaik with his parents. There is some douht as to his discharge front the temporary hospital quarters in the home agent's rooms today, as the weather is unfavorable. THIEVES BREAK IN POOL ROOM Carry Off Telephone and About >fsl.oo in Small Change ' Filtering the pool room here on Main Street last Friday night by forc ing an entrance at the rear, robbers destroyed much property in reaching a few nickels and dimes. After cleaning the cash drawers of about a dollar-in change, the thief or thieves slipped a ti lephone desk stand wire and walked out with the transmitter and receiver equipment with a pay station box at tached. There was hardly more than a dollar or two in the box, but the equipment was valued at about sls. No clue to the robbery has been estab lished at this time. The morning following the robbery a call was made to the pool room sta tion, and empioyeei hearing the bells, which were left intact, they went to answer but could not find the tele phone stand. • » TEACHERS WILL MEET SATURDAY Routine Matters to be Con sidered at Robersonville Meeting The Martin County Teachers' Asso ciation will hold its fourth meeting of the 1929-30 term next Saturday after noon in the high school building in Kobersonville, it was announced in the office of Superintendent R. A. Pope here yesterday morning. Routine mat ters will be handled in the regular as sembly, the reading circle work fol lowing immediately in the several class' rooms, it was stated. While county officials are making an especial effort to maintain the regular budget schedules throughout the year, it is understood that the teachers will be warned at the meeting next Satur day to be prepared to hold their checks or vouchers a few weeks toward the latter part of the eight-months term. BARGE 8 DAYS AT MOUTH OF RIVER Forced To Wait for High Water or Winds to Cross Sand Bars After spending eight days on a sand bar in the mouth of Roanoke River, the barge "Bernice, Shaw" was docked here at the Standard Fertilizer plant tail OuillllJ IflirMoft, (he captain re porting an unusually quiet Christmas aboard the boat. Several barges have been delayed at the mouth of the river, many remain* ing eight to ten days for a favorable wind or a. rise in the water to enable them to get over the shoals. '1 he "Bernice Shaw," one of the larg est barges to come up the river, brought in approximately 850 tons of fertilizer material for the Standard Fer tiliser Company, It is the first trip for the boat's cap tain to this place, and in all his travels, including trips in many inland water ways, rivers, waters of the Atlantic st aboard, and to Porto Rico, he says the Roanoke has more crooks and curves of any stream he has ever been fa. 5 TONS POULTRY LOADED ON CAR • Shipment Brought Growers Of County Total Sum Of $2,116.50 Five tons, a little less than a car load, of poultry were shipped from the county by rail last week, the fowl* go ing to a Philadelphia market. While the loadings for the week were lighter than County Agent Brandon expected, they were considered good, consider ing the rains and bad conditions of the roads during the week. The total shipment, 10,024 pounds, sold for $2,116.50, the amount being distributed among raisers at Jamesville, VYillianiston, Robersanvillc, and Qak City. Robersonville led the list with 3,161 pounds, Williamston coming sec-, ond with its offerings totaling 3,105 pounds. Oak City was third, with 1,- ( M 8 pounds, while 1,810 pounds were sold to the car at Jamesville. A few hundred pounds of the fowls were de-. livered direct to trucks here, causing a small decreast in the loadings 'at the local station. Thirty-one guineas were sold. A second car of the present season will be run about the middle of next month when a marked increase in load ings is expected. $2,000,000 Railroad Tunnel Is Now Without An Owner Seattle.—Any one wanting a second hand tunnel, two and two-thirds miles long, can probably buy one in the State of Washington for a song. It cost between $2,000,000 and $3,- 000,000 new, but no one can be found now to claim ownership.of it, ...... » The tunnel was built by the Great Northern Railroad in the '9os and a b.'.ndoned last year upon completion of the new eight-mile bore under the Cas cades between Seattle and Spokane. Bible Is Still Best-Seller; Sales Total 12,000 Daily London.—-Against all competition, the Bible remains the world's best sell er, says Dr. John H. Ritson, who kll completed thirty years as secretary of I the British and Foreign Bible Society, which publishes 12,000 Bibles a day. Printed in 23 languages and diaTects, the society has circulated 237,000,000 liibles. With the exception of Russia, where the society i« excluded, Dr. Ritson has s«en the European Bible circulation doubled, from 763,000 to 1,420,000 vol umes. In South America it has risen from 41,000 to 505,000 annually. Silver Tea Thursday at Mrs. Woolard's Home • The Woman's Missionary society of the Christiaiy church will -give s silver tia at the home of Mrs. J. D. Woolard Thuisday afternoon between the hours of three and six. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. ♦ Waverly Johnson Dies Sunday From Stroke • ■ Waverly Johnson, colored mechanic for the Williamston Motor Company a number of years, died at his home here Ust Sunday evening of * Stroke of paralysis. Adxrtiaar* Will Find Our CoL unaa a Latchkey to CHrar 1,600 HornM of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1898 DEFENDANTS IN ACTION TO FILE ANSWER TODAY Complainants Seeking In junction to Bar Others From Use of Church SINCLAIR TO PRESIDE Large Number of County People Are Expected To Go To Edgecombe Capital for Hearing With the defense completing its answer today, the stage is all set for the first hearing jn the Smithwick Cr«ek Primitive Baptist Church dis pute before Judge N. A. Sinclair in Tarboro tomorrow. The complaint, embracing a number of clauses and reasons, was filed by the plaintiffs' attorneys here two weeks ago yester- day, the majority faction asking com plete possession of the church, and church grounds, baptismal plot and other property. The present status of the contro versy, as it is understood here, points to a long, drawn-out legal battle. With an historical background of more than a hundred years, it is be lieved by many people that the, Smith wick's Creek Church will be'the cen- ter of one of the most marked law suits ever brought in Martin county Inteiv-it in the case is not limited by any means to the members of the Church or litigants in the case, the controversy has and continues to com mand the attention of a very large majority of the people in the county. The hearing tomorrow will be large ly attended by members of both the majority and minority factions, it is understood. The answer prepared by Defense Attorneys A. R. Dunning, of this place, and A. D. McLean, of Wash ington, follows: "It is true that on or about the 19th day of November, 1803, there was formed and established in Martin County a Church of the Primitive Baptist faith, order and creed, then and since known as Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church, for the pur- pose of conducting and carrying on religious worship, in accordance with the history und doctrine of the de- nomination long known as Primitive Baptist; ft is also true that record of its establishment and organization and the minutes of its subsequent conferences and meetings have beep, in general, regularly kept and meet- ings regularly held, two ex ceptions or interruptions, one in i about 1830, or practically one hr dred years ago, when certain persons Jeremy Lcggett and others, strayed from the true faith and doctrine of the Church and caused a division therein and second when the plain tiffs in this action, under the lead or ministry of one W. B. Harrington, and Ujose acting with him, caused confumon or division by taking up and preaching false doctrine, contrary to the faith, order and creed of Primitive Baptists, the present action having teen hrought as a conse- quence of such false doctrine and dis order on his or their part. Except as herein admitted, section one of the con-plaint is denied, and in particular it is denied that plaintiffs are in fact Primitive Baptists or that they con stitute the congregation of the Smith wick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church, or any part thereof. "Section two thereof is denied. It is true that W. D. Daniel and B. R. Manning were formerly trustees of said Church and P. E. Getsinger was formerly the Clerk but this is true no longer. The present trustees are Alonto Rogeraon, W. JL Lilley, A. D. Griffin, S J. Lilley and Pleny Peele. who an among the defendants in this action. * "That section three thereof is de mitted, except it is incorrect to say, and the allegation is therefore de nied, that admission to membership is. by a majority vote; on the con trary, admiasion is only by unanimous vote and exclusion is by a majority vote, meaning a majority of the qualified members, in good standing and order, and not the plaintiffs in this action, who are non-members. "That section four thereof ia denied, except as hereafter qualified and ex plained: It that during and prior to November, 1927, complaints and differences of opinion developed and became more and more pro nounced in respect to the said W. B. Harrington and to such fui extent that he waa reprimanded by the Church, or by a conference thereof, duly held ir November, and also at,a special con ference in December, 1927, and sub sequently at a council on January 11, 1928, in all of which it was decided and declared that the said Harring ton waa nreacbinr and teaching false doctrine and that he and bis follow ers, or those who undertook to sup port him, including the plaintiffs here (Continued on back page)