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Adv«rtlam Will Find Our Col umi m Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Home* VOLUME XXXIII—NUMBER 41 VIOLATION OF VOTING LAWS AIRED IN COURT • Solicitor and Judge Wonder Who Alleged Violator Supported NAME ON TWO BOOKS Evidence Insufficient for Conviction In County Court Tuesday, the -j - Cue It Left Open That one takes a great risk in vot ing twice in a political primary or elec tion was borne out last Tuesday when W. K. Downs, of Goose Nest, was ar raigned before the county court to an swer to the charge. Downs lived in Hamliton township, where he first registered, but later he moved to Goose Nest, where he was naturally entitled to register. At the first primary he is said to have vot ed in Hamilton, where the charge was pieferred and his name appears on the poll book in Goose Nest. His only means of escape resulted when pri mary officers at the Goose Nest polls stated that they did not remember wiiting the man's name on the book. The initials were also blurred a bit. The case was left open, and there is where the joking begins. Lawyer H. ©. -P««tv proweuttrig attorney was In the race for the solicitorship at the time, and not knowing who Mr. Downs was favoring-with his votes he nat urally found it embarassing to carry o'i the prosecution. Judge J. W. Bailey shared in the predicament in which the solicitor found hiittself. Tlie case was left open, it being jokingly rumored that the solicitor and judge arc now wondering just how the man voted on his voting escapade. .At Jhe hearing, Mr., Downs stated that he was registered in the two dis tricts as stated, that he visited the twq polling places, that he was only jokijig when he said he wanted to vote again, and that lie only voted once. SCOUTS RETURN FROM OUTTING U> Seventeen Local Scouts Re port Wonderful Time at Camp Charles • • Returning from Camp Charles, near Wilson, last Wednesday afternoon, seventeen local Boy Scouts reported a very successful and beneficial outing. In canip with other troops from towns in this section, the local boys are said to have established leadership in Scout work and camp life. Scoutmaster Wheeler Martin stating that several of the members of the Williamston or ganization advanced rapidly in the var ious tests prepared for them. Under the supervision of trained men, the boys were given worth-while in struction in flie various Scout activi ties and work. That the youngsters enjoyed themselves greatly was voiced by the entire group. So well did they* likr the outing, two Scouts, Wheeler Martin and Oscar Anderson, remained over and will be home next week. * The seventeen boys making the trip and returning last W'ednesday are: Horace Ray, Jim Rhodes, jr., Ben Hopkins, Vernon Godwin, jr., Law rence Lindsley, jr., John Gurganus, Dcnnie Hardison, Henry Davis Harri son, Pete Fowden, Billy Clark, Cush Hassell, Roger Critcher, Marvin Roh erson, Tom Rose, Jack Manning, J. D. Bowen, and Harry Taylor. Methodists Announce Their Program of Church Services Dwight A. Petty, Pastor. J. Ernest Yountz, assistant pastor. Sunday school at 9:45, Wm. H. Har rison supervising. Morning worship at 11 a. m. Ser mon by the pastor on "Scientific Cer tainty in Religion." , We join in the union service in the Baptist Church at 8 p. m. Sermon by the pastor of the Methodist church on "Christ Preeminent." Teacher training school begins Sun day afternoon at 2. Holly Springs Sunday school at 10:30. Chas. Dan iels, Supt. Preaching service Sunday night at 8 instead Of Sunday afternoon. Sermon by Rev. J. Ernest Yountz. Margolis Brothers Staging Big July Clearance Sale Margolin Brothers, local merchants, are announcing the beginning of a store wide July Clearance sale, beginning to day, at which many articles of stand ard merchandise are being put on sale - at prices much lower than usual. Frank J. Margolis, one of the partners, in making the announcement, stated that the sale was being staged at this time in order to clear their shelves of sum mer merchandise and make room for fall stock, which will begin arriving in the course of a few days. Sub stantial saving are to be noted on fp.wy nationally advertised articles- of wearing apparel for men, women, and children, and the brothers invited their hieuds and customers to share in the savings offered. THE ENTERPRISE Postal Receipts for Quarter Just Ended Show Decrease Second Quarter Loss Was Less Than for First Quarter at Local Post Office; Money Order Business Is Hardly Half What It Was Last Year Postal receipts at the local office show a decrease of $153.10 for the sec ond quarter of this year as compared with those for the same period last year. The second quarter decrease was much smaller than that of the first quarter as compared with the first period of last year. The first quarter decrease was $246,17, as compared for a like period in 1929. While the decrease in receipts is at tributable to general business condi A. C. L. LIVESTOCK TRAIN, "FAIR ON WHEELS," TO BE HERE FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 DEMONSTRATE STOCK RAISING IN THE SECTION • I Special Train Arrives Here At 2 O'clock for A Four- Hour Demonstration TO VISIT 37 COUNTIES » Farmers, Business and Professional Men All Over Martin County Urged to See Demonstration Beginning the sth of next month, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com pany will operate a livestock demon stration special in thirty-seven Eastern North Carolina counties showing the various methods of stock and poultry raising. The train, made up several specially designed cars and compart ments, will be here Friday, August 22, for four hours, arriving at 2 in the afternoon and leaving at 6. Only one stop will be made in this county, the train coming here from Plymouth on the 22nd and going for another dem onstration at Aurora on the 23rd. The first of the demonstrations will be given at Selnta August 5, the train completing its tour of the eastern counties on August 26th in Tarboro. During the past several years, the Atlantic Coast Line has successfully operated these live stock demonstra tion specials. The demonstration op erations were carried on for several sections of South Carolina last year, the farmers there showing a marked interest in the work. It is believed that the demonstra tions will meet with much success in this part of the State, even though stock raising has received but very lit tle attention in the section during paft years. The trend of the agricultural industry has been all but favorable in this section during the past year, and as Mr. V. W. Lewis, General Live Stock Agent for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, says, "A great deal is being said and done in Eastern North Carolina to develop the live stock industry, and the operation of this special live stock train of exhibits is to bring to your farmers and busi ness men practical suggestions with regard to a proper development of the live stock and poultry industries by your college and department of agri culture." > "Mr. Lewis continues, "The various departments of the State college and Department of Agriculture, as well as the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad are assembling exhibits at this time, and I am sure you will be interested in seeing thi% train of exhibits and will desire that your farmers and business men also visit the project. "Since this project Is being put on at considerable expense to all con cerned, we hope you will make special effort to have the people in your com munity see this fair on wheels, when it arrives in Martin County." Gatesville Boy Cuts His Toe To Get A Dollar Gatesville, July 17.—Hubert Thurs ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Eason, accidentally cut his foot a few days ago, and his father gave him a dollar to allow the doctor to sew the wound together. His brother, James Lee, aged four, said he was going to make him a dollar, so he went to the woodhouse and split his toe with an ax. He failed to get the dollar, but was paid off by getting ft whipping. 145 Teachers Attending the State Conference • In North Carolina there are more teachers employed to teach children hew to play than there are teachers to instruct children how to work. I Only 145 teachers «re in attendance from all parts of the State at the an nual State conference of teachers of vocational agriculture at Raleigh this week, _ 'i —, Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July 18,1930. • tions, it is the general opinion of Post , master Jesse T. Price that the changes being made in favor of the larger of fices are responsible, to a large extent, for the decreases. The decrease in receipts at the local office is very small as compared with the drop in money order and the mail order business, the postmaster pointed out. The money order business is hardly half what it was last year, and the drop in mail order business is even greater, it was declared. CALL 6 CASES IN -COUNTY COURT - ♦ Summoned Jury Limits Its Work To The Filing Of Tickets ♦ Nothing of a startling nature devel oped in the last Tuesday session of the recorder's court, presided over by Judge J. VV. Bailey, with Attorney H. O. Peel serving the State as solicitor, A special jury was called iu on one case, but other than the filing of ticket* for their fees, the members did noth ing; they were not asked to do any thing. Pleading guilty of violating the li quor laws, Dalley O'Brown escaped by paying the costs in the case, Judge Bailey suspending the sentence upon the defendant paying the cost. The case charging George Hardison with an assault and resisting an officer was nol prossed. - In the case charging George Hardi son and Julian Andrews with ail as sault, judgment was suspended upon the torney, the defendants paying the cost of the action. Determined guilty of being drunk and disorderly, J. W. Cannon was fined $75 and taxed with the cost. He ap* pealed to the superior court, bond be ing required in the sum of S2OO. The case charging J. K. Downs with violating the North Carolina Election laws was left open. Mr. Downs enter ed a plea of not guilty,.stating that it was true he was registered in two townships, but that he did not vote in both. He explained that he had moved from one district to another, that he registered ill the one of--hi* present residence, and joked w;ith the poll holders about voting twice. The case charging Marshall Rober son with an assault was continued for one week. LICENSES COST HUNTERS $1,922 1,039 County and 246 State Licenses Sold in This County in Season Sportsmen in Martin county paid $1,922.75 in fees for permission to j hunt during the 1929-30 sekson, the greater portion of the licenses coming under the county classification. In ad-1 dition to the 1,039 county hunting li censes there were 246 State licenses sold in the county. There were no non resident permits issued by the various j wardens during the past year. Fur dealers in the county paid SIOO in fees to carry on a general fur busi ness in the county. This county occupys 41st place in the amount qf receipts resulting from the sale of hunting licenses, according to "Conservation and Industry," a state publication issued in the interest of game, forestry conservation and fishing. Guilford led the State in the amount of revenue from hunting li censes, sportsmen there spending over $7 000.00 for permission to hunt during the past season. m Regular Services at the Presbyterian Church Sunday, July 20, 1930. "The Church With an Open Door." Church school, 9:45 a. m. Depart mental classes. Mr. John L. Rodger son, superintendent. Worship service and sermon, 11 a. m., "Robbing God." "They back me, see? O Lord, the sin Done for the things there's money in." Come and worship with us Sunday. Bear Graaa .Sunday night at 7.J0 p. m., the reg ular tervices will be held in the school house auditorium at Bear Grass. We invite you to come and worship with us. WILLIAMSTON FIRE COMPANY MAKES REPORT $250. Damage Is Reported During the First Six Months Period 11 CALLS ARE MADE • Report Shows Marked Decrease In Practically All Fire Insurance _ Premiums In Town ♦ The record of the Williamston Fire Department for the first six months of this year is an unusually good one, ac cording to the report filed by Mr. H. D. Harrison, fire chief. During the six months period, the company held 11 meetings, with 146 attending. -There were eleven calls during the period with 70 per cent of the volunteer force present. The total loss resulting from fire, as estimated by replacements and the au thorities, during the six months was only $250. The company now has a firemen's relief fund of $449.37 on interest, and $199.05 will be added within the next few days, making a total of $648.42. This fund is paid by the State from insurance sold in the respective dis tticts. —Probirbly -secondary "try t'on the company and equipment offer is the substantial saving effected in in surance rates. — On some elasses of property the rate has been lowered more than 50 per cent. On dwellings with shingle roofs, the rate has dropped from $17.50 per thousand for a three year policy to $11.50 for the same pol icy for three years, a saving of over 34 per cent. The rate per SI,OOO each year on residential property of this type, then, is $3.83. MRS. MATTHEWS HURT IN WRECK Mr. Matthews and Son Es cape Uninjured in Auto Wreck Near Suffolk Mrs. D, G. Matthews was very bad ly injured, and Mr. Matthews and son, I Don, jr., received minor injuries in an automobile accident near Suffolk last Thursday. Mrs. Matthews was se verely hurt about the hip, and althqugh her condition is reported much better she continues in the hospital. Mr. Matthews and his son were able to re turn to their home in Hamilton. According to reports received here, the Matthews car started to pass a large truck when the driver, without warning, started to turn into a side road and forced the Matthews car into a deep ditch. It was also reported that the owner of the truck, when sum moned to the scene of the accident, urduly criticized Mr. Matthews and came very near attacking him. As strange as it may seem, Mr. Mat thews is said to be under bond, the hearing being postponed until Mrs. Matthews is able to attend. ALL STARS WIN FROM NEW BERN Locals Average 16 Hits A Game During the Past Several Played • The Martin All-Stars defeated New Bern for the fourth consecutive time last Wednesday by a score of 13 to 5, "Slim" Gardner, of Jamesville, work ing on,the mound for the Martin boys. I The local boys took the game in the first inning, when they scored eight of their thirteen runs. Gardner allowed only eight scattered hits, two of them counting for home runs. The I raven County boys threatened in the last frame, but the locals stopped tliem aft er they had made three runs it) that inning, White, for the locals, featured at short, several of the players register ing three hits out of five trips to the bat. Two game with New Bern are pend ing for next week at New Bern. Made up of Gardner and White, pitchers, Bunting and Grimes, catch ers, Hood, first; Coffield, second; "Doug" White, shortstop; Freeman, third; Gaylord, left field; Roebuck, cen ter field; Harrell, right field, the team is known in other sections as the Mar tin County Sluggers, averaging around 16 hits each game for the past sev eral. _ » Sheriff Kills Large Snake In Griffins Township Traveling In Griffins Township 144 M Tuesday afternoon, Sheriff C. B. Roe buck found/" without hunting for it, an unusually large rattlesnake. The snake coiled up right in the road, paid no, attention to the traveler and did not offer to move until the officer had fired a pistol ball through its body. The sheriff fired and hit the reptile three more times before he was satisfied it was dead. In size, the snake was said not to be so very large, but in age, the'rattles and button indicated that he was a round fifteen years old. School Truck Co Year Are Comparatively Low -A- L_ . Local Tobacco Market To Get Government Grader This Year Announcement To That Effect Made by Department of Agriculture in Washington Recently; Smithfield Only Market That Had One in 1929 The Williamston Tobacco Market will have a Government grader this season, according to a'report given out bj the Federal Department of Agri cultureJn Washington Wednesday. Last year the only market in the State supplied with a Government grader was Smith field, which proved j so popular that they will again ask' for the service of a grader. The department says that it was! DRY SEASON IS RAINED OUT Fear Damage To Crops In Parts of County from Continued Rains m With heavy showers reported in cer tain sections of the corfnty yesterday, the dry season of several weeks' dura tion is no more, and fear is now enter tained that too nvuch rain will fall. To bacco curing has already been limited and au/ipparently dull season is now in force as to the harvesting of that crop. However, farm work, as a whole, is progressing rapidly throughout the county. i The rains have effected a marked change in several crops,' especially in the corn crop. Hot, dry weather up until the last few days, when the first rains in sev eral weeks began to fall caused a lull in boll weevil infestation of the cotton crop. According to information' coin ing from State agricultural sources, the old crop of weevil died out during the l;.st few days of the hot, dry season, but the new pests art; expected. Con tinued rainy weather, the experts say, will result in a heavy damage from the new crop of weevils. GROW WHEAT AT THE STATE FARM Gov. Gardner Practicing the "Live-at-Home" Method In State Institutions While advancing the "live-at-home" idea for the people of the State, Gov ernor Max Gardner has been practicing the method in operating the State's institutions. The Caledonia farm has produced this year 16,500 bushels of wheat, a quantity sufficient to provide every prisoner in the State's Prison with a barrel and a half of flour. The average yield was about twenty bush els per acre. The Governor expressed himself as being greatly gratified with the wheat production. Some of the wheat, he said, will be used to feed prisoners of the State and some of it will be thoroughly tested for germination, sacked and then sold to farmers of the State at reasonable prices in furtherance of the Governor's program of using State owned farms to further agricultural progress of the State. "All of the wheat sold will be pure bred seed," the Governor said, "and the idea in offering the wheat to the faimers is to do away with the scrub seed being planted and within a few years develop wheat from pure-bred seed throughout the State." Beaufort County Register of Deeds Died Tuesday » Gilbert Rumley, who for nearly 32 years served Beaufort County as Reg ister of Deeds, died in Washington early Tuesday morning. He was al most 75 years old -when the end came. He was one of Beaufort County's most highly respected citizens. He had been elected by the people of Beau fort County sixteentimes, and for many years had no opposition in the party primary nor in the general election. An evidence of popularity that few men can maintain. Baptist Church Program; Union Service Sunday at 8 Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock hour, one of our young girls will play the pipe organ for the church service, and another will sing a solo. The Sunday School and ■ Young People's meetings will be held ac cording to regular schedule. The midwek service will be held Wednesday evening. The union evening service will be held this time in the Baptist church at 8 o'clock Sunday evening, the Rever end Dwight W. Petty preaching the sermon. clearly shown last year that official grading not only hail a beneficial ef fect on prices received by growers, but also stimulated better preparation of the tobacco for the market. "This phase of the service was large ly responsible for the support of the service by the tobacco trade," it is staled. Approximately 11,000,000 pounds were officially graded la'st year. It is expected that the quantity will be five times that amount this year. UNATTENTIVE TO FRIEND MAN GETS IN JAIL * Rufus Barnes Squeals When Gus Pitt Fails to Raise A Bond for Him Jailed for nuking liquor on May 27, Rufus Barnes, colored, of the, Hassell section, felt that he was being ignored by his friends when they failed to make attempts to bail him out, and still believing that they had wronged him he squealed on Augustus I'itt last Tuesday. At Barnes' direction, an af fidavit involving I'itt in the nianufact ure of liquor, was prepared. Tuesday night I'itt was arrested, but be would not admit the charges pre ferred against him by Barnes. , The officers jailed him and up until Wed nesday he refused to talk. After in vestigating the matter, the officers placed the two men together and se creted themselves to hear the conver sation. Only a few minutes passed be fore Barnes and Pitt, unaware of the nearness of the officers, opened up a lively conversation and discussed their plight at length, "And why did you tell on me?" Pitt asked of Barnes. Barnes referred to the agreement made between them, and stated that Pitt had ignored him after he (Barnes) bad operated his still for a small fee. They admitted their mistakes, but Barnes at the end of the conversation still maintained that I'itt had not treat ed him fairly. Pitt declared that he had made every effort to free- Barnes and was plan ning to use his next tobacco money to pay the fine. . The climax to the con versation came when Pitt stated that he came here to' inquire after the a mount of the bond was frightened away when be thought they were about to involve him. Barnes did not think so, much of that, adding that Pitt was valuing his own freedom more than he did that of others. Barnes and Kelly Albritton were ar rested at a still near Hassell back in May, and were apparently going to continue to claim ownership of the plant until they felt as though Pitt was not giving them a,fair deal. Pitt will be given a hearing next Tuesday when all facts, now guarded by the officers, will be placed before the commissioner. CULTIVATE 407,000 ACRES TOBACCO 13000 Acre Increase Report ed; Condition 68 Per Cent of Normal » Although limited by the shortage of .plants in some sections, tobacco farm ers in the Eastern North Carolina' Bright Leaf Belt are cultivating 407,- 000 acres of tobacco at this time, an increase of around 13,000 acres over last year, according to a recent report sent out by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. Had there been no shortage in plants, the acreage would have bene much greater, no doubt. The condition of the crop as of July 1 was reported as 68 per cent of nor mal by the agricultural department. total flue-cured acreage for Vir ginia, North and South Carolina, Geor gia and Florida shows a gain from 1,134,700 last year to 1,173,000, a gain of three and one-half per cent. • Martin Agent Judge In Pasquotank Style Show -• ♦ Mis* Lora E. Sleeper, county home demonstratoin agent, spent Wednesday in Elisabeth City judging the dresses in the county style show arti clothing exhibit held by Miss Edna Stalls, the county hony demonstration alien t of Pasquotank County. > > } Watch the Label on Your Paper Aa It Carries the Date When Your Subscription Expires ESTABLISHED 1898 $10,824 COST OF OPERATING 33 SCHOOLTRUCKS Trucks Travel 89,204 Miles In This County During Six Months Term SERVICE COST $1,623.50 Many Things To Be Considered In Connection with Transporta tion of School Children ♦ operating the thirty-three school trucks in this county during the past six months term, it was learned from the office of the county Superintendent of schools here yesterday. The figure in cludes all items, it was stated. During the term, the thirty-three trucks ran -89,204 miles, many of th«T machines traveling daily some of the worst roads in the county, or even in the section., The average daily trip of the ■flHH'U'v- whs-- utiles', covering piactically every section of the county. Kuch truck carried on an average to. -ami fronv schth4 -anmtid—3b- pupils, at a per pupil cost each day of around seven cents, making the per mile cost unusually low. The average salary paid the drivers of the trucks for the ptriod was $82.82. In service on an average of three and one-fifth years, the trucks required an expenditure of around $1,1>23.50'f0r labor service charges. Parts were pur chased at a substantial discount, and operations were checked and rechecked carefully in the offices of the princi pals and county superintendent. The centralization of truck repair work would apparently prove more costly than the system now followed in op erating the machines. Surely, the pres ent cost is less if a large capital out lay would be necessary in establish ing a centralised repair shop in this county. * To operate the thirty-three trucks, the report states that 12,015 gallons of gasoline were burned during the term, each, machine averaging around seven and two-fifths miles per gallon of gas. The cost of the.gas used in 24 of the trucks was 19 cents a gallon, while on the remaining 9 the cost was 21 cents. Twenty-four trucks were supplied front tank wagons, the several others being filled front "other sources. Oil for 24 trucks cost 69 cents per gallon, and 98 cents per gallon for the remaining nine machines. Accurate comparison of truck opera tions in the several counties during the past term are not available at this time, but according to past reports, the cost of maintaining and operating the machines in this county has beeu un usually low. Comparative costs of transporting the children or teaching them in the ,ne and two room schools are also not available at this time. It is unques tionably true, however, that the stand- _ ard of efficiency has been raised at a comparatively lower cost than, would ever have been possible tinder the old system. Many things are to be considered in connection with the transportation of the.little folks, and when thought is given the work, costs are found not to be high after all. The savings in the child's shoe cost have been ad vanced as equal the daily cost of trans porting the pupil. ' _ , DECREASE IN THE USE OF COTTON ■■■ ♦ June Imports 9,551 Bales As Compared with 53,- 328 Bales in May ♦ Washington, July IS.—Cotton con sumed during June was announced today by the census bureau as having x 1 been 405,181 bales of lint, and 58,501 ol (inters, compared with of lint and 08,779 of linters in May this year and 569,414 and 77,918 in June last year. Cotton on band June 30 was held as follows: „ . In consuming establishments, 1,- 357,394 bales of lint, and 231,942 of linters, compared with 1,531,346 and and 237,505 on May 31 this year, and 1.287,740 and 206,505-on June 30 last year. In public storage and at compresses, bales of lint arid 91,071 of linters, compared with 3,337,360 »nd 89,173 on May 31 this year and 1,- 376,704 and 71,224 on June 30 last year. Imoprts during June totaled 9,551 bales, compared with 53,328 in May this year and 26,113 in June last year. * Exports during June totaled 185,553 bales of lint and 4,38 V of linters, com pared with 208,796 and 10,460 for May this year and 299,136 and for June last year. Cotton spindle* active during June ( numbered 27,642,158, compared with 28,374,434 in May this year and 30,- 631,800 in June last year.
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