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Advertisers Will Find Our Col ons a Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Homes VOLUME XXXIII—NUMBER 49 FEDERAL AGENTS CATCH GAS BOAT AND THREE MEN Local Agents Make Raid In East Lake Section Last Tuesday Night HEARINGS HELD HERE • Rum Runners Succeeded In Unloding Ail But Five Gallons of Cargo When Officers Enter Boat • ■■■ Federal Agents C. S. Coats and J. H. Roebuck, accompanied by Deputy Marshall Crow and Sheriff B. B. Combs, of Tyrrell County, went out for big game last Tuesday night. Vis iting the East Lake section of Tyrrell, the officers captured a gasoline boat of approximately seven tons capacity, and a small quantity of liquor. The boat, loaded with whisky, was. making it for port at Gum Neck when the officers, rifling in a smaller boat, enter ed the rm, Hardly had the race started when the boat master, J. H. Bratton, and his two companions, Lee Parrisher, white,l and Jim Morris, colored, started throw- ' infc their cargo overboard. The chase was so spirited, however, that the offi cers reached and boarded the rum boat just as the occupants Were preparing to throw the last five gallons of li quor in the channel of the Alligator River. The three men were brought here for preliminary heariugs. Bratton, the boat owner, escaped jail when he raited the required SI,SOO bond. Parrisher. in default of a SI,OOO bond, went to jail along with the colored man Mor ris, who could not raise £ SSOO bond. The throe are scheduled to go before Judge Meekins at the next term of court to be held in Washington. A few days before the capture of the three men, Parrisher had been found in possession of liquor, and paper! had bten issued charging him with selling. • STOCK BRINGS . SMALL PRIICES inn ♦ m Farmers In This Section Planning To Buy While Price Is Low With practically all their feed de stroyed .as a resulted of the continued drought, many farmers and dairymen t in the western part of this State and parts of Virginia are offering their stock for sale at greatly reduced prices, according to reports received here. The Virginia markets are said to be flooded with all types of cattle, the market ranging from 4 to 9 cents per pound. Messrs. Wheeler Martin, Frank Weaver, and H. H. Cowan were in Richmond this week investigating the conditions there. The offerings ate limited to the "beef stock in the main, they stated. However, good milch cows are available at reduced prices in certain parts of the State. According to reports coming from Bertie County, several farmers there art planning to purchase cooperatively a number of cows as soon as the to bacco markets open. Following the action of the Bertie farmers, many of our people could probably enter intoi the cooperatiye purchases and effect some advantageous bargains this fall. Methodist Program of Services for Next Week ♦ Sunday school at 9:45, Win. H. Har rison, supervising. Morning worthip at 11. Rev. J. Er neit Yount* will preach. We will join in the union service at the Baptitt Church in the evening. Senior League at 8 o'clock Monday evening. Hi League at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening. Prayer service Wednetday evening at 8. Holly Spring! Church Sunday school at 10:30, Charlet Daniel, superintendent. Preaching service at 3:30 Sunday aft-' ernoon. Sermon by Rev. J. F.rnett Younti. Town Paving Progrmm Is Partly Completed • Paving work on on® pf the town t principal streeti, Hauujiton, extended, hat bten completed an{t||* Clark Pav ing Company is now making prepara tion to pour concrete m Watts Street. Grading work is under way on several other streett at the pretent time. Aft er completing Watts Street the com pany will start paving Smithwick from the main street intersection to Sim mons Avenue, a diitance of three blocks. "Big Mill" Property Sold To Mrs. James This Week Mr. Joseph B. Lanier has «old the "Big Mill" to Mrs. Sadie James, who will rebwild the dam, the work to be gin within ft few weeks. Tb« new owner expects to have the work completed in tfcne for the fall work. • ' , THE ENTERPRISE Ctrrmty Crops, As a Wh Better Than at Same Time One Year Ago Crop* over llartin County look much better than they did at thii time last year. Drought haa not hit our farmers down here aa it Haa in other sections ol the State and nation. Prospects for a good corn crop are general all over the county. Tobacco is showing up well in many sections. Indications are that the peanut crop, which was only about 69 per cent of normal last year, will go well over SO per cent this fall. Cotton has been at tacked, assaulted, and decimated in DEATH OF MRS. j LEVI HARDISON Funeral This Afternoon In Roberson Burial Ground In Griffins Township Mrs. Levi Hardison died at her home near here late last night following a stroke of paralysis. She had been in . ill health for some time, but her condi tion was not considered serious until she suffered the paralytic stroke a few I -days ago. She grew worse rapidly fol- j lowing the stroke, death resulting about 12 o'clock last night. The funeral will be held front the home this afternoon at 2 o'clock, and irterment will be made in the Claudius Roberson cemetery in Griffins Town ship, near the Hardison Mill. Rev. \V. B. Harrington, assisted by I-ewis 1 T. Holliday, will conduct the last rites. ' The deceased is survived by Mr. Har disyi and several children. RECORDER HAS ONLY 3 CASES - . ■ ■■ ■ • . ' I Five of Eight Cases Called Are Continued By Judge at Tuesday Session ♦ ■ Eight cases were called, but only three were heard in the recorder's court h«re last Tuesday, the first session of the court in two weeks. The five cases ' continued will lie heard next week and the first week in September. Probable cause appearing, T. S. Hadley was bound over to the super ior court under a $750 bond for house breaking and larceny and receiving. A plea of not guilty was entered by the defendant. Pleading guilty of driving an auto mobile while intoxicated, Buck Cherry was fined SSO and taxed with the costs. Haled into court upon the charge of not paying his board, Arthur Bailey war, found not guilty. • Rev. Mr. Perry To Preach At Presbyterian Church ~~ Sunday, August 17, 1930. True sayings: "Look your difficulties in the face, and they will begin to run." Church school, 9:45 a. m. Worship service and sermon, 1! a. m. Rev. Perlie Perry preaching. The citizens of Williamston will have an opportunity Sunday morning to hear Rev. Perlie Perry, a fellow citi zen and friend, preach from the sacred Word of God. You are invited to come and hear him, A cordial invitation is extended to all the members of the local churches not having services Sunday morning to Join with us in our service. Bur Grass The usual services will be held in the schoolhouse at 7:30 p. m. Everybody welcome. Legfttts Farm Sunday school and preachnig serv ices will be held on the Bob Leggett farm, beginning at 4 p. tn. Sunday aft ernoon. We invite the residents of this community to come and, worship with us. ** ♦ ■ Agents Reports Much Hog Cholera In This County Hog cholera, according to reports by County Agent T. B. Brandon, is quite prevalent in the eastern end of this county at the present time. During the past several weeks the agent has vac cinated several hundred of the swine weekly. It is generally believed that if every lotve would vaccinate his hogs, the would be clilnlMStft)l yet, the breeder will often wait until the chol era kills several hogs before he will take the precautionary steps. ' '■'# District Columbia Motorist Haled Into Local Court • Haled into a justice of the peace court here yesterday afternoon for not having a license on his trailer, a Dis trict of Columbia motorist escaped con viction when the court recognized the laws of that district. The motorist was released when Sprague Silver, of Ra it igh, stated over long distance tele phone that the District of Columbia re quired no license for trailers, and that this State recognized the laws of the district. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, August 15, 1930. some fields here and there, but on the whole the Martin cotton crop it perhaps as as in any section of Eastern Carolina. .Prospectant' North Carolina farm ers are bright, particularly in East ern Carolina, according to the Aug ust Ist crop report made by the Federal-State Crop Reporting Service. North Carolina, with the exception of a few mountain coun ties, has escaped the ruinous dry weather that has caused great dam age to crops in all sections of the FIX PRIVILEGE TAX SCHEDULE CURRENT YEAR Commissioners To Consider Town Tax Rate At Meet Next Week MAKE FEW CHANGES • Chief W. B. Daniel Will Have Charge Of Books and Will Start Col lections In Next Few Days mi , r . —— Meeting yesterday afternoon in spec ial session, the local town board of commissioners made arrangements for collecting the privilege taxes for the current fiscal year. The schedule, in cluding practically all types of busi nesses, remains about the same as it ,was> last year, it was stated by one of the officials. Chief W. B. Daniel will have charge of the books and will start the collections within the next few days. According to information given out following the meeting yesterday, after noon, the commissioners will hold a I second special session the early part of i next week, when they will determine .the 1930 tax rate for the town. It is I believed that 'there wlil he no material change in the rate this year, and it is likely that the 192*' schedule will re main in effect. The treasurer's of -1 fict is working on the books prepara- I tcry to making its report at the spee jiiil meeting, it was stated by Mr. N. C. Green last night. THIEVES ENTER LOCAL STORE Steal Two Suits of Clothes and Few Articles from Barnhill Brothers • Thieves entered the Hamhill 1 ' Broth ers store here some time last Wednes day night and stole several articles, the owner, Mr. Barnhill, stating that lie could not determine definitely just how 'many articles were removed. He missed two medium-priced suits of clothes, a hat, ami one or two other articles. The entrance was made by way of a back window. While no clue has been established le&ding to an arrest, it is believed that the thieves were amateurs and knew little about the operations. They failed to open the cash register and went out with no rash. The robbery is the first that has been reported by a local merchant in sever al months. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ASA BIGGS Former Congressman, United States District Court Judge, and United States Senator; Material Used Herein Was First Published in 1915 By The North Carolina Historical Commission In the winter of 1857-58 Judge l'ot-„ ter, the Diitrict Judge of the United States for North Carolina, died: hav icf> held the office for upward of 50 years. It was a station' desirable to me, as honorable; and consistent with my former habits of life, I preferred being relieved from the irksome posi tion I occupied, thought it certainly was one of the most distinguished in the country. I expressed these feel ings to some of my friends, and after the disposal of some important business then pending in the Senate, in May, 1858, I w»s nominated, by President Buchanan, as Judge, and confirmed unanimously in the Senate; and there upon I resigned my seat as a Senator 'from North Carolian when about half of the term for which. I was elected was unexpired. In this case, as here tofore, I made no personal solicitation fcr the office, and took no steps to se cure it; but it being offered, with pro found gratitude to my State for my elevation to the Senate and for the constancy and fidelity with which I was encouraged by a large number of admiring constituents, yet with a de cided conviction that I could be more uteful in this sphere, or at least could pitss down the current of life more gent ly, giving place to some more talented and faithful statesman in the distin- country. There has Jbeen an in crease in the acreage planted in corn in North Carolina, and espec ially has there been more corn planted this year in Martin Coun ty. There are more home gar dens. There are cleaner, better cultivated fields. North Carolina farmers will have an advantage of selling normal or nearly normal crops at prices increased by the reduced yields of other Statei. Bertie County farmers are to share in this advantage, indications show. SEVEN DIVORCES GRANTED IN 1929 I • Many Applications Made In 1 Period But Only Seven Judgments Entered • Seven divorces were granted in the j Martin County Superior court during . . IM2*>, according to a report issued by j I Mr, R. J. Peel, clerk of the superior [court, here yesterday. The number, slightly greater than in , l l >2B, represents separations in the two r';>ces, with the colored race m {Tie lead, i According to a review of the rec ords, many applications for a divorce have been entered, and the court has passed upon them, hut thf, judgtnents have been withheld in a number of cases where the costs have not been paid. Several such cases are on the records, and until the costs are cleared, the records 'will show that the anions are not complete. It is under stood that several of the applicants, thinking that they had met all require ments in obtaining a divorce, have married again. Legally they are prac ticing bigamy, doing so without their knowledge, however. , SEES DROWNING | AT NAGS HEAD Local Boy Makes Heroic Effort To Save Life of Child Last Sunday Joseph Godard, 111, aged 17, of this place, had a thrilling experience last Sunday when lie witnessed the drown ing of John Walker, young boy of Winston-Salem, at Nags Head. The local boy was sleeping in a motor launch near the Sound pier where the Walker child fell off and rushed to the scene when he heard calls for help. Again and again lie dived to the bot tom in an effort to reach the body, but his efforts were fruitless. The ' body was finally recovered by a rela tive who, assisted by Joseph, placed it tm the pier. Doctors and coast guardsmen failed to revive the boy, lite being extinct when the body was removed from the water. Rev. Z. B. Cox To Conduct Revival at Hassell Church Rev. Z. B. Cox will begin a series of revival meetings at the Hassell Chris tian Church Sunday evening at 8:15 o'clock. Mr. Cox, who is a graduate of Phillips University, Enid Okla., was formerly of Hassell, and all are urged to attend these meetings and hear his inspiring sermons. Resigns From Senate o In this, the eighth installment of Judge Biggs' autobiography, we learn of Mr. Biggs' resigna tion as United States Senator to accept the position of United Ststes judge. Secession was coming to the front at that time, and in the next several install ments Judge Biggs has much to say about the right of a State to withdraw from the Union. His reasons supporting the State wishing to secede are ably ad vanced in this installment. guished arena of the Senate, 1 left pub lic life with pleasure; and, although I pjrted reluctantly with many-'' valued friends, I retired to the judicial bench, without regret. In consequence of my mental anxiety and the turmoil and irregularity of the life I was compelled to live, it seriously impaired my physical powers, I reduc ed very much in flesh, and on my re turn, my friends at home looked at me with astonishment; but resuming the comparative quiet of my former life, and again adopting my regular habit* I soon recuperated and was prepared for labor. OUTLOOK NOT SO DARK ACCORDING TO "UNCLE BUCK" • Brands Overproduction Re ports As Being Al together False SAYS SUPPLY LIMITED See Some Little Hopes and Believes Farmers In Eastern Carotins Will Get Fair Prices ■» By W. T. MEADOWS What Price Glory? I believe there was a popular novel written by the above name not so long ago. Wish we could get this writer to put out one and name it "What Price Tobacco." I He would certainly catch the popular question of the day for alt the bright ! tobacco growing States and possibly j Kentucky and Tennessee. We see in every morning's paper some new dope on tobacco, especially stuff handed down by the politicians ' and Washington City None of . this amounts to a row of pins. What the fanner wants, and wants bad, is an | I increase in price; but it does not come ; i fast. We see some little hopes, and I | believe we will receive a fair price in Eastern North Carolina. When ! [you hear them holler "Too much to- I |bnrco~ raTTed-r~t"o" itnictt- on liamfHtV' all a lie. There is just enough on hand jto last 12 months, tut out one crop I entirely in the bright belt, and you ' Iwill see where they are at. I If you get 25 cents a pound fur your j tobacco, a package of cigarettes costs Jyou 15 cents. If you get 15 cents a pound for your tobacco, a package of cigarettes costs you 15 cents. So you see it makes no difference what they I pay, the price of cigarettes, chewing j tobacco, snuff, and smoking tobacco remains the same. Some curious book keeping somewhere, for when they go to cut the watermelon every Christ mas the dividends run about the same Tivcti~year. Well, some of our old friends went down to the border markets, also South ( arolina markets on opening sales. They report a pretty crop of tobacco on the whole all the way down, hut when questioned right close as to prices on the four or five markets vis ited, they did not have much I feel like conditions existing from the drought in Kentucky and extreme western North Carolina and portions ol Virginia should help us here. Some oi the latest reports from these sec tions say not over 50 |»er cent of a crop can be made, and they say now that Georgia will (all short, also South Carolina, and that the top crop in (ieorgia is not curing so well. I am living in hopes that things will turie for the better anil that we will get a fair living price. Don't forget our Government grading service. We were fortunate in getting this service, as a great many applications from other places were turned down. The service is not compulsory, and it is up to you to use it, if you So desire. Where tried, farmers all like it. ♦ Rev. W. B. Harrington To Preach At Jamesville Rev. W. B. Harrington, the pastor, will conduct the regular services in the Jamesville Baptist Church next Sunday morning at II and at K o'clock iii the evening. The public is 'invited to attend each of the services. The duties of my office required a (curse of reading essentially differing from any former course, and I sat to work diligently to qualify myself for the responsible duties of United States Judge. The district courts were held twice a year at Edenton, Newbern, and Wilmington, and the Circuit Court once a year at Raleigh. At the latter court the presiding judge was an Asso ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States when attending and Judge Wayne was assigned to my cir cuit. For many years, in consequence of the age and imbecility of Judge Pot ter, the courts had become formal fatces. I reorganized them, adopted necessary rules to render them effic ient, and prepared to make the dis trict courts useful. I held also the cir- OJit court unaided until November, 1860, when for ttie first and last time Judge Wayne presided. Having had some correspondence with him I ascertained before we met that he positively denied the right of a State to secede from the Union, and ;* Lincoln had been elected President, and the excitement in the South was great; it was not improbable that this might become a practical question and require the decision of the' judiciary. I supposed if it were to arise at that 9 1 —- (Continued on back page) Colored School Site Not Yet Determined MAN CRITICALLY HURT IN FALL Henry Roberts Suffers Skull Fracture in Fall at Mu nicipal Plant Here j Henry Roberts, 3Q»year-old white. !nun lit* Ooldiboro, was seriously hurt! in a fall at the municipal water plant Jure this morning, the mechanic suf fering a fractured skull, broken arm, ,311(1 several bad cuts about the neck, iWorking for J. K. Caiey, mill owner' lot Stoney Point, Roberts fell from a! |hig)i ladder when a large steam line t broken in , the" top of the boiler rooms. Falling head first, the man's head struck the front of one of the large • boilers and then landed on a concrete floor. Me was Riven first-aid treatment in a local doctor's office, and was later removed to a Washington hospital. The extent of Roberts' injuries could not |be definitely determined here, but his f j condition " was described as critical by TTftTT[ TOTTdlTTJf"*ltlT*y strtaTi?'""^ Roberts came here a few days ago 1 | with Mr. Casey, who had purchased I one of the large plant boilers for his tnill, near Wilmington. ♦ DOZEN AGENTS ' HERE FOR RAID Capture Two Men at Still In Bertie Early Yes terday Morning .*, • * Prohibition forces were out in big numbers here yestenlay morning. I around a dozen agents and deputies j coming here in the interest of prohibi tion . enforcement. The group was headed by Agent I-'. p.. Street, who wa's stationed here at one time. The officers raided in Bertie County early that morning, and captured Lon nit B. Tingcn, white, and a colored man operating a large steam plant: A ("•horsepower boiler was used in the manufacture, of liquor-there; and the equipment with S,(HH) gallons of beer was destroyed. According to reports, Tingen is a manufactured of wide experience, hav j hip traveled in many States. Unable ■ti raise a $1,500 bond, he was placed lin the local jail to await trial at the next term of Federal court, to be held by Judge Meekins in AVashingtou. 'ATTEND MEET OF COMMISSIONERS Several Major Problems Be for Wrightsville Beach Meeting This Week m —— Martin County is well represented at a meeting of county commissioners jat Wrightsville 14 each this week, Messrs. Sam (ictsiuger, W. 11. c'ar 'starphen, T. C. Griffin, J. E. Pope, T, JB. Slade ami son attending from here and Hamilton. I The Consolidation .of the Stale's | school' system, centralization of high way control, partial payment of county 'taxes, abolishing the office of county | treasurer, legislation for the formation lof a land finance corporation and cer tain reforms in connection with keep ing the records of various county de- ( pertinents were all discussed at Wed-1 nesday's session, I Recommendations for more efficient jaiiti economical administration of schools,' roads, and other county af fairs came thick and fSst toon after ! the 300 delegates assembled in the. ball room of the Oceanic Hotel. It was I soon evident that one of the big guns Ito be fired in forthcoming efforts in tilit direction is tagged Centralization. Another *ls labeled Consolidation. • , No Preaching Service at Christian Church Sunday • The Bible school of the Christian church will meet at 9:45 Sunday morn ing. The attendance has held up very well this summer, and we are looking forward to a good Bible school Sunday morning. " All the young people are urged to attend the first i program of the Chris tian Endeavor Society as 7 p. m. A good start was made last Sunday, which [points to a very successful organiza j ticu,— , —.— Sheriff Roebuck Returns From Charlotte Meeting • "We bad a fine convention," Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, of this county, stated upon 'his return Wednesday evening from a meeting of North Carolina sher iffs in Charlotte this week. Many problems of vital interest to the offi cers were ably discussed, and the con vention was a decided success, the sheriff said. Watch th« Label on Your Paper Aa It Carriea the Date When Your Subscription Expiree ESTABLISHED 1898 COMMITTEE HAS MATTER UNDER CONSIDERATION Plaintiffs Make No Allega tions in Restraining Order FAIL TO GET ORDER Building Preparations Are Being De layed Until Definite Site for School Is Determined - * That the County board of education has the power to determine a school site. regardless of any.and all opposi tion, .was pointed out .this week when Judge M. \. Harnhill refused to sign a restraining order brought at the di rection of \V. Hunch and others. NY allegation s were made in the paper, and the arguments, while classed as" sound and logical ones, were* consid ered . inadeiuale to warrant a signa ture. As a result, the board of edu cation or the committee .tL>p"intvd has the power to determine the site tor the new colored school building. As far as it could lie learned yester day, no plans lor the building had been prepared, ■architect stated that the location of The site would be neces sary before any: definite steps eoti'd be - taken. The%ommittee appointed by tin educational hoard some time ago is still considering a site for the selvool, hut the building, locatioji has not been 'fully decided upoy, according to in formation Coming from the office of* the superintendent yesterday after- - ttoon. | 1 POISON MIXTURE FOR ARMY WORMS Damage Limited in County; Many Questions As To Control of the Pests While damage resulting front the | army worm in this county has been more or less limited and confuted to a few .acres, many iptestions have been asked relative to control of the pests. 1 j I he usual method of poisoning is. to mix one pound arsenate lead with four pounds of bydrate'd. linie., builders' lime, and dust this on the affected plants. Where a dusting machine is available it should hi- used; If no jduster is available it may be dusted on with a hag using !$ to 5 pounds of jthe arsenate lead per acre. Another method is to scatter u lirte of poison bait in their line of march. This bait is made by mixing dry one pound of paris green with 25 pounds of wheat bran. To this is added enough of a molasses-water solution to moisten so that it will be crumbly, but not sloppy. The molasses water solution is made by dissolving two t|uurts molasses, black strap will do, in three gallons of water. | The question has been ;.sked where the army worm comes from. They !are present every year, but usually parasites hold them under Co n't ro I. This year the "hot dry weather has killed many of the parasites, so that .the army worms' have gotten the up .per hand. There are usually three crops of the worms in a season. The July-August crop is the worst. The j worms prefer grass crops, hut will eat most other kinds of field crops. Pann iers should be on the look out for the appearance of this pest ami apply im mediate control measures when found, I They can destroy a crop in a very .short tim,e. J This insect .occurs throughout. the United States east of the Kocky I Mountains. The worms when full grown are 1 1-2 inches long and are, 'striped with black, yellow, and green. | The adult is a dull brown moth, mark ed in the center of each fore wing with a distinct white spot. In sea sons of seriotu outbreaks of the pest, it usually appears first in limited area in meadows or pastures. When discovered before it has spread from these places, the field should he sur round with a ditch with vertical sides and post holes dug at intervals of a .few rods in the bottom of these ditches. The Held may also be spray ed or dusted with paris green or ar senate of lead. The worms will col lect in the holes in the bottom of the ditches and may be killed there hy pouring kerosene on them. ~ * Roanoke River Fall To, Low Level at This Point As a result of the drought in Vir ginia and parts of this State, the Ro anoke River at this point is far below its normal- level, old fishermen who have watched the stream for years, stating that the water is about at low as they have ever seen it. According -o reports coming from points farther uf> the stream, the river is so low that one can almost wade across it in places.
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