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Advertiser* Will Find Oar Col ami a Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Home* VOLUME XXXIII—NUMBER 70 FEDERATION OF CLUBS TO MEET HERE THURSDAY Twenty Clubs Expected To Have Representatives Here That Day PROMINENT SPEAKER tions In Baptist Church at 10:30 and 1:30; Lunch To Be Served In Woman's Club Hall The anuual meeting of the Fifteenth District ..f N'. C. Federated Clubs will be held here Thursday, the meeting to begin at 10:30 A. M. and the morning session to last until 12:30. After this lunch will be served and the afternoon session will last from 1:30 to 3:30. The sessions will be held in the Me morial Baptist Church and lunch will be served in th'e Club rooms. 11m. Edward, M. Land, state presi dent will be present and make an ad dress. Mrs. J. M. Hobgood, Vice-Presi dent will also be here. She is well known to Williatnston people and all club women are delighted to have her here. Mrs. 1). M, Clark of Greenville district president will preside over both sessions, She writes Mrs. J. H. Saunders, president of the local Club that a very interesting program has been prepared for the meeting and it is greatly desired by local club of ficials that all members be present. All the women of the county are given a cordial invitation to be present, also. The, Clubs belonging to this district are the following: Aurora. Ayden, Aulander, Bethel, Bclhaveu, Columbia, Colerain, Farm ville Woman's Club and Farmville Lit. Society, Greenville Woman's Club and Greenville Literary Club, Foun tain, Powellsville. I'autego, Roberson ville, Plymouth, Swan Quarter Wil liamston, Washington and Windsor. All these clubs will be represented and local members are looking forward to having them here for" the day, TWO REGISTER • FOR ELECTION One of Smallest Registra tions Ever Recorded In This Precinct ♦ In the three weeks that the registra tion books were open in the local pre cinct only two new names were added to the list of qualified voters that num ber being more than offset by the re moval of citizens and deaths among the electorate. Rev. Dwight A. Petty, local Methodist minister, and Mrs. Petty added their names to the list of quali fied voters in this voting district short ly before the books were closed. Commenting upon the registration, Registrar' Luther Peel stated that it was 'the smallest he had ever known, and it is believed by others to be the smallest recorded in a number of years in the local precint. According to reports' coming from the eleven other polling places in the county, the registration as a. whole, has been limited to less than half a dozen new names. Little good it'll be to hold the books open for challenge next Saturday, the number of new sualilied voters being so limited that should one offer to chal linge the registration, there'll hardly be enough to cause a difference. 1 Colored Farmers To Hold Conference At Parmele 9 A goodly number of colored far mers is expected to attend the Farmers' Conference at the Parmele Training School next Friday when prominent speakers will address two sessions— morning and aftfcrnoon, —it was stated bw W„ C. Chance, principal, Parmele. A "live-at-home" dinner will be ser ved those in charge of the conference urging all to carry a basket. Similar conferences have been held in Parmele during the past several years, and each has been highly suc cessful. . ♦ Locals Lose To Scotland Neck Team Here 2S to 0 The local high school football team lost a hard-fought game here last Fri day afternoon when the Scotland Neck eleven, one of the strongest opponents faced by Coach Bouknight's boys this season, won by a 25 to 0 count. The locals offered a game fight, but the vi sitors were, too powerful for them to stage a successful attack. While it was the third loss out of four games this season, the locals con tinue in the game, and will play here again next Friday afternoon in the high school field. No Session of Recorder's Court Held Here Today On account of illness of judge J. YV. Bailey, the regular session of re corder's court scheduled here for to day waj called off. There were very few cases on the docket, according to a statement made by Sheriff Roebuck, and they will be heard at the next Tuesday session. THE ENTERPRISE County Tax Collec 1930 Off To Collections on the 1930 Levy Are Expected to Pass the $75,000.00 Mark by November 1, the Last Day That One Per Cent Discount Is Allowed Surprising news originated at the courthouse here yesterday when Sherifl jC. B. Roebuck stated that the county [tax collections for the month of Oct ober would, in all probability, exceed $75,000, an amount slightly less than one-third of the entire levy. Tax monies have literally flowed into the collector'* office during the past few days, many of the checks being SI,OOO or more. The high spot in the collections, however, will be recshed when the Atlantic Coast Line remits its check for $50,- 614.03, the largest single amount car ried on the books. Papers have been signed and forwarded to the railroad company ami a remittance is expected before the time runs out on the one per cent discount allowed by law. Monthly comparisons are not avail able, but it is believed that the collec- Complete Arrangements For Ninth Roanoke Fair Here CANVASS SAID TO BE SUCCESSFUL Campaigners Speaking In Robersonville School Building Tonight The canvass planned in this county in behalf of the Democratic party is meeting with success Elbert S. Peel, chairman of the county Democratic F.xecutive committee, stated yesterday afternoon. The response has been good on the part of party nominees and voters. More than a hundred have been present at the meetings held so far, goodly crowds are expected at the several other meetings scheduled in the county between now and the election,' November 4. Last Friday evening the canvassers, including M-essrs. K. J. Peel, V. R. Taylor, C. B. Roebuck and J. S. Get singer, went to Hamilton where poli tics, church and school activities were all agog, but the politicians made a favorable report as to their meeting attendance, predicting a fair-siied vote as a result. Saturday night, the canvass conti nued in Williams townslWp, a half hun dred or more voters turning out to hear the broad-side attacks directed at the Republican administration. Messrs. C. A. Harrison, E. S. Peel, J. D. Wollard, Joshua Coltrain and R. J. Peel re presented the county nominees Following the intensive drive last week, two nights of rest was ordered, but tomorrow night at 8 o'clock the canvassers will renew their campaign efforts when they go to Parmele. In addition to the canvass by the county nominees, the Honorables Jas. S. Manning and Lindsay Warren are speaking this evening in Robersonville. Thursday of this week, the county canvassers will go to Hassells, and then to Farm Life Saturday night. Cotton Ginnings In This County Pass 1,983 Mark The number of bales of cotton gin ned in Martin County this year is being increased by leaps and bounds, latest government reports showing that 1,983 bales had been turned out in the county prior to October 18th. , Up until Oct ober 18th, last year only 137 bales had been ginned, the report stated. Other counties are reporting in creased ginnings, but it must be re membered that the season this year is much earlier than it was last causing heavy ginnings now and limited ones later on. Federal Agents Fail To Find Still In Bear Grass Searching along the border of the Beaufort-Martin line in Bear Grass township, Federal Agents Coats and Kin-buck failed to locate a liquor plant there, the failure being the first for the officers in that district. Agent Coats reported dry times in that section, upon his return late yesterday afternoon af ter a search of several hours duration. Heavy smoke from forest fire in the section lftnited the work of the officers, and their search did not carry them in to the heart of a big swamp there, it was stated. Bond Refused Pending the Outocme of Man's Wounds Arrangements started last week for the temporary release of Alexander Taylor who seriously assaulted Lin Williams week before last were in definitely postponed following a state ment made by Williams' doctor Sun day. Williams who was said to have been getting along very well follow ing the shooting had a high fever Sun day, and the attending physician did not offer a report favorable for Tayl or's release. Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, October 28, 1930. tions this month will be equally as large, if not larger, than they were in the month of October, last year. "As regularly as the collection time conies about, many old reliable taxpayers come in to square their accounts", Sheriff Roebuck stated. Notices are not required in their cases,'' the sheriff added. The inducement for settle his account with the county will be limited after Saturday, the one per cent discount dropping to* he one-half per cent mark next Monday. Ever since the first account was settled a few days that they went into the thousands o« dollars. Beginnig next Monday, the one-half oi one per cent discount will continue through December 1, when settlements will be made at par. Four New Free Acts Are Booked by Officials Yesterday Plans foV the ninth annual Roanoke Fair here next week were announced as practically complete this morning. Contracts for the several free acts have been signed, it was announced by Mr. Jack Lyles, manager, and other ar rangements have been completed. The Blaum and Sheesley shows have been booked, it was stated and will arrive here over the week-end, it was said. Four new free acts were contracts for yesterday and include "Slips of Fun"; "Bobby", the $5,000* Samoyede dog; "Up Side-Down Carlo"; and Un cle Sy and Lucinda in "Fun on the Haywagon". It was stated that one of the acts would require an unusally large platform and it was not certain that preparations could be made in time to care for it, but that special efforts would be made to bring it here. These free acts were among those offered by the state fairs in Raleigh and Rich mond and have enjoyed a successful season in many of the large Eastern fairs. A definite program of events has not been completed at this time, but it was learned from the secretary, Mrs. Bes s>e Nobles that auto would fea ture the Thursday and Saturday pro grams. Agents Arrest Man And Confiscate Ford Roadster Theodore Mendenhall, white man- of Bear Grass township, fell into the toils of the law and his car, an old tnodel T Ford was confiscated, on the streets here early last Friday night by Chief W. B. Daniel and Federal Agents Coats and Roebuck. Working on meagre information, officers trailed Menden hall to the Griffin section near the Jamesville highway, where a short chase was soon started. Mendenhall had progressed only a few blocks be fore he threw the one-gallon of liquor in his possession to the ground. He was caught shortly afterwards, and of ficers retracing their steps located the whiskey. Mendenhall was given a preliminary hearing, the commissioner requiring bond in the sum of SSOO. Extension Class Organized Here By State University After several attempts, the organiza tion of an extension class here by the University of North Carolina was per fected yesterday afternoon with Pro fessor George Howard in charge. The exact number of teachers enrolling for the special work could not be learn ed, but the size of the class warrants the holding of two sessions, one here and a second in Robersonville, it was stated. - Repairs Made To Boilers In County Courthouse After continuing at their posts of duty for a week in the courthouse with out fire, county officers and employes yesterday enjoyed the warmth that they so earnestly longed for during the time the furnace was out of order. One of the employees yesterday stated that he would be thawed out by noon today piovided the janitor maintained con sistent heats. Preparing Calendar For Next Term Court Here • Members of the county bar associa tion yesterday started work, preparing the calendar for the November term of the Martin County Superior court convening here November 15th The court, lasting two weeks, will hear only | civil cases. Judge Clayton Moore, pf this place, is scheduled to preside. MANY FARMERS PLAN TO HAVE CROPS GRADED ♦ Makes Suggestions In Con nection with Harvesting The 1930 Peanut Crop HAS DEMONSTRATION Demonstrating Grading Service and Its Value at Tarboro Fair This Week According to a statement made yes terday by O. N. Henley government peanut grading will be used by many fiimers this-year. Few crops have b?en picked in this immediate section to date, but Mr. Henley stated that a larger number of farmers are interest ed in the grading this year than there was last, and that he is expecting many calls later on. The grader is attending the (air at Tarboro this week, where he is giving educational demonstrations relative to the peanut grading work, and it is ex pected to result in a wide u>e of the fading service. It .could not be learned definitely, but the grader is considering bringing the demonstration to the fair here next week. Mr. Henley, commenting upon the harvesting of peanuts says, "Buyers and cleaners of farmers' stock peanuts object to a delivery of more than 4 or 5 per cent of foreign material and will penalize the seller ac cording to the amount of foreign mat ter in the lot. Therefore, the farnitr should remember that although foreign material, such as sticks', sand, leaves, parts of -vines and trash of various des- criptions, adds a small amount of weighs to the lot it greatly decreases the quality of the crop and as a con sequence a b>wer price is obtained. "A good many growers realize the necessity of giving some attention to fhe grading of their corp and at Jhe time of picking while the peanuts are going directly to the bags one inan is stationed at the bagging attachment with instructions to pick out all of the foreign matter that is possible. How ever, in case of a very had delivery it is very often worth while to reclean the entire lot in order to get a just price for the-crop., "After the peanuts are bagged and sewed they should be hauled direct to a storage shed and stored so as to per mit a free circulation of air, as fre quently when they come from the weather and the bags should not be piled directly upon the ground or a tight floor but poles should be placed under .them to provide ventilation." County Receives SII,OOO From Equalizing Fund I Martin county will receive SII,OOO this week from the State School Equal- I izing Fund as its share in the second I distribution of school money this year, lit was learned yesterday. Checks totaling $1,330,500 and re presenting approximately one-fourth of the $5,250,000 State Equalizing Fund appropriated for the- use of- the six months schools, are being mailed this afternon to the 93 counties participating in this fund by the Department of Pu blic Instruction. This amount is the second install ment of this fund distributed to the counties and applied to this year's business. On September 11, the sum of $1,141,000 was mailed to treasurers of the several counties to help pay the salaries of teachers and other current school expenses for the first quarter of the year. This installment, therefore, makes a total of $2,471,500 which has been sent out and applied to the six months schools. Grammar Grades Planning Hallowe'en Carnival Here ♦ In an effort to raise funds for the school library, the teachers and pupils in the grammar school here are plan ning a Hallowe'en carnival for next Friday evening. The carnival will en 'ter around a black-face minstrel, but 1 there'll be sideshows, fish ponds, and other amusements, it was stated by the 'promoters yesterday. > A dress parade will open the gala event at 715 when more than a hundred 'of the children are expected to assemble at the grammar school building to take ' part in the march through several of tlie principal streets of the town. Last year the teachers and children held a similar festival, and a large num ber of local people referred to it as an 'unusual and entertaining event. County Teachers To Hold Second Meeting Saturday | The second regular meeting of the . Martin County Teachers' association will be held in the high school build ing here next Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, it was announce this morning by Superintendent R. A. Pope. Prac [ tkally all the school* in the county are 'open now, and a larger attendance is expected next Saturday than there was present at the first meeting held here several weeks ago. Bailey Predicts Democratic Victory In Sat Plan Extensive Use of Tobacco Grading Service Here Thursday WILL PROVIDE GRADING FOR ALL TOBACCO District Supervisor McDon ald Will Assist Grader Here Thursday NO COST TO FARMER ——♦ Practically All Farmers Employing The Grading Service Are Well '• Pleased With Results I Tobacco grading on the local mar ket will be used extensively next I Thursday when all growers will be of fered the service free of Charge by the I warehouses and members of the local Kiwanis Club. While the service is not J compulsory, it is believed that all far mers will have their-tobacco graded. I At first it was announced' that only I the better types of tobacco would be , graded, but late advices from the gov ernment instructs the grading* of all tobaccos if it is wanted by the grow jers. . • | Arrangements are now being made to handle the grading without delay, according to a statement made by Mr. | Elliott, grader on the local market yesterday. Mr. McDonald, district su pervisor for the government will be here to assist in the work, and a favor able result is predicted. • The service will not be limited that day, all farmers in this and adjoining counties being in vited to' sell or vis t the market to ob serve the grading operations' and re sults obtained. While there has been considerable tobacco graded on the local market this year, the per centage has not been as high as it was expected it would be. Practically all farmers employing the service are said to be well pleased with the results, and the number asking for government grading is understood to be increasing. According to government records, tobacco sold here last week command ed a higher price than did the offerings the week before. The average price paid for the B grades was $l7B per hundred higher last week than it was tin- week before. The average for the group C grade was $1.90 per hundred higher. No wrappers were graded, making comparison of prices impos sible fnr the two weeks. INSPECTS LOCAL NEGRO SCHOOLS Reports Favorable Work In Spite of the Serious Handicaps ♦ Professor H. L. Trigg, Negro high school inspector for the State Depart ment of Education, reported favorably upon the work being done in the local school here. "Although they are facing serious handicaps, Principal Hayes and his teachers are doing a splendid work," the inspector stated this mor ning after visiting the schools tem porarily housed in churches and old homes. Class work is now in progress in an old seven-room house, near the river hill, a short distance from Main Street, Unable to accommodate all the child ren at one time, the teachers are con- ducting two sessions daily, one in the morning and a second in thp afternoon, Principle Hayes stated thm morning. Cautiously speaking, the colored school man stated that they hoped to continue in their present (|uarters un molested until the new building is completed and ms>de ready for occu pancy. Coastal Plain Fair Opens In Tarboro This Morning ♦ * The anuual Coastal Plain Fair whose motto is "Best Fed Fair In the State" v.itl began at Tarboro Today, October 28th and continues thrcgigh the remain der of the week. _ Mr. L. D. Hargrave, secretary-trea surer of the Fair stated yesterday that this year's fair will easily surpass any former fair ever held on the Tarboro grounds. The Sheesley shows will make their appearance on the mid-way and Higgins large concert band of Pennsylvania will furnish the music. Officials say that the poultry show will be exceptionally fine, as well as the usual display of farm exhibits, live-, stock, etc. * \ Plenty of horse racing will take place each afternoon, and a big display of fireworks each night. A visit to the largest district fair in the State will be well worth while. WEAR COTTON HOSE IN OAK CITY SCHOOLS m In Effort to Effect Economy Teachers and Pupils Ac cept Ruling There TO HELP NEEDY ONES Many Activities Underway In The School There This Week, Report Shows As an economy measure, the Oak City Schools last week adopted 4 rul ing. by unanimous vote, asking alt pu pils and teachers to wear, cotton hose during the remainder of the term. The ruling has been favorably commented upon, and is expected to meet with a decided success, according to Mr. J. W. Hines, school man, of that place. I he movement is only one of several put into effect in the schools there this year to effect savings for all and in turn provide help for the needy oifes, it was stated. That attendance upon classes is bet ter in economic stringencies is borne out in a report to the publicity commit tee by Professor H. M. Ainsley, of the Oak City Schools. The principal.stated that fhe attendance is unusually good so far this year in fact, it is holding up even better than it did year. The attitude of high school pupils toward their work is much better, and pro gress is'very noticeable, it was stated. The report, covering other activities . in the school there, follows: i| "Several high school pupils have al i * ready read five parallel books and the ,I majority- have finished three. Li . brary reading is stressed and pupils arc ! working for the library certificate r | which requires them to read and pass i by written examination 12 library I books. , j "The tenth grade class is giving a - Hallowe'en party Thursday night at 11 the school building. Spooky plays ■ and fortune telling will have places and - refreshments will be ready. The' class i committee is Misses Dorothy Hi lies, • Juth Pearson and Theltna Haislip. I Miss Mary Maxine Lewis, music ins ,' tructor, will direct the activities. The - proceeds will be used for school pur i poses. Three teachers Misses Mildred Davenport, Julia Holloway and Mrs. W. I>. Smith are expecting to begin the Extension \york Monday. "The school has made a canvass for I clothes and shoes resulting in quite a I collection. The committee in 'charge assigned the garments to the needy children. Four families in the commu nity have been helped with two to four children in each family, The hot lunch is expected to m>en this week. A col | lection of canned goods has been col lected and sJLyred .in the home eco nomics room. Teachers have donated to a fund to buy books for worthy children. Air Compensation Case At Hearing Here Today A .second ease involving compensa tion insurance in this county is being aired at a hearing today before State authorities in the courthouse here, the widow of the late Lloyd Roberson claiming the benefits of. the Workman's Compensation Act. Few details could be hail shortly before noon today, and it is believed that much of today will be taken up in hearing the case. I Mr. Roberson was killed by a log wagon in Jamesville several months ago while in the einploy_.uf Fleming and Roberson. The first case coming under the Compensation Act originat •! in GoosE Nest township several months ago when an employed til the road commission there was killed while executing his regular duties. It is understood that Mr. Roberson's employees carried no insurance on their employees, and are therefore li able ' unless they can establish other facts proving a classification of work I that requires no insurance. Destroy Five Liquor Plants In The Free Union Section Apparently, distillery operators in the Free Union section of this county are exercising more care in their work as officers, raiding there last Saturday morning, wrecked five plants without making an arrest or capturing a copper kettle. Approximately 2,000 gallons of beer were turned out; but no equipment was found. The agents stated that the five plants were loiated within a comparatively short distance one from another. Watch the Label on Your Papar Aa It Carrie* the Data Whan Your Subacription Expire* ESTABLISHED 189 a FLAYS RULE OF REPUBLICANS IN 9 1-2 YEARS MANY HEAR ADDRESS Points with Pride To Rec ord Made By Democrats In North Carolina Praises Martin County Democracy; /* Urges Large Vote In Election | November Fourth An attack 011 nine and one-half years oi Republicanism in the United States jyiit the record of the Democratic Par ty in North Carolina during the past 50 years featured the address delivered by Hon. Josiah William Bailey in the grammar school auditorium here at noon last Saturday before an audience number around 175 interested listeners. I'inding a cold auditorium, Mr. Bailey limited his address to one hour, but in that he literally ripped the past several administrations by the Repu blican Party to tKc core. IntriKluced by Attorney Arch R. Dunning as the next United States Senator, Mr. Bailey praised Martin I ounty Democracy and expressed his sincere appreciation for every vote 'cast tor hint in the June primary, lie offered no" complaint for opposing votes, pointing out that politics, are not .a personal matter, that it was the privi lege of the citizen to vote fo,r the can didate of his choice. Ijor the faith as expressed in him b.y the voters, the speaker stated that he would be true to tl*' Democratic party, that IU great principles would be his guide. After a tour of the State made since the June primary, Mr. Bailey predicted tliat the turn from the Republican ranks would be so marked that all dis tricts lost in the last election would ri t urn with many others that had never been known to- be in the Democratic line-up coming North Carolina Democrats are more aroused this year than ever before," Mr. Bailey declared. So great is the enthusiasm iu Demo cratic principles this year, the speaker stated that multitudes have been from political meetings in some of the large centers where Republicans have exer cised much control in tile past \ ma jority rule by Democrats iu both the House of Representatives and Senate was predicted, and lie weift so far as to say that there would be a Democ ratic victory at the next general elec tion. The Senate nominee's attack on Re publican rule was limited in length, but strong in force. "Hoover, the engineer, has succeeded in that he has engineered more people out of jobs than was ever dtit of work before: He has ditched agriculture and drained industry," Mr. IJailey asserted. For nine and one-half years, the Republicans have had un disputed power. It was Harding and oil, then Coolidge and ice, and finally Hoover and Hell," he said. The statis tics dealing with unemployment, and failure. "Hut the Republicans say that they are not responsible for present conditions, that the depression is world wide," Mr. Hailey declared. This, ac cording to the speaker,, is a new doc trine in that party, for heretofore its leaders have claimed that everything, good or bad, was traceable to the party in power. | World-wide depression, it was said, ]is traceable to the United States, for •when there is depression in the States, lit is everywhere. In this connection, | Mr. Bailey referred to cpnditions in |China, India and the effect of a Bol i shevick government on the Republican Party. Hoover promoted himself U> the Republicans and then people |of the county, guaranteeing them pros- Verity. The guarantee was spoken, [printed and stamped on metal, Mr. | Hailey stated. "But when &he stock market crash came and sapped the mo ney from agriculture, they did not at tempt a control of credit to prevent de pression. > The high tariff wall raised "by the Republicans has stricken down- the farmer and destroyed export trade, 20 of 36 nations'retaliating. The effect is marked, Mr. Bailey declared. In bringing his talk to a close, the speaker told of the wonderful progress made possible by Democratic rule in this State. In education, North Caro lina stands. foremost among the Southern States. Its health work hat progressed rapidly until today the diseases once accepted as a matter of course are no longer feared. With these facts before them, he asked the voters, where they would turn in the next election. "Will you turn back to the, Republican ranks and depression, or to the Democrats for a better government," Mr. Bailey asked. "Stir up Democracy in Martin coun ty and make possible one of the largest votes in her history," was |lr. Bailey's plea to the 175 or more citixens in his. address last Saturday nodn. • . ' . it