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AAr-rtfaara Will Fted Our Cot ■M a Latchkey to Ovar Sixteen Hundred Martin County Homes * VOLUME XXXIII—NUMBER 71 59 CASES APPEAR Old CIVIL COURT CALENDAR HERE Martin Superior Court To Bagin Two Weeks Term Monday November 17 9 NO CRIMINAL CAUSES Judge Moon, of Thia Place Will Pre aide Over the Term; Number Caaes Slightly Decreased » Fifty-nine cases, all clvtl, were placed on the calendar for hearing at the regular term of Martin County Superior Court convening here Mon day, November 17. The cases, many of them famjliar in court circles here, number two less than those on the calendar for trial at the November term last year, a comparison of the two, shows. Opening Monday, the 17th of next month, the court wilt con tinue for two weeks with Judge Clay ton Moore, of this place, presiding. No criminal causes will be heard, the special legislative act creating the court for the trial of civil matters only. —' The case* listed on the calendar pre pared this week, are as follows, by days: Monday, November 17—Moore vs. Kornegay; Peel Motor Co. vs. tbe Chamber of Commerce et al.; Credit Corp. vs. Council; Fertilizer Co. vs. Sitterson et al; Matthews vs. Peel; Matthews vs. Woolard; Matthews vs. Wynn; Matthews vs. Wynn; Mat thews vs. Davis; Matthews vs. Jones. Tuesday, November 18—Guano Co. vs. Wilson; Ricks vs. Harrison et al; In Re: Ed Lloyd; Rhodes and Co. vs. Peterson; Rhodes and Co. vs. Peter son; Anderson and Co. vs. Forbes et al; Bunting vs. Edmondson. » Wednesday, November 19—Coburn | vs. Everett; Peterson vs. Peterson; Harrison vs. McMillan; Ayers vs. Craft; Perry va. Sykes. Thursday, November 20—Power Co, vs. Griffin; Power Co. vs. Dicus; Boston vs. Cordon; Taylor va. Man ning; Wynn vs. Andrews; Ayers vs. Curtis; Fertiliser Co. va. Hurley; Keeling Easter Co. vs. Godwin; Motor Co. vs. Godard; Ayers and Co. vs. bo we n. Monday, November 24—Roberson 1 Aufbora; Bank vs. Sitterson; Ruff et al vs. Gladstone; Green et al Gladston; Davenport vs. Purvis; Mo-i tor Co. vs. Barnhill; Pen Co. vs. Everett; Ayers vs. Cratt; Ayers vs. Brown ea al. Tuesday, November 25. —Fertilixer • Co. vs. Gardner; Askew et al vs. Co burn; Respass vs. James; Barnes vs. James; Carson vs. Roebuck; Matthews vs. Moore; Taylor, adm. vs. Coburn, adm.; Harrison vs. Hardison; Gwalt ney Co. vs. Whitaker; Gladys Ed wards vs. Bennett et al. Wednesday, November 26 Bank vs. Bunting; Ross, adm. va. Harrell; Green vs. James; Fertiliser Co. vs. Keel; Carson vs. Roebuck et al; Rob erson and Co. vs. Williams; Coltrain, adm. vs. Mobley et al; Rhodes and Co. vs. Barnhill, TWO SPEAK AT ROBERSONVILLE Judge J. S. Manning Warns 1 Voters Of Type of Bal- I lot To Be Used ♦ Carrying the Democratic ranpaign into Robersonville last TuesdJf night, Mr. J. S. Manning, of Raleigh, warned' his 150 or more hearers of the type ofi ticket to be used at the polls next Tuesday. For fifty years, he said, he had been voting the Democratic tic- j ket, but next Tuesday will be the first time he will have ever uaed a tic ket with the names of both Democratic and Republican nominees on it. Mr. Manning was accompanied there by Congressman Lindsay Warren who made a short talk to the body. I * Jamesville Agriculturists Observe Tobacco Grading The Jamesville School agricultural class, numbering 34 students, observed the tobacco grading aervice on the lo cal market here yesterday. Principal Overby with hia pupils arrived early • in the morning to get first-hand infor mation on the work. The trip here was made in coanection with the course of study carried on in the school there, tnd provided to be very interesting to the young men. • Turtu Ford Car Over Near Here Yesterday Hardy Gardner, of Williams town ship was slightly hurt yesterday mor ning when bis old model T Ford coupe turned turtle with him between here t and Jamesville. The other occupant, a colored man, waa bruised but not badly hurt. car turned over when struck by a large truck which continued on its way, leaving the two men to (heir own fate. The coupe was badly wrecked. THE ENTERPRISE Government Grades 140,000 Pounds Tobacco One of the largest break* of the week waa recorded on the local tobacco market yeeterday when every pile of the uouaually poor offering! waa graded by the gov ernment grader*. Official govern ment averagea for the day were not available early today, but it waa the opinion of the two grad er* that the price waa alightly higher than it waa la*t weak, probably with one or two excep tiona. The aale* on two floora had been checked by the graders this morning, and only one type fell below the general standard average, it was stated. The great volume of figures required by the government in determingi the averages could not be completed in time for a report today, but Mr. Elliott, local grader, stated Federation of Women's Clubs Hold Meeting Here Yesterday Will Pave Part oi , Hamilton Road Soon According to a letter receiv ed here today by Mr. G. H. Harrison from Highway Com missioner Kugler, a contract for the hard surfacing of five and one-half miles on the Ham ilton Road will be let by the State Highway Commission at ita next letting in December. The road will be eighteen feet wide and will be of regular concrete aix inches thick, it waa atated. While the definite cost ia not known at thia time, the project will coat around 1100,- 000, it ia believed. LONG DROUGHT FINALLY ENDS 9 Raging Forest Fires In This Section Rained Out Wednesday That long drought, the subject an almost endless conversational topic, came to an end last Tuesday night and Wednesday when heavy rains fell to wet the gronnf several inches deep in this county, keports from all over the country indicate that the down pour was general and that late fall seed will now have a chance to develop. Directly and indirectly, the drought pioved itself very expensive in these parts where forest fires have burned for days and weeks, making worthless tl'.ousands upon thousands of dollars worth of timber. The raging fires that have swept several sections of Martin and surounding counties were rained out and the heavy smoke screens that have made travel difficult and danger ous cleared away over night. Fall gardens were given their real first chance to develop, after several sowings of seed went to nought as a result of the continued drought. While the season is late for rye planting, it is not too late to start winter pastures now. According to reports coming from the county, many farmers are making preparations to plant their fields to the crop. Although the downpour last Tues day and Wednesday was heavy and almost continuous, the situation is far from relieved. In many places the ground had hardened to the extent that the water failed to enter the earth but found its way into the low places ar.d ravines to run in the various streams. ' ■ ♦ Announce Sunday Program Methodist Church Services ■ Dwight A. Petty, Pastor, j Sunday School at 9:45, Prof. W. R. I Watson, Supt. Morning service at 11. Communion tall: by the pastor on, "The Com- Imunion As ReveTation." Lord's Sup per at close of sermon. Evening service at 7:30. Sermon theme, "The Peril of Indifference." Good music, led by a good choir, at both services. You are cordially invited to come and bring your friends. Holly Springa Church Sunday School at 10:30, Mr. C. R. Daniels, Supt. Worship service at 3 in afternoon. Sermon by the pastor. The public is invited. LARGE BREAK OP TOBACCO ON FLOORS HERE TODAY One of hte largest breaks of to-J bacco of the season was reported on the local warehouse floors, with prices holding up well. The quality of the offerings is said to be much better than it was yesterday, the better grades selling as high 50 and 55 cents per pound. The sale will continue late in the day, it was stated. Williamston, Martin County. North Carolina, Friday, October 31, 1930. that a comparison of several hun dred piles {Moved the price to be a fraction higher than it waa laat week for the aame grades. The break yesterday was de clared many, termers, ware housemen, and buyera, to be one of the blackeat and poorest offer ed in some time here. Only a few of the better grades were offered, it was stated. Aa a whole, the grading aerv ica met with a marked approval, very few farmera entering com plain ta or turning -ttph' The aervice waa wranged for the growera without coat, the warehouaea and buaineaa men of the town accepting the expenae. The experiment waa declared a auccaaa, and it ia believed that more growera will uae the aervice in the future. TWENTY CLUBS HAVE PART IN DAY'S PROGARM —► — I State President Mrs. E. M. Land Delivers Feature Address at Meet •— 200 IN ATTENDANCE Federation Accept* Invitaiton To Go To Washington For Annual Meeting Next Year ♦ Addresses by Mrs. K. M. Land of Statesville, State president and Mrs. J. M. Hohgood of Farmville, chairman of the districts, featured the annual meet ing of the Fifteenth District of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs held here yesterday. Mrs. D. M. Clark, of Greenville presided and Mrs. J. W. Joyner of Farmville acted as secretary for the occasion. Outlining the program of work for the year, Mrs. Land emphasized adult education as one of the major projects of the federation. She commended the program for this work as outlined by Mrs. Elizabeth C. Morris of Asheville Mrs. Land also made an urgent appeal to support Uw enforcement especially in reference to the eighteenth amend nint, work for world peace and make use of their pirivilege of the ballot. She also warned them of the neces sity of actively supporting their legis lative program as set forth at the State meeting in the spring, which seeks to promote beautification of the high ways, improvement of conditions under which women and children in indus trial work, maintenance for the indus trial school for negro girls at Eflland, an adequate appropriation for the Farm Colony and support of the pub lic welfare program as sponsored by the State Department of Charities and Public Welfare. In an address Mrs. Hohgood stres sed efficient and business-like methods among women, and explained the machinery of the Federations of Wo men's Clubs. The sessions of the meetings were held in the Memorial Baptist Church Rtv. Dickey, pastor leading the invo cation. Mr. J. H. Saunders, local presi dent of the Club made a few remarks of greeting which were responded to by Mrs. C. J. Sawyer of Windsor. There were two lovely solos by Miss Jessie Moye and Mrs. Knott Proctor of Greenville, both accompanied by Mrs. W. Manning Jr. The Robersonville Woman's Club won honorable mention for the largest attendance of any Club in the district, having twenty-three members present with Aurora running a close second with twenty-one present. A very en couraging phase of the meeting was the presence of seventeen members of the Junior Woman's Club of Green ville and seven from the Aurora Junior Club, and their interest in the work to be accomplished. The reports by the clubs of their past year's work were very good and , ♦ (Continued on back page) Present Commissioners To Hold Last Meet Monday ■ ♦ The present board of Martin com missioners will hold its last regular meeting here next Monday, the mem bers meeting the first Monday in Dec ember to merely turn over 'the duties to the incoming boarc). Three new members, Messrs. Joshua L. Coltrain, J. D. Woolard and V. G. Taylor are to accept the duties of the office in December. —, * A regular program of work for tbe next Monday meeting hat not been announced at this time, but as far as it could be learned no matters of great importance are scheduled for attention at that time. END CAMPAIGN AT EVERETTS NEXT MONDAY ♦ Hon. A. D. Mac Lean Ad dresses Jamesvill* Vot ers There Last Night IN OAK CITY TONIGHT Canvassers Go To Farm Life For Engagement Tomorrow Night at 8 O'clock For more than a week Democratic campaigners have carried-on a con certed drive in behalf of their party in this speaking in practically every precinct or community. Next Monday night, the drive will he brought to a close when practically all the local nominees gather in the Everetts school house for a last enga gement on the eve of the election. Two guns were fired in behalf. of Democracy last night, one at James ville and a second at Hassell. Hon. A. D. Mac Lean spoke to 75 or more vo ters at Janiesville, and Messrs. R. J. Peel and J. Sam Getsinger carried the issues before a small gathering at llas sel. Mr. Mac Lean is said to have made a very logical and impressive speech to the citizens of Janiesville and com munity, one that met with marked ap proval on the part of his hearers. He was accompanied there by Messrs. J. L. Hassell and 11. O. Peel and E. S. Pee, who made short talks. Another* high spot in the campaign this week will be the address by Hon. R. T. Fountain in Oak City this eve ning at 7 o'clock. Practically all the county nominees are planning to at tend and others from this comiminity are expected to hear him. * ! Tomorrow evening, the canvassers 'go to Farm Life, out in Griffins where Democracy has always come through with an allied front. The canvassers art said to be arguing over the righV' |to address the voters there,'and it is ( not known jiist which one the honor will fall upon. A set speeqh is assifed, however. And then the final curtain next Monday night at Everetts. The campaign has been one of the most complete pvaer uurlH|fcJe»n .in this county in an off-year, and the size of the vote will be greatly increased as a result, it is believed. MAKING RECORD ON RIVER TRIP • Boat Captain Plans Three Rround Trips from Nor folk In One Week Ever since • the pasting of the steamboat, passenger days c n the Roanoke, very little atteiiti.il has been given river commerce that has con tinued through the years. Throughout the years commerce lias thrived on the stream, suffering every now and then a lapse in business hut more re cently traffic. Regular twice each week connections with the outside world have been made for sev eral years, the boats of the Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina Line plying the various streams between here and| its home port in the quite of the night,' through storm and squall that cargoes might be moved in all seasons. And while the public mind has beeiv turned from the old packet steamer to rail, auto and air, the freighters still continue their runs, making re cords and furnishings facts' for stories i that never lose their savor for the ' boatman. » I Twenty hours removed from Nor-j folk, the freighter "Dorthy Leigh" i captioned by George C. Wise is now j in the process of making a new record on the run from this point to tts home port, Norfolk. Briiiging'tons of mer chandise in and carrying tons of farm porducts out, the boat will complete its third round trip out of Norfolk early Sunday morning, according to a rush schedule undertaken by the captain and his crew this week. Heretofore, the boat has maintained a schedule of two trips weekly, and the crew consi dered itself fortunate in reaching home in time to do their Saturday night shopping. ♦ Higgs Roanoke Institute Destroyed By Blaze Pjans for the holding of a school in Parmele by the Roanoke Association of the Colored Baptist Church were dropped this week when it was learn ed that it would be impossible to pro- j vide accommodations for the pupils ( following the fire that destroyed the three-story brick building last week, it. was learned from Professor G. T. Hill this morning. Early Tuesday night of last week, fire, of undetermined origin, razed the structure, valued at $20,000. School was scheduled to have been opened j the following morning. Operating as Higgs Roanoke Seminary, the school, was maintained by the colored Bap tist Church in the Roanoke Associa-j tion. Approximately $12,000 insurance was on the building at the time. Voters Go to Polls Off - Year Election Tuesday PROPERTY TO | GO ON AUCTION BLOCK SOON 718 Acres of Farm Lands and Nine Houses and Lots To Be Sold ♦ SALE NOVEMBER 7TH » Sale Scheduled (or Next Friday Is Largest of Its Kind Ever Held in This County | One iii tlu- largest land sales ever [held in Martin County will be made in [this immediate section next Friday when the J. W. Ferrell Company, s»ll . in£ agents for the old Farmers and Merchants Bank here offer for sale ,718 acres of farm land and nine houses j and lots. The autciou is one of the few I that has been announced since war times when property prices soared to unheard of levels. Mr. O. W. Curin, repreenting the selling agents, arrived here several days ! ago to subdivide the Higgs farm, one of the several tracts to be sold. The Price farm, another tract several miles from here on the Washington Road | will be sold as a unit, Mr. Currin I stated yesterday morning. —' The sale tn the town here will in clude several choice lots and resi dences as well as a number of small ones in various parts of the town. Kttin or, shine, the company says the | sale-will go on with band concerts and cash prizes featuring the amusement ! program. The first of the sales will be »-hrld at 10:30. each being conducted at or on the property offered for sale. DR. TURNER TO PREACH HERE Local Baptists Will Have Baptismal Service Next Sunday Evening There will be a baptismal service at tlieh Memorial Baptist church Sunday| night at the 7:30 o'clock service to 1 which the general public is invited. ! A number of people have come into the church recently and some of them will be baptized at this service. It is always a beautiful service, impres-J sively caried out. The doors of the church will be opened' again at the close of the Sunday School next Sun* day morning and at the 11 o'clock ser , vice, so that if others wish to present themselves, there will be ample time in which they may be presented for the evening baptismal serviic. Last Sunday there was 1 ( )0 in Sun day School. There should be 200 at Sunday's sessions. The B. Y. P. Us met in the evening at 6:30. Either of the three unions will be pleased to wel come any who may come. The mid week service will be held Wednesday evening. Last Sunday it was annuonced at i the local Baptist church that Dr. J. Clyde Turner, of Greensboro, had been j secured to come here for a series of j service next spring. The exact date of the .meeting has not lieen announc ed. Dr. Turner To Preach Here Dr. Turner is pastor of the hirst Baptist Church at Greensboro and president of the North Carolina State Baptist Convention. He is, perhaps, the leading Baptist minister in the slate. He was prominently mentioned for the presidency of Wake Forest Col-j lege, but steadfastly refused to let his name be used. It is felt that the local church has been unusually fortunate in securing the services of Dr. Turner. He is a man of winsome personality and a de- j lightful preacher. The people oL Williamston will love him when he, conies. Further announcements will be made at the proper time. Delive} Ballots To Poll Holders in This County Ballots for use in the election next Tuesday in this county are now in the hands of the poll holders, the last of the blanks being delivered today by Mr. Sylvester Peel, chairman of the Martin County Board of Elections. There are seven township ballots in addition to the county one, all numbering around 10,000. Then there art the State and district ballots fur uiftied by the State. The several lots were distributed by Mr. Peel. # Kill Two Deer In Roanoke Swamps Near Here Today . ♦ Hunting in the Roanoke low grounds near here this morning, Messrs. Joe W'inslow, of Robersonville, and W. O. Abbit, of Norfolk, each bagged a good-sized buck, the hunters declar ing it great sport to kill one of the animal*. ' if' Local Precinct Voters To Use Auto Showroom s ♦ Finding it impossible to set up the ten voting booths in the court house here, election officials have made arrangements with the owners of the Peel Motor Company to hold the polls in the company's ! showroom, and for the second time, voters in this precinct will go there to vote. The polls will open at 6:40, sun ■ up, and close at 5:08, sundown. A variation of a minute or two will j make little difference however, as there'll be few ready to vote at | sunup and still fewer to vote about sundown. DANIELS SAYS TARIFF CAUSE OF DEPRESSION 'Raleigh Editor States No Relief Possible As Long As Tariff Is In Effect m Greenville, Oct. 30.—Tax reduction —the bone of contention among the two dominant political parties of this nation at the present time cannot be expected from the representatives of "privilege and big industry"— the Re publican party. This fact was set forth in a forceful way at the courthouse here last night iby two members of the Democratic 1 party, who are campaigning the State asking support of the party in the forthcoming election. I he speakers were Joseph us Daniels, of Raleigh, Secretary of the Navy dur ing the Wilson administration, and U. M. Mull, of Raleigh chairman of the State Democratic Executive commit tee. Mr. Daniels, paying his first visit to •Pitt county in "tour yeafs, told the three or four hundred representative 1 itt county people that no relief may | In' expected from the state of depres. I sion existing trough out the nation a* long as the tariff wall credited by the Republican party remains in effect. He declared the high tariff rates had driven our own industries to the other I side of the world, and That the farmer, unable to move his farm, would con tit ue to suffer until the tariff situation been improved. PEANUTS BEGIN TO MOVE HERE Car Shipments Made By The Local Plant To West and North With the marketing season har||y open, peanut shipments from this point ate increasing in size daily. Large trucks carrying as many as 270 bags each trip, or thirty less than a car load, are operating from this point to Vir ginia cities, carrying the lowly goober's to the cleaning factories. Deliveries to the local plant are increasing, and shipments from here to the markets in tht W'cst and North are moving rapid ly, it was learned yesterday. The sale is advancing slowly, how ever, as the crop in its entirely was only dug recently. *> STAGE MINSTREL TUESDAY NIGHT * Young Banker Plays Role of Bathing Beauty In Fashion Show s Flaying the role of bathing beauty, Mr. C. D. Carstarphen, young banker here, and other personages carrying noble figures are expected to draw a .capacity house when they appear in ("Dixie Blackbird Minstrels," scheduled i for a one night showing in the school 'auditorium here next Tuesday night. The ''Womanless Style Show," in which the young men appear is only one of the features included in the minstrel program, it was announced last night. Aside from the minstrels, juvenile, adult and second part, there are re viws of former plays such as "Here Comes Arabella," and others too nu merous to mention, and choruses, and womanless fashion show and Negro sermon and wedding. The minstrels arc sponsored by the Philathea Class of the Baptist church and are directed by Miss Billy Ruth Sears. Numbered among the cast are found the town's most talented characters, including Harry A. Biggs, the interlocutor, Charlie and Jack Frank. And there are others who are near professional ism on the amateur stage. Watch the Label on Your Paper Aa It CarriM the Date When Your Subscription Expiree ESTABLISHED 1898 2000 VOTES ARE PREDICTED IN THIS COUNTY a A- No Contests Locally; Some Interest in Constitu tional Proposals NO GREAT 1 INTEREST Records Show That Vote Has Been Limited In Martin County In "Off-Yeafs" In Past Next I uesday, the voters go to ths pells in an of I year election. In I county just how many will visit the i polls that day is a matter of specula tion. Some political leaders predict that 2,000 votes will be east in this Democratic strong hold, and if that j many are cast about will be de i mocratic in nature. Others in touch with the political pulse throughout the j district are of the opinion that more j than 2,000 votes will be polled that t day, and still others limit the number to 1,500. I urning to past records, it is found that 3,288 voted in the last general eUction, but it was Hoover and Smith then that urged Martin County voters ,to tilt polls. In 1 V2(>, an off-year for politics, there were only 954 votes cast, ihic of the smallest recorded in Mar -1 t:n in years. In 1922, another off-year j the vote stood at 1,000. Locally, there is very little interest in the outcome of the contests .and ts j Mies at stake, but with the applied pres sure. it is likely that 1,800 voters will visit the 12 voting places in this couii- Ity next Tuesday. A majority is re ! I . lily predicted lor Jcisiah 'Bailey, the only wrangle resulting being the one |.o\cr size ol the. predicted majority. I While there is a prediction that the Democrats will win all 10 seat* in tl'c House of Representatives, there is si me doubt about the wholesale victory, and naturally some interest is centered i:i that phase of the contest. And | then there are the jour constitutional | ameudements or proposals, and other I than addiug to Mr. Bailey's predicted J majority, Martin County/ Democrats | will find in these four proposals their | only real incentive to visit the polls for there is no .Republican opposition loi alii. Loyal Democrats are expected and should turn out and vote next Tuesday hut the outcome will be of little in terest locally, and other than accepting the duty as a matter of course, very lit-, tie attention will be given the returns here, it is believed. ~ Viewing the election a State standpoint, State political leaders are quoted, as follows: Size of Majority Rests With East 'Though North Carolina, or the greater part of it, is quite safe for Democracy and Josiah W. Bailey, Democratic nominee for the United States Senate, party leaders, anxious for a large majority, are worried about conditions in the East. If Mr. Bailey | is to get a normal off-year majority of I about 75,000, Eastern workers must I do a lot of work between now and next I Tuesday. State ( hairniaii O. ML Mull's de i sired 100,000 majority seems a long ' way off at present. He expresses j satisfaction with the campaign re suits in the West but working up en ' tluisiasm in the East is proving a I hard job. Apathy is widespread and I reports from Wayne, Craven, New j Hanover, Wilson and other counties | art not encouraging. There is, how 'ever, a silver lining to the Democratic cloud in that the-jiayty Workers are Swell aware-rrf 'condition and are | most active in trying to change it. Though he is refraining from pre dicting the size of the Bailey ma jority, the State chairman is predicting that the Democrats will win all 12 of the State's seats in Congress, two of which are now held by Republicans. The Tenth seems safely rewon but in the Ninth, where former Con gressman A, _L, Bulwinkle is trying to regain the seat taken from him two years ago by Congressman Charles Jqnas, the fight is hard and close. There was much worry about the Fifth which the late Congressman Charles Stedman won by less than 100 votes two years ago, but Frank Hancock, (Continued on the back page) Reads Judge Biggs Auto biography With Interest t In a letter received here a few days ago, Mr. Thomas Yarrell, former Mar tin County man but now a resident of Belton, Texas, states that he read the autobiography of Judge Asa Biggs with many additions, his little office across the street with tall pillars, his church among the pines and his warm religious talks there." Concluding his brief note, Mr. Yar rell said, "Hi« like is not here now, | and it seems will never be again."