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Have Your Bundles Ready For The Boy Scouts This Afternoon Advartfean Will Fnd Oar Col ma a Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Hone* VOLUME XXXIII—NUMBER 80 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, December 2,1930. ESTABLISHED 1898 FIRE BUG AGAIN ATTEMPTED TO . BURN PROPERTY Late Sunday Night Blaze Started in Two Places in Flat Iron Building DAMAGE IS LIMITED Two or Three Broken Jars Pound In Burned Tresh; Unable To De termine What They Held Fire believed by firemen and officers to have been of incendiary origin broke out in the flat iron building on Washington Street, near the tobacco warehouse*, here shortly after 10 o'- clock last Sunday night, the flames threatening the three-story brick ■tructure and its contents. The alarm was sent in by Lon Bullock and Ro-j bert Harrison, and the volunteer com-' pany responded quickly to place the blase under control with very little damage resulting lt> either the build ing or its contents. Apparently discovered soon atfer it was started, the fire was sending out a thick and stiffling smoke when the . firemen forced an entrance to carry in the water hose. The blaze, burning in two separate spots in the store room of the building, was checked before the floors or partition walls caught, but in bringing it under control a small water damage resulted to the stock of the Clark Bargain Store. Other properties on the first floor in cluding J. G. Staton's office equipment, escaped damage. Thirty or forty bags ol peanuts stored on the second and third floors, were not damaged by the blase and smoke. Investigating the fire, Fire Chief H. D. Harrison and Officers Roe buck and Daniel found that it had started in two trash piles, several feet apart. In one of the trash piles, two or three broken jars were found, but the investigators refused to give any opinion as to the contents before the containers were cracked by the heat. STUDY FOR LIFE ' WORK IN SCHOOL 30,114 Person in State Took Vocational Courses Last Year ■» Raleigh, Dec. 2. —Last year there 30,114 persons in North Carolina who took vocational courses preparing themselves for occupational compe tency, it is learned today from T. E. Browne, State Director for Vocational Education. Instruction is dividdd between the courses in the high schools of the State to supplement the regular high school instruction, adn designed to aid boys and girls who cannot go on to college to enter upon life's duties with some specific preparation for their lite work; and courses designed to help those persons already left school and entered upon their life work. For 1929- 1930 there were 15,579 school child ren taking vocational courses and 14,- 545 persons out of the regular school receiving definite vocational instruc tion through parttime' and evening class instruction. These 14,545 person* according to Mr. Browne, who are at work on farms, in factories, in commercial es tablishments and in homes, recognized tße need for further trsining in line with their daily employment and were wilting to return to school, when they cculd get off from their regular jobs, and take courses which would in-: ciease thejr skill and efficiency. From, the testimony of the managers of in- j dostrial plants men who are willing to go to school at night are their best . workers and furish them the material from which they make their promo * tions. "One of the most hopeful signs in connection*~feith our farm problems,'' Mr. Browne added, "is that last year 5,220 adult farmers were williptfC to go to school at night follow Organiz ed courses of instruction i* «onnec tion with the solution of the problems f with which they were confronted each day. Figures are to show that these men are ■gttjjig results to jvstify the faith thel f»ve in further atudy of farming." ■ i Recorder Court Squeezes In A Session flare Today Convening today' the first time since November 11. the recorder's A court had around a 4o«en cases on the * dccket for trial, court operating under its recently reflected judge and «ore recently aaMpted Moaara. J. W. Baileyf and H. O PeeL The court hod susMftarf its ses aiona for two weeks® give way for the superior court iißftseion during the period for the rifel of civil cases ; t t THE ENTERPRISE Pass Resolutions Uuging Economy In County Commissioners Ask Legislature To Provide County Educational Body With More Power; Want Change in Nominating Methods i I At a meeting of the Martin Coun ' ty Board of Commissioners held here yesterday, resolution* were passed asking that more power be given the county board of education in making certain changes when needed in an attempt to effect a more strict econo- ( my in operating schools. Limiting ex- | tended school terms when the board j deems it necessary; consolidation for economy; eliminating salary incre- ' nunts and the nomination of board members by districts are the main features advanced, as | "Resolved, That the spirit of any school legislation during the General Assembly of North Carolina should look to empowering the board of edu cation with the discretion of cutting the extended term for the following reasons: "1. In case of crop failures; "2. In case of need of children for farm labor; "3. In case of epidemics. Thai the Spirit of any school legis lation during the coming General As sembly of North Carolina should look to giving greater power to the board of education for eliminating a teacher ] Dr. Wm.L.Poteat Speaks In Baptist Church Here Sunday Unusual Meeting Of Town Commissioners For the first time in the hia tory of the praaant board of commiaaionara, thara ware no complaints entered, no adjust menta asked for and no business on the calendar for settlement at a regular meeting of the town I officiate held hare last night. There were only three mem bers of the board present, and after approving the bills con tracted during the peevioua month, the body adjourned, the meeting laating only a few J . minutee. BOY STRUCK BY HIT-RUN DRIVER • Sam Brown, Colored, Has Leg Broken While Walking • Sam Brown, 17 year old colored boy, suffered a broken leg when he | wan struck by a hit and run driver on the Washington highway near the heme of Mr. Will Taylor, three miles from here, Sunday afternoon about three o'clock. According to reports Brown was walking on the shoulder ' of the road in the direction of Wash ington when he was struck. The car driver failed to stop and increased his speed. Brown was carried to a hospi tal for treatment. | It could not be learned definitely, but it is understood that an attempt ti identify the car will be made through the automobile license bureau. Two Arrested By Officer Here For Being Drunk • ,1 Wheeler Beach and Leland Williams , 1 ycung white men, were arrested for being drunk on the streets here yes terday afternoon by a member of the State Highway patrol. They were turn !eJ over to Sheriff Roebuck for safe keeping in the local jail until preli minary hearings can be held. I Williams had heard about Habeas Corpus proceedings and the Writ of ' Mandamus, and he got them all tan- ' 'gled up as he was led to jail. Finally realizing that neither applied to him, ! he dropped the plea, and said, "Well, I do know you can't put me in jail 'without first giving me some cigar ettes." "Just another case where cigaf- Jettes are considered almost aa impor tant as a man's freedom," the sheriff ! commented. • ' i fas. E. Harrell Returns After Stay In Norfolk —• After a stay oi several week in ; Norfolk where he was under the care of hospital doctora, Mr. J as. Edwin 11 Harrell returned home Sunday, re turning to his duties with the post of fice department yesterday. His many friends are pleaaed to tee him enjoy ing good health again and are gfad to have him back home. I 1 i in one-room schools, regardless of I local tax boundaries. Tfiat the spirit of school legisla-' , tion during the coining General As sembly of North Carolina should give] avthority to the board of education for stopping increased salary pay jments due to increments allowed for : experience. "That the spirit of school legisla tion during the coming General As ] scnibly of North Carolina should em power the Board of Education to eliminate extra teachers employed | from local tax money and supple ments beyond the State salary sche dule from local tax money. • "That in the nomination of mem bers of the board of education, one member should be selected from Goose Nest and Hamilton, one from j Robersonville and Cross Roads, one I from Williamston and Poplar Point, j | one from Bear Grass and Griffins and ; one from Jatnesville and Williams; j that this is a more representative scheme for filling each subsequent vacancy, and that as to the -term of ' office of members of the hoard of education, not more than two mem bers' places shall become vacant at I any one time." ? • Deplores Expenditures By Wets for Repeal of the Liquor Laws ♦ Dr. William L. Poteat, recognized educational and religious leader in the I South, preached in the local Baptist | church Sunday morning, a large con gregation attending to hear him. His sermon was well received, the doctor carrying his points, as he al ways does, in striking manner to his listeners. Selecting portions of the 13th chap ter of Romans, Dr. Poteat reviewed the general status of government and the need to support the government and execute its laws. He particularly mentioned the problems that are soon | to be of national importance Referring to our prohibition laws, the speaker said he found it hard to speak on the. subject in moderation although there' are honest differences of opinion ■as to the best way to handle the pro blem. In discussing the question of per scnal liberty, he stated that Black- ( stone defined liberty in two classes, the one as natural liberty which means for one to do as he pleases without regard to the effect the action might have on others. Such a liberty is , found in savagery where ones liberty is the supreme law unless he finds an other stronger than he is. The other type it that liberty that gives life a broader opportunity to do things that are right, but at the same time, re straint men in evil doings and sup prettet wrong. | The old pertonal liberty cry against 'the liquor laws was well answered by the speaker. He said every law was enacted to increase liberty, safety and happinett by tuppretting evil and les sening dangers that beset us in our .pursuits of happiness. Continuing he., '•aid, "We.Jiave laws against carrying pistols because pistols endanger the lives of people. We have laws against killing to restrain men from such rash acts. All laws are made to limit per sonal liberty and express the moral acute of the majority and no man can enter into the society of the commu-1 nity and enjoy its regulations and pro . tection without surrendering his per- | Iscnal liberty. We have freedom of ' speech and freedom of the press -for one purpose—tell all the truth. The 'privilege it guaranteed by the consti tution, but that freedom doet not per mit one to falsify and slander, and the | tame constitution that grantt us the frredonT to do good deedt, punishes ut for doing evil onetf" The trouble with many of the ti- 1 quor folkt, resulted, Dr. Poteat declar ed in their inability to visualize the evil of alcohol. "They cannot under atand that the drink habit it pertonal liberty and nothing more, but it it a perotnal liberty that dettroyt the fteedom and happinett of othert, even wives and children, and brings thame and decay in many good famiiiet." Dr. Poteat deplored the fact that the liquor forcet are tpending many millions of dollart yearly in an attempt to recover the five billion dollar buti nett that is degrading while the peo 'ple who oppote the evil stand by dor jmant. Some of the unconcerned have GRADED WEED SELLS HIGHER REPORTSHOWS Graded Tobacco Sold For $1.36 More Per Hundred Pounds, Figures State I SERVICE INCREASING | Local Grader S. H. Pritchard Visit* i Farm* To Assist Growers Clasify Various Grades of Tobacco i That the government grading ef tobacco is gaining favor among the! farmers was expressed by Mr. S. H.I j Pritchard, grader, yesterday in com ' menting upon a report for the work carried on this season. Mr. Pritchard, succeeding Mr. Elliott as grader on the local market, stated that the num ber of farnires investigating the ser vice is increasing, that large numbers oi them are understanding it better I and are realty appreciating it. During the past several days, Mr. Pritchard has been visiting the pack houses of uiany farmers, assisting in classifying the various types of to bacco, his services being rendered I absolutely without cost. | The report on the grading service fellows: | A survey at ten flue-cured tobacco markets in Virginia and North Caro- ■ lira shows that over a period of sev eral weeks Government graded tobac jco has returned to growers on the average $1.36 per hundred pounds more than ungraded tobacco of iden- | ticqj quality, the Bureau of Agricul- ' tuial Economics, ip. S. Department of 1 Agriculture, has announced. "The Federal-State tobacco grading service on these markets consists of inspection of tobacco by Government experts before the tobacco is auction ed, labeling each lot when so request ed according to the U. S. Standard Grades, announcing the grade to bu yers prior to bidding, and posting the curent prices by grades. ' "The survey of price differentials was made to determine what, if any, effect the grading service has on prices paid to growers, and whether in a year of low prices it is worth while for farmers to spend ten cent* a hun dred pounds to have their tobacco "Government graded," The compari sons were of prices on identical grades lite graders being instructed to report on the actual grade and price of large quantities of tobacco sold with -4 out the Federal-State grade certifi cate. J "The average difference of $1.36 per hundred pounds in favor of graded to bacco is nearly fourteen times the cost ( of the service. There were occasional ' weekly averages for individual grades ' in which the price differential was in favor of the ungraded tobaccd, but ] these were in the minority. The aver ' age difference of $1.36 per hundred ' pounds is based on both the unfavor able and the favorable comparisons. | "Government graders declare that the Federal-State grading service is stimulating better preparation of to- ( bpcco for market." Innocent Victim Placed In Old County Jail Here Following the completion of the new county jail here several years ago,' there has been little need for the old dungeon. Yesterday, however, Sheriff Roebuck placed the first inmate in the, old structure since tlie new one was completed. An the inmate is as in nocent as can be, going, there through no fault of his own. And the sheriff hi'ted to lock him up, but it was duty to do so and he did. 'I While his master called for ci garettes in the new jail, the little brown-yellow dog, a cross in the hound breed, joyously whined for his good treatment; he was safe from his drunken master, and was faring well ' with plenty to eat and shelter from the cold. r | Fido was keeping company with | I Wheeler Beach and Leland Williams and when 'they were arrested by the pstrolman he was taken into custody also. j stood by and said nothing fdr so long a time, the speaker declared, that they are about to believe the false propa ganda being spread by the liquor mil-: lir.ns through the liquor press until j some, even good people, are advocat ing this remedy and that remedy a* a solution. | The claim that the liquor laws could not be enforced was referred to as largely false, that, acord ng to some of the best judges in our State, the liquor law is being enforced as well as any of our taws, and even better than some of them, the speaker referring to the automobile laws, gambling laws and others. He offered some jHght criticism of the government'* enforcement as ex pressed in the New York World which stated that the purpose had been to satisfy the dry* and not affect the wets. New County Officers Installed At Meet Held H Negro Youth Believed to Have : S Rt D v AI H ,^P T I M Killed His 11-Year-Old Sister OF PROPEOTY • * 1> Boy Declares Sister Killed Herself In Story Told To Officers Lyda Bell Everett, 11-year-old co- ' lored girl, was killed suddenly at the home of her parents on the Willie j Sheperd farm in Bear Grass township i last Friday afternoon by a shot fired j fioni a shot gun believed to have been i in the hands of her old brother, C. B. Everett. The case was investigated by Coroner S. R. Biggs and Chief of Po- j lice W. B. Daniel and following a jury ! inquest the buy was ordered held in the jail to await a hearing. The girl was shot through the eye, j a part of the load missing her head j and lodging in the side of the house, j She died instantly. » According to the story told by the boy, the girl, at bis command, went in- i to the house for the gun with which he [ was to shoot a hawk. Waiting outside, j he heard the gun lire and immediately! ran into the house. He stated that he ] found the girl lying dead on the floor i with the gun on her body, The two | were alone at the home at the time, and the boy went to the home _of | neighbors, Ida Brown and Lotta I Shepard, colored, went there and found the body but the gun was resting in j one corner ;of the room."The two | women reported the shooting, and Coroner Biggs was summoned, j The coroner, after conducting a pre- j llimiuary investigation and finding I that it looked impossible for the girl "to , kill her self, impossible for the girl to; complete investigation. | The jury composed of H. M. llritt, Ciias. Daniel, Dick Wynn, Exum Ward, A. P. Griifin and Theo. Has- ' st II found the gun was evidently fired on a level, the shot entering the side of the house. The barrel of the gun was longer than the girl was high, i and it was the jury's belief that had i she accidentally fired the gun, the shot would have entered the ceiling. A ver- j diet stating the the girl was shot by * me part unknown to it, and not by j a gun. held in her own hands. No ~ "powder burns were found on the bo-j dy, indicating that the shot was fired some distance from her. Conditions surrounding the shoot- ! ing indicated that the brother either S accidently or intentionally fired the shot. The child was buried Saturday after noon, officers allowing the hoy to leave jail long enough to attend the funeral and burial, SCHOOL NOTES AT OAK CITY ♦— j Will Present Play Decem ber 9 For Charity Re lief There Oak City, Dec. 2.—(Special to The Enterprise).—The Thanksgiving Pro gram, was a success. A great number ' of pupils brought gifts, after the pro gram and sermon these gifts were di vided among the needy homes. The 1 donations were composed of sacks of J flour, meal, groceries potatoew both sweet and Irish, collards turnips car-! rots, sugar, rice oatmeal, syrup, The Thanksgiving program began ' at 10:30. The school used the first thirty minutes. Rev. Mashburn of Ro bersonville preached using for his text: ( "The Mote Finder," Matthew 7 Chap, and 3rd Verse. The sermon was well received by an attentive audience. The Oak City teachers donated sl2. ' fcr school magazines, which are now 1 coming to the school and are divided ' to luit primary, grammar grades and high schobl. These are used for li- 1 brary reading and enjoyed by the pu- 1 pile and teachers. So anxious are pu-' 1 pils for daily paper and magazines ' that assignments are being made in | ( order that each grade may use the ' magazines. | The hot lunch served about fifty pu- 1 pils last week, who did not have the ' balanced meal and there is $2.00 in the ' treasurer. Thi* lunch program is run on the donation plan, each pupil " is given credit for all canned good* brought at market value*, this pupil 1 is served free a* long as hi* credit 1 last* and the less fortunate in the meantime taken care of. The musical comedy, "Miss Blue Bennet" is well under way, for the presentation on Dec. 9th. Miss Glady* McDougal the coach is here putting on 1 the finishing touches. The proceeds i will go for the benefit of the needy in i Oak City Community. The cast Is composed of teschers and local talent Determine Holidays For County Schools AU those schools teaching Thursday and Friday of last week in this county will have two weeks (ten school days) for the Christmas holidays, it was ruled by the county board of education in regular meeting here yesterday. Those schools closing two days for Thanks - giving will only have eight school days for the holidays, ac cording to the action of the county body. The dates the holi days will begin and end will be determined by the various schools, but it wiU be necessary complete the school month Jan for all of them, it was stated to uary 16. Only one or two schools in the county conducted classes lsst Thursday and Friday, and they will be the only ones to possibly enjoy three week ends during the holiday period. 19 LICENSES TCM MARRY ISSUED • Number for- November Is Largest Issued So Far This Year . Nineteen marriage licenses, 11 to white and 8 to colored couples, were ismed by Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger in his office here during thr past month, the number being the largest .issued in this county so far in 1930. The marriage license bureau, past records show, had its busiest | month in November it has had in rtuT-, ny months, the number of licenses is- 1 sued during the period being six grea ter than the number issued in Nov cmbcr of last year. I With two or three exceptions, all j the contracting parties were residents loi this county. Licenses were issued I to the following: White W. Staton Davenport-Mrs. Chloe Beach; William Warren-Eula Marie | Taylor; Wm. Hewett Kdwards-Grace ' Page; Thos. Nelson Alexander-Sarah -Hartley: Wheeler Simpson-Virginia ihomas; William M. Matthews, of| Wilson-Ellene* H. Everett; John Wynn-Essie Mae Wynne; Walter Wynn-Mclba Warren'; James H. Ro-j btrsoti-Isolan B. Williams, of Wash ington county; David Clarence Gur kiii-Martha E. Peel; Ernest N. Ri chards of Pitt county,-Jaunita Arnold, of Greene county; Colored - Ernest High mith-Marie Teel; Thos. Bell-Mary Jane Wiggins; Joe H. Klight, of Pitt county-Dora Rober son; Fred Small-Elia Speller; Claude Jenkins-Nina Council; Ernest I.ittle- Lavina Purvis; Paul L. Parker-Cora Bell. BURNS CLOTHES TO HOLD WIFE Angered Husband Sets Fire To House As He Burns j His Mate's Clothes -i, Angered byr his wife's actions, ' Barthlcmew Bennett, colored, last 1 Sunday night took all her clothes, saturated them with kerosene and fired them in one corner of a small room ' occupied by the family on Sycamore Street here. hearing the w man's screams, rUshedc in and checked the blaze before it damaged 1 the house, but not until all the wo man's clothes were practically burned. Bennet was placed in jail by officers Sunday night and will be given hear- 1 ing in the, county court here today ac- 1 cording fo information coming from the sheriff's office. The charge Ben- , nett will be tried on had not been pre-1 ftrred late yesterday, officers debating arson and assault. Bennett is said to ' have slapped his wife, but his rash work was limited almost entirely to the firing of the clothes. • •- Seventy-First Session of Congress Begins Session : The 71st session of Congress con vened yesterday in the nation's capital but the bodie* did not work long, the activities being limited to brief for malities. First indications point to un employment and farm relief in the drought affected areas. - ' i I When Your Subscription Expires Watch the Label On Your Paper Aa It Carrie* the Date Some Officers Fail to Take |, Oaths of Office; Are Not Qualified GRIFFIN IS CHAIRMAN Supervisor T. B. Slade Will Appoint Township Assistants To Aid In Re-assessing Property The County of Martin started a new ; year yesterday when new offi cers were sworn in to take over the reigns x>f government and to guide the county in its operations during the next two years at least. Pormalties were pushed into the background «t the county's capltol all during the day as the old officers went about their regular duties and as the no minees waited around to take their osths. --Convening at atr early hour, the old hoard had many problems on its hands and during the great part of the day, the members going over final settlements for the period with the sheriff, treasurer and handling the de tails of all unfinished business. At eleven o'clock the new nominees took [ the oaths- of office before Clerk of the Superior Court R. J. Peel, and while the members the old board were hard at work with their problems, members of the new budy were ins pecting and approving bonds of the various "officers. Complet ng the rou tine duties connected with the in-tal lation of the new officers, the new board started work on other matters continued at their posts until late in to the evening. Mr. T. C. Griffin, en tering hi* third term as commissioner, was selected as chairman, and with tin completion of its own organiza tion, the board wrestled with general business. Appointments Of the three appointments made by the new body, probably that of coun tv tax supervisor _was the most —int- — portant as reassessment of all property is scheduled to begin next m >nth, the valuations determined then to continue | for the next four years. Mr. T. B. Slade, retiring chairman of the old hoard of commissioners, was appoint ed and he will select his Assessors in the various townships next Friday, ac cording to a schedule prepared for the revaluation of all properties, i E. S. I'eel was appointed county at torney, to draw a SIOO per year sa lary. ' t , Herbert ). Peel was appointed to succeed himself as solicitor of the re corder's court, the office to pay $62.50 per month. Bonds and Qualifications While the procedure was of a for mal nature, much time was required to approve the various bonds and pas» upon the qualifications of the officers elect. The personal bond of R. J. Peel, clerk jpf the superior court, in the sum of SIO,OOO was approved, and he qualified by taking the oath of office. J. Sam (ietsinger, register of deeds? elect, presented his bond of $5,000 with the Fidelity and Casualty company as surety, which was accepted, and after taking the oath, was qualified for the of ice. * Treasurer-elect C. A. Harrison filed his two bonds, $25,000 for the coun ty funds and $50,000 for the school ft'nd. Both bonds were accepted and he took the oath to qualify for the officer Bonds, filed by four twonship cons tables, were accepted, the following officers qualifying for the posts: G. D. Pearson, Goose Nest, SSOO bond; W. B. Daniel, Willianiston township, SSOO bond; J. H. Edmondson, Hamilton township, SSOO bond and J. Raleigh Manning, Jainesville township S3OO bond. While Coroner S. R. Biggs took the oath of office, his $2,000 bond although reputed to be good, was not properly filed temporarily delaying the mat ter. | Sheriff C. B. Roebuck accepted the office oath, and arranged his office and tax bonds. The acceptance of oaths of J. W. Bailey, for recorder, and H._ O. Peel, for solicitor, were not recorded. Routine Duties * To large were the accounts that it time to complete final | settlement wi|h the sheriff's office, but the records were complete, and the ,books in good shape, the board allow ing an insolvent list of $3,472.60 after ordering the following relief brders on account of errors in listing : ' ■ •' ' (Continued on page two) .■ a*. . 4 ' •. 1 ; v.
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