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Advertisers Will Pnd Our Col- BBM a Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Hornet VOLUME XXXIII—NUMBER 81 CHARGED WITH VIOLATION OF [ FEDERAL ACT —• — L Woman Fails In Her Effort To Pose As Man Near Here Last Tuesday P» pg as man and wife, J. T. Hat- ' j}* field 4 id "Charlie" Smith, both colored 01, Sojith Carolina, were jailed here | night, charged with violating ' thf ifinn Act. The case is a very undone, and it is agreed that Hat- ! field qftrrd a good story in his and the be*lf of the women. It baffled . officer? when they first attempted to j| ' describ its nature. Apparently it was I \a' Violation of the Whit Slavery Act, but is could hardly be white slavery; I Here is no act termed "Black Slavery j kct;** so the officers just decided to ies gnate the case as an apparent vio i mifcn of t le Mann Act. i , The man and woman were arrested I night following an inves- i taxation by Will Lee, a farmer living I nar here. The couple went to his 1 h me Monday and asked permission to p rk their car under one of his barn i eds, the woman wearing overalls, i 1 b f shoes and a man's cap. Lee gave ' ' tl em permission to park there, and following day he - became suspi- \ cI .us and he notified officers. According to Hatfield's story, he 1 lt't Florence, and started to Nor- ' fc when the Smith woman asked p jijission to go along to see her sis te 'He had been oiit of work there j fr some time, and stated that he was j going to Norfolk to seek work there. Pi sing the new colored school build it)", now under construction here, he •t&ped and asked if the services of a biykman were needed. That was Sat urday and he was told to report for wrttk Monday morning. Without mo ndir, the two decided to camp it out to sajpof lodging expense. Saturday and Stfnday night they camped in the near here, both sleeping in a Chevrolet coupe. Monday, the mer- , cury was too low for them, and the ICOght shelter on the Lee farm pre mises where they slept in the car that Hatfield stated that it was his ifMntiotr to work awhile here and con tinue on to Norfolk, carrying "Charlie" tng with him as he went. He added t she was without traveling ex penses. '"lt's just another one of the baf fling cases that are being sandwiched in with claim and delivery papers, stealing and the other duties that are sJ> numerous in our office at the pre sent time, 1 * Sheriff Roebuck stated yesterday afternoon. MAIL SCHEDULE CHANGED HERE I 1 , ■ "Mail Early," Postmaster Price Uurges Local Of fice Patrpns Following a change in the schedule oi the Coast Line's morning train, mail ordinarily dispatched from the lo cal post office shortly before seven o'- clock is now being closed at 8:15, al lowing patrons an additional hour to forward' letters and packages. In coming mail is generally in the lock boxes shortly before nine a m. No othef schedules are affected by the early morning train change. As a result of the change, it was . stated that the mid-day and after-J noon mails are running unusually | light at this time, throwing a greater i part of the work in the morning and evening hours. This, it was pointed out, will be remedied when the rout ing changes are well established. "Mail early and wrap pacakegs se curely," Postma. ter Jesse T. Price added. Patrons l"re have been cir cularized in an effort to avoid that last minute rush so comhion in years gene by. - • FARM MEET AT COOPER SCHOOL Meeting Monday Night Is Third Scheduled In as Many Weeks > Holding two successful meetings already, farmers in the Jamesville ' community will meet in a third ses sion in the old Cooper's schoolhouse there next Monday night at 7 o'clock, it was announced yesterday by Pro fessor W. T. Overby, agricultural teacher in the Jamesville Schools. I. During the first two meetings, the j farmeas discussed gardening as a , means of saving themselves from poor prices prevailing for "money" crops. Plana for cultivating a general garden were advanced last Monday evening at the meeting, and next Monday the farmers will ask information aa to preparing hot beds and cold frames, i Professor Overy states that he ia ex ; pec ting- a goodly number of farmers i * oat for the next meeting, that the in- terest in gardening has been marked % r 1 THE ENTERPRISE ' ■ . ' . ' • . 1 ; _ Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, December S, 1930. Joe Smallwood Kills Wife - On Main Street Yesterday Admits Act at Preliminary Hearing Held Today, And I 'm www w a • r i n r» _ f #T%_ /** 1 Sweras He Was Justified, But Refuses To Give Reason When Questioned by Officers ! Maintaining that he had a reason, but refusing to divulge it, Joe Lock Small wood, 25-year old negro shot and kill 'ed his wife, Malvina Small wood, on Main Street here near the railroad underpass late yesterday afternoon. Using a single barrell shot gun, Smallwood fired one load of shot into j I thr woman's side which penetrated the | heart and caused instant death. The | husband is understood to have told his Wife a week before the murder, that he j was going to kill her. According to the story fold by Sarah Bryant, an eye witness to the killing, the wife went to the home J>f Tom May, on West Main Street, to see her child being cared for by the Mays. | Nursing the small child of Mr. and iMrs. L. L. Mailman, the woman left the baby in the carriage and entered [the May home. The husband who was |in the home of Fannie Ruffin, just across the stree,t sent a message to his wie asking if he might see her. he came out, and after a few words were spoken, Smallwood fired the fa tal shot. He borrowed the Ruffin gun and carried it along with him when he went out to meet his wife. After the shooting, Smallwood re-I he has attacked his wife, and has been turned the gun to the Ruffin home andbtfore the courts for assault. Superior Court Begins One- ; Week Term Here Monday 26 CASES APPEAR ON DOCKET FOR TRIAL AT TERM Twelve of 26 Cases Entered Through Appeal from Recorder's Court The regular December term of the Martin County Superior court opens lure next Monday for a one-week ses sion, trying both criminal and civil actions during the period. Judge E. H. Cranmer presiding at the last ses sion held for the trial of criminal and civil cases, is scheduled to preside again during the next week's term. Up until noon yesterday 26 cases had been placed on the criminal doc ket for trial, and late activities in the sheriff's office indicated that the num ber would be increaised before the tri bunal begiits its session next Mon day morning. Up until yesterday afternoon, it ap peared that the term would be one of the few held here recently that did not carry a murder case on its docket. However, Joe Smallwood went on a I rampage just in time to get a pre- today and have his case scheduled for next week. The number of stealing charges is slightly larger than in some time, but the nature of the docket has been im proved. The total number of cases is about the same as the number heard during the September therm of the court. Twelve of the 26 cases appearing on i the docket yesterday go before the I court next week from the county re j corder's court on appeal. Eleven ' others were entered direct by war- I rants, and the first three were conti ' nued from previous sessions of the superior court. The cases: Johnson Rogers, abandonment and non-support; Robert Neal, Jr., Kelly J Neal and Sam Stephenson, assault;! T. S. adley, larceny and receiving; j Sylvester Wynn, assault with a dead-1 ly weapon; N. S. Godard, seduction;! John Bonds, violating the liquor laws;' Hugh Jones, assault and operating a | car while under the influence of li quor; Henry Price, assault; Joe Tur-J ner, larceny and receiving; Robert Ro- , btrson, assault with a deadly weapon; Edgar Edmondson, assault; Edward Ekson, house breaking and larceny and receiving; Arlander Brown and Si» , mon Jenkins, larceny and receiving; , Will Hines, Buck Brown and Leroy | Saunders, larceny and receiving; Lov- | ing Good Modica, house breaking and ( brceny and receiving; Johnson Corey, operating car while intoxicated; Os car Jones, drunk and disorderly; | Barthonia Bennett, arson and assault; ( D. L. Whitehurst, two charges, violat- ( ing liquor laws, disorderliness; Geo. Lee Jones, aiding and abetting larceny ( land receiving; Henry Edwards, steal- , ing, two charges, and Joe Smallwood, ( murder. I To Conduct Singing Class In Church At Everetts * 1 Beginning next Tuesday night, J. E. I White, of Bertie, will conduct a 10- | days singing school in the Everetts i Baptist Church. Classes will be held i erch Tuesday, Wednesday and Fri- 1 day until the 10-day period ends. I The school is open to all the coin- 1 munity and the public is invited i casually walke away, traveling toward the business section until he reached Elm Street when he turned and , started toward the railroad where he was overtaken by Messrs. Jno. L. Rodgerson and Bill Haislip r who took him into custody and returned him to j the scene of the murder. He was later placed in jail by Chief W. B. Daniel. | A preliminary hearing was held this morning at 9:30 o'clock before Justice of the Peace J. L. Hassell who or dered him held without bond for the superior court, probable cause ap pearing in the case. The trial will be held next week at 'the regular term of superior pourt. Six witnesses, Lucy May, Janie Ore, Sarah Bryant, John Whitley and Coroner S. R. Biggs, were recognieed to appear before the grand jury here next Monday. Coming here from Indian Woods, in Bertie, about six years ago, Small wood married Malvina Johnson and has three children. He has been a rheumatic for a year or more, depend ing upon his wife to make the living. During that time he has been a con sistent beggar. On several occasions SCHOOL HEADS HOLD MEETING Professor Plyler Host to 15 Principals and Teachers In Hamilton Thursday Meetnig in Hamilton last evening, fifteen members of the Martin Coun ty School Masters' cluh, enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner served by the parent-teacher association of that i place. It was the regular meeting date for the club, and Professor Plyler act ed as host. Observing unannounced the class work in the various schools, several of the principals had interesting re ports to make, Rtating that they found tli'* practice both interesting and pro fitable. Following a short discussion on the educational commission's report, the group adjourned and will meet with Professor Lee at H?ar Crass the 15th of next month. i. , , m Local Man Held for Next Term of Federal Court • Arested by federal officers here late yesterday afternoon with three pints of whiskey on him, Levi Reddick was held under a SSOO bond for his ap iPlearance before Judge Meetyns in ! Washington next April. I I ; 1 "I PREACH IN A SMALL TOWN" By CHAS. H. DICKEY ■ ■ '55 Appearing in the "Homiletic Re reputed religious journal published I by Funk and Wagnalls Company, is |an interesting article by Rev. C. H. I Dickey, pastoj- of the local Baptist j church. The article entitled, "I j Preach In a Little Town," appears in I the current issue ,of the religious , journal under the heading of Social j Christianity. It was read by the au ( thor before a congregation in fie i Baptist church recently and at our re quest, we were given permission to re- Slade-Rhodes and Co., of Hamilton, * - I have my ministry in a little South ern town which has a population of twenty-seven hundred souls. I do not know how 1 came to be here, except that this town and I were made for each other. When I came here to live I had just resigned a church in a small city six hundred miles away. I had been there more than three years and had enjoyed the advantage* which a small city offers. I did not come herj. with my eyes closed. Before accepting the charge I came to see the church and the small-town community where nr.y family and I would live, move, and have our being in the event of my ac ceptance. ' It is a momentous day in the minis ter's household when another church takes notice of him. It offers an op portunity for a revaluation of his church and people. He Kes them in a different perspective at the moment there is reasonable likelihood that he may soon be going from them- If all has been well, they shine forth with accentuated brilliance. If, on START WORK ON RIVER MOUTH IN EARLY SPRING —• Warren Urges Engineers to Rnannke Prniirt uive ixoanoKe rroject First Consideration —4 Washington, D. C. Dec 3rd: Re presentative Lindsay Warren expres sed himself as highly pleased over the action of the secretary of war in in cluding in the construction work for the next fiscal year the project for the improvement of the moith of Roa noke River. On account of the serious condition that has been existing there for several years, Mr. Warren urged the Chief of Engineers to give priori ty to the project over all others in his district. It is expected that the work, which will cost $46,500, will be started in the spring. The Department also recommended Mackeys Creek for im mediate work which will cost $llOO. The contract for the lock in the Atber niarle and Chesapeake Canal will aso be let shortly, according to Mr. War-] ren, who said that private interests leaned the Government $500,000, in or der that there might b« no delay. Mr. Warren stated that early cons truction of the projects for Pamlico River, Silver Lake (Ocracoke), Far Creek, Knobs Creek, Fdenton appro priated additional funds to speed up waterway improvements. The First District member is one of a group who will insist upon larger appropriations at this session for that purpose. SCOUTS TO HOLD COURT OF HONOR Members of Local Kiwanis Club To Attend Meet Tonight at 7:30 Holding a court of honor in the I courthouse here this evening at 7:30 i o'clock, the Williamston Boy Scouts j will have as their guests the members of the local Kiwanis cluli and any j other interested friends who care to attend. Classification of the Scouts' will feature the ceremonies and awards will be made those troop members earning badges, it was qtated by j Scoutmaster Wheeler Martin tod|y. The boys arc very much pleased to , have the opportunity of entertaining i the Kiwanians and their friends, and they are anxious that all the members be in attendance upon the meeting. Predict Lower Prices for Irish Potato Growers With an anticipated increase of 16 per cent in the irish potato crop next spring, some farmers are predicting a price drop ranging from 35 to 41) per cent lower than those paid the past season. It has been suggested that more farmers should grow potatoes for home use and the large farmers should reduce their acreage and limit the sales on the open market. Business Visitor Mr. Clyde Everett, of Robersonvillc was a business visitor here this aft ernoon. - the other hand, they havfe heen ' weighed in the balance and found wanting, that fact becomes more glar j ins than evs% at the moment when j tt«e new opportunity presents itself. I When the minister and his family ( have lived with a people for even a I few years, tender ties have been form ed. Associations have been made which do not readily yield to change. ' i And merely because one may have met with a degree of success in one community, it by no means follows ' that the same' degree of success will crown his efforts in another place. So, , regardless of whatever of opportun itj- or promotion the new field may offer, it is a serious matter for the 'lminister's family when its membeis must consider so radical a change. I I There is" always a great element of ' risk when an entire family is trans 'planted. i The Town I shall never forget the first time I ; saw "this town. One day in October I . left my family and came to see the church which was about to be tender- ed to me. I did not know one person . in Williamston, N. C. I think I had never heard of the place until ' three weeks before, except I remem-: bered once to have seen a press no- j tice bearing that heading, and giving an account of an unsavory crime which had been committed near the town. The little jerk-water train, running over a branch-line road, rolled into town that evening at just about night fall. I detrained and was met by three Series Of Wholesale Thefts tfncovered by County Officers - ' : 1 Tax Supervisor Predicts Property Value Decrease Preparatory to re-assessing all property in the county next month, Tax Supervisor Thos. B. Slades has tentatively appointed thirty citizens, three in each township, to assist in the work, it was learned yesterday. The ap pointments, suggested by the county borad of commissioners have not been officially announced at this time, but will probably be | made public next week. Other than that he expected a reduction in the total property valuation in the county, Mr. Slade would make no comment concern ing the huge task of re-determin ing property values throughout the county. But he did say that Peanut Company Offers Its Services To Co-op Farmers FEWER HUNTERS REPORT SHOWS This Season's Sale In The County Is Smaller By $785.25 I - A sizeable decrease in the revenue I derived from the sale of hunting and I trapping licenses was reported in this county for the current season by I Game Warden John W. Mines yes-i tii day, the sale dropping from $2,81)0 1 last year to $2,014,75 this season. Warden Mines stated that the season i I was not over by several weeks, but j that it was not likely the sale would j increase much between now and the I end of the hunting period. So far during the season, Mr. Mines t 'stated, there have been 907 county and | 190 state hunting licenses, and 73 all: Wither types of hunting and trapping licenses. The sale by the several town ships with agents: . Williamston, 332 county and 90 j state; Robersonvillc, 96 county and 40 'state; Hamilton, 85 county and 9 state; Cross Roads, 73 county and 12" 'jstate; Bear Grass, 17 county and 12 state; Jamesville, (A county and If) state; Goose Nesf, 240 county and 18 state. • Bundle Day Tuesday Was Not Very Successful Here The drive for bundles for distribu tion among the needy here last Tues day. afternoon did not meet with mucjj success, it was stated by those in : charge of welfare work. Many articles, useful to men, were collected, but the 'offerings for the children were limited. i church officials. In a moment we were I off as tho we were going for several | miles. But when we had covered three blocks we had already passed i through the principal business part of ' the town and were'drawing up l»efore one of the two hotels. I was turned over to the keeping of the proprietor until the next morning when I should preach in the little church of which I | am now pastor. After Bupi>cr that evening "(they still call it that) I went to spy out the land. Until this day the people here do not know of my tnoctrunal activi-| ties in this little town on my first evening here. As I went out of the hotel d00r,,..! took the east end -of "Majn Street." I had covered but a single block when I was entirely out of the ..business section in that direc tion. Feeling that I had taken the I wrong end of the street I hastened! back to the hotel to get my bearings, then proceeded up the west end of the same street. 1 walkd three blocks and was out of the business part of town again. Making another sally I. notic ed a crooked street called 'Graball,' and followed it. But after traversing !a single block I had come back to the 'railroad tracks from which place I | hid been spirited away only twoi I hours before. Having discovered in so short a time that practically all of Williams ton's business was carried on in fivej blocks, I wanted to see the church i building which housed the congrega-j tion of which I might become the pastor, and the house where in that (Continued on page five) - - ESTABLISHED 1898 the sue of the revaluation figures i was not to be looked upon as all i important, that a small total would mean a higher tax rate and 1 a big total would effect a smaller rate. "A uniform valuation is the important feature of the re-valua- j tion work," the tax supervisor de- j clared. I Next Wednesday, the supervisor | with Mr. T. C. Griffin, chairman I of the Martin County Board of Commissioners, goes to Raleigh to attend a state meeting of tax There he will be in structed as to what course of pro cedure will be followed through out the State in the re-assessing of all properties next month. —! COLUMBIAN CO. HEAD TELLS OF CONDITIONS Offical Asserts Company's Position Is Secondary to That of the Farmers .1 hat' the" general depression in business-has developed a period of in activity in the peanut trade, resulting ;in low prices for farmers' goods, was .pointed out in a letter received here bv Mr. (i. 11. Harrison from llr. H. , Sniither, president'of the I'olum- I I>i an Peanut tmnipany, Norfolk; Mr. |Sttiither stated in his letter that his Icompany exceedingly regrets the mar- Iket conditions and that it is making I j it.» interests secondary in an effort to I I assist the farmers. ■ I The letter, advancing its position 'I relative to market conditions and its attitude toward the growers, follows: j J "We regret to sec condi- I; tit>ns as they art' in the peanut terri tory this season. We are very much , disappointed in what we have been , able to do at Williamston, so far, but I conditions have been against us. In I fact the depression in business seems to have hit peanuts and the consump tion has fallen off with the trade. We 'are not having near the demand wc bad last season and with farmers fotc ■ ing their peanuts on the market it ; means simply a "buyer's market," - ;ind you know what that means. We have'told our Mill Managers not to > make low - offers on peanuts, as we t did not want to seem to be forcing , the price of peanuts down and to buy e only such peanuts as were brought to i. the mills.. As it now stands we are simply piling peanuts up and. the quality is the poorest we have ever seen, and it is problematical when we can sell them. In our opinion, jthi.s season, we have lost considerable money on -everything We have bought so far. It has come to the point that we would rather help the farmer this se;.son than to work for ourselves, and consequently, we offered the Peanut I Cooperative Association the use of all I our plants in North Carolina and Vir ginia, which we would use for them in the milling and distribution of their ,ciop this season. The company had j rather not make any money this sea sen at all, than to see peanuts sold Jit ! such low prices, and if the company 'can cooperate with the peantit grow-; I ers» to improve the price we are glad to do it, and will„ give our time ami {attention to this. The managers of the I Cooperative Association are now working on our proposition and if I they succeed in getting enough farm ers to pledge their peanuts they may possibly take advantage of olir offer. "We are simply mentioning this fact to you, as we understand we I have been criticised for apparently at tempting to lower the price of pea i nuts and such is not the case. The i farmers' interest, as a matter of fact, 1 is our interest, and unless the farmer can sell his peanuts at proper prices, it may mean our investment in pea nut mills may go to naught." • County Teachers Will Meet Here Saturday 6* ' The Martin County Teachers as sociation will hold its third monthly meeting in the high school buildiQg I here tomorrow, according to ah j announcement made in the office of i the county supertendent here a few jd»y« ago, The meeting, scheduled to j have been held Saturday of last week, I was postponed to accommodate the teachers in those schools elbsing lor Thanksgiving. When Your Subscription Exptrts Watch the Label On Your Paper Aa It Carrie* the Date FOUR MEN ARE PLACED IN JAIL YESTERDAY I "—•— Officers Catch Men Before Owner Misses His 41 Bags of Peanuts HEAR CASE TONIGHT i ——* |E. J. Edwards and Son, W. C. Ed wards, Hines Boy and Benjamin Drew Connected With Case A series of thefts involving several ! hundred bags of peanuts, and a quan tity of cotton and peanuts gathered J from owners in this, Pitt, and probably lin Beaufort counties, is believed to I have been uncovered by Sheriff C. B. | Roebuck and Deputy Sheriff G. H. Grimes eariy yesterday morning when they arrested E. J. Edwards and son,, W, C. Edwards, and a young man by the name of Hines on the Rainbow farm, near Hamilton. Complete re- I ports on the various thefts in this , county during the past tew weeks could not be had late yesterday, but it was. Sheriff Roebuck's belief that tht arrests made yesterday morning _ before daylight will lead to one of the largest wholesale, robberies ever un covered in this For two weeks, or more, the of- I ficers had been working on a series of theft cases, but the cues offered iri 1 each one were so limited that the of ficers could not prefer a substantial $ charge"against any party or. parties. Early yesterday morning, the officers I were favored with a break and ef fccted the arrest of the three men and discovered stolen goods before the owner missed them. According to various reports, the thefts had been handled on such a, large scale that many farmers guard ec' their storage houses and barns night anil day, and it was while Mr. Haywood, Rogers, -of near here, was ; caring for his peanuts that the thieves i were seen hauling 41 bags of the goo bers from Mr, T. U.' Rawls' farm in Bt'ar (irass township. Shortly after midnight, Mr. Rogers heard a truck pass his home and sus |-icioning raids by thieves, he called itii brother who lives near him. While i the two were guarding their -own I (tops,, they saw a truck, loaded with t peanuts, pass, Ira Peed, a farmer in i the* same community having lost 39 i b;»gs of his crop several days was cal led, and other neighbors were asked ; to assist. Four.of the group trailed the )■■ truck, and another notified Sheriff Roebuck. The four-men followed the [ truck over the various courses, a dis ' tance of 15 miles from the point where • they had been stolen to the Rain , bow farm near Hamilton. They reach ; ed the Edwards> home in time to see r the thieves unload' their loot. During r 1 the meantime. Sheriff Roebuck and , Deputy Grimes, followed the trail and ; reached the Edwards home. The of* • fleers passed Edward and Hines as - the two boys were leaving the farm, i but no arrests were made at that , time. t »j Upon reaching the hotise and learn t ing from the four men who had gone t ahead, the officers arrested the elderly i Edwards who was fully clad at 3:30 | in the morning. It is believed that t Edwards was one of the part to the , | theft, as he, thinking Sheriff Roebuck to he his son, motioned to him stating i that some, one was in the front of the house. Edwards was arrested there. [I The two boys went to Tarboro, changed clothes, borrowed a car and I rushed back to be arrested upon their 1 return. When they failed to return, | Robert I). Exum, owner of the car# went to look for them. He trailed them to the jail here and learned that one of the boys had registered in his name. The sheriff accommodated him and rubbed his name from the book. After daybreak yesterday morning, (Continued on the back page) WOMEN TO HOLD MEET THURSDAY —— Necessary To Change Date of Meeting On Account / of Christmas Holiday // The December meeting of the Wo man's club will be held next Thurs day at 3:30 o'clock. The date was changed on account of the regular meeting coming on Christmas day. Mrs. J. H. Moore and Mrs. ot Greenville, will appear on the pro gram and a Very interesting meeting is expected. The session will be the last one o( the year and the charity work pro gram will be the moat important work r coming up for discussion. Anyone whether he be a memebr of the cluh or not, and who ia interested in this |f|»| work, will be welcome to attend the meeting, it was stated.
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