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Adnrtiim Will Fnd Our Col umi ■ Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martin County Homes VOLUME XXXIII—NUMBER 84 " FIRST OF THE 1931 AUTO TAGS SOLD AT BUREAU HERE Three Counties Represent ed In Purchases Made Here Yesterday PREDICT A* DECREASE J. Leonard Coltrain, Griffins Town ship Farmer, First To Buy License Tag in County • The first of the 1931 automobile li cense plates were sold at the bureau here yesterday, the managers report ing a fair sale for the opening day. Three counties, Hertford, Bertie and Martin were represented in the sides yesterday and many additional coun ties will likely be included today and tthroughout the selling period. J. Leonard Coltrain, a Griffins town ship farmer, was the first to make a purchase at the bureau here yester day, and he was followed closely h.y Jesse Harrell, local man. The sale yesterday was limited to a few dozen and no busy days are expected during the next several. * , Mr. A. Mackenzie, Slate auto ins pector was numbered among the first few making purchases yesterday, and while here he predicted a trying sea son for him in carrying on the license work. He with Mrs. MacKenzie, was on his way to Hyde county where he will work during the next day or two. "Nobody will be hung if he fails to purchase an auto tag, but the one who fails to display the black and yellow plate will be forced to leave his car under the shed after the old licenses expire," Mr. MacKenzie stated yes terday. * The inspector did not predict a bright future for the tag sale this year, but even though the times are unfavorable there'll be several hundred thousand of the tins sold during the period. LOCAL STORES GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS Large Stocks, Lower Prices Feature; Many Store Window Decorations Local show windows and stores are beginning to take on a Christmas- j like appearance. Merchants general ly were busy this week decorating their places of business with the fa miliar red and green colors suggest- j i?e Christmas, and on Tuesday workmen completed the installation of colored lights across the streets in the white-way district. The lights j were tamed on for ttae first time this year Tuesday night. Current is be ing provided by the Virginia Klectric j and Power Company, while the ma- > tertal and part of the labor used to put tip the wire* were furnished by the town. Judging from the appearance of "hard times" have not so greatly affected the buying of Christ- j ruaa stocks. There is a wide range of I gifts on display at the various plates, and it is quite noticeable that prices arc lower thh year. There are several special Christmas sales in progress, and, generally speaking, merchant* arc expecting iu have good business during the next week and a half before the holiday. The little folks are having the time of their livea wandering around "win dow shopping" and telling each other what they want Santa Claus to bring them this y«ar. Their eyes glisten at the displays of toys, and while Saint Nick may not be able to be as gen erous this year as he has been in the past, it is thought that he will be able to get around to see most of the good tittle boys and girls. MAN IS HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE Abner Bullock Arrested at ' His Home for Possess ion of Liquor Abner Bulloclc, white man living near Robersonville, was arrested at his home there late last Saturday af ternoon and brought here to face a charge of possessing liquor. Armed with a search warrant Sheriff C. B. j Roebuck, Deputy J. H. Roebuck and ChW of Police Gray searched the pre mises and look Bullock into custody. Before a United States commissioner, Bullock was given a hearing, e is out und«r band, and is scheduled to appear in the next term of federal court con vening in Washington next April. Arriving at the home, the officers were unable to execute the warrant be fore Bullock ran to the rear of his house and started pouring out liquor. A portion of the spirits was loosed on the back porch, and another jug was being emptied in a stone meat jar when the officers intervened and saved a quart. Several complaints had been entered against Bullock, and when the officers arrived at his home they found se veral strange cars there. THE ENTERPRISE Classification o . Will be Assessors Big Task PROPERTY BASE ' VALUE WILL BE ! FIXED IN APRIL Meet Here Yesterday For Instructions For Re valuing Properties 30 ASSESSORS NAMED Tax Supervisor Believes Variation In Property Listings Will Practically Be Eliminated Under New Plan —— The proper classification of all properties will be the main task of | the thirty tax assessors in this county during January, February, March, it was stated by Supervisor Slade at a meeting of the township assessors held . here yesterday morning. In making the i I new assessment for the next four years an entirely new system will be fol- I lowed and it was learned from the 'yesterday meeting of the assessors j that the classification of property j would be the most important feature j 'of the work. Once the classification of i a'l properties is made complete, the various assessors will meet here about 'April and determine the values ac cording to the classifications. As a ri>ult of the adoption of the new sys- Ltcni, the value of any piece of pro perty will not be determined until 'some time next April, j It was Mr. Slade's belief that the variation in the listings so common in past years, would be practically eli minated under the new system. In' other words, an acre of land in the far end of Jatnesville township will be .valued at the same figure as an acre at the far end of Goose Nest township, I classification considered, of course. Two separate forms, one for town j property and another for farm Jands, i will be used, and each carried an am- ! pie number of questions. The town property owner will be asked to ans wer 32f> questions only, if the citizen happened to own a half doien houses. He will be asked the age of the build ing, type of roof, kind of floor, how heated and lighted, location and the other three hundred and more. Once all this information is gathered, the |assessors will meet here in April and fire the big gun when they determine the values of the various types of pro perty. 1 Just how the assessors will carry on the work is, to a great extent, optional, Mr. Sladc told his assistants yesterday morning. j It is believed that practically all th; various properties will have to be vi sited to secure a-curate information. | Blanks will be in the hands of the 'various assessors by the first of next 'month when the work is scheduled to begin. | The assistants named by Mr. Slade to collect the data in the 10 townships include the following: I Goose Nest—J. F. Crisp, list-taker; Ij. A. Everett and J. C.Ross* ) Hamilton—L. R. Everett, list-tak (er; I). G. Matthews and J. W.. Ed wards. Poplar Point —L. G. laylor, list-tak er; L. L. Taylor, and W. S. White. | Williamston —K. T. Griffin, list-tak er. John Daniel Biggs and Warren Biggs. I Cross Roads —Gordon Bailey, list taker; Henry D. Peel and J. T. Barn hill. | Robersonville —Eli Rogers, list-tak ei; J. P. House and J. B. Rawls. | Bear Grass—Javan Rogers, list taker; R. L. Perry and Edmond Harris. j Griffins —N. R. Peel, list-taker; Jas. L. Coltrain and J. Dawson Lilley. j Williams—L. J. Hardison, P. E. Manning and B. L. Gardner, j Jamesville—Clarence Stalling*, list taker; E. Hoyt Ange and J. R. iKnowles. _ Local Firemen Enjoy Oyster Roast Last Night Members of the local volunteer fire company enjoyed an oyiter roast at the Murray-McCabe lumber mill last night. The mill owners made special arrangements for handling the several bushels of oysters, and the feed was [greatly enjoyed by the company and | a few invited friends. Drunk and Disorderly Two Men Are Fined by Justice T. W. Rogers was fined $lO and taxed with the costs and Walter Ben nett was fined $4 and taxed with the cost by Justice of Peace J. L. Has se!l he*e yesterday morning. The two men, both white, were arrested and placed in jail Saturday for being drunk land disorderly. Kiwanians Meet Tomorrow | The lottl Kiwanis Club will hold j its regular luncheon in the hall of the Woman's cub tomorrow at 12:30 o'- clock. This meeting will be the last I one before the holidays and all mem-' btrs are urged to be present. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, December 16, 1930. WHITE SERVICE AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY To Make It a "Giving" In stead of a "Receiving" Christmas * There will be a White Gift Christ mas Service and Christmas lantata at the Memorial Baptist church Sunday, afternoon at 5 o'clock. A twilight Christmas program that is thoroughly unique in Williamston! is being offered from the auditorium of j the local Baptist church next Sunday '■ afternoon late, at the time, when no other service is being held in \\ illiams ton or its immediate vicinity. This ser vice will be about one hour in length! and to it the general public is cordial-! [JjHhvited. v I 1" The members of the congregation, and the Sunday school, feeling that it would not be the proper thing for them !to have a Christmas tree at this par -j Uicular time of depression, decided, on the other hand, to make it a "giving Christmas" instead of a ."receiving Christmas." Therefore, when the hour 'strikes five o'clock next Sunday after noon, the first feature on the program will be the presentation of gilts by the several Sunday school classes of the church. These gifts will he brought t'i the altar "by the classes themselves, i Wrapped in white they will make a 'pretty sight as they mount up higher land higher during that part of the ! service. , j These gifts, mostly in "the form of ! food supplies, will be turned over to ■the Ladies Aid of the church and these women will supervise, as wisely as they can, the distribution of these gifts to place where they arr needed at jChristmas time. I The concluding number of the pro gram is a beautiful Christmas canta ta which will follow the White l»ilt Iservice. Members Of other choirs in |t(wn have kindly volunteered to help make this musical number a suc 'cess. Evening after evening the re , hear sals have gone on. And under the jal.le leadership of Mrs. Warren Higgs i the choir will render one of the pret tiest anthems heard in Williamston in a long time. The church will be beautifully de-| corated for this service. Mrs. Grove," Hardison is chairman of theicommit-j tec on decoration and it is planned to. make the decorations thoroughly in keeping with the white Christmas idea. _ j " The entire town is looking forward |to this service and it is confidently ex pected that the church will be filled 'to its utmost capacity for the special Christmas program. 8 COUNTY MEN SENT TO PRISON Consignment Largest Ever Made from This County At Any One Time Martin county slightly increased the population in the State's Prison, Ra leigh, and the Edgecombe County Road camps last week when it sent six prisoners to the roads and eight others to the prison. The consignment | to the prison was one of the largest ever made from this county at one ! time, and the sentences imposed on I them varied in length froni IS months Ito 30 years. Six of the number were white men, two of them being of ad- I vanced ages. The group going to the roads in cluded, Loving Good Mordica, R. D Spruill, C. C. Jones, Will Smallwood, | colored, and John Bonds, and D. L. , Whitehurst, white. The prison group included, Alexander Taylor, W. C. 1 Edwards, Ben Drew, and Jim Hines, white, and Joe Smallwood, Lefqy Saunders, Edward Eason and Henry .' Edwards, colored. After removing the 14 prisoners last week, the county officers are holding : 14 prisoners in the jail here, three fed t'eial and 11 state. Seven of the pris- I j oners are white and twelve of the en- I tire group are men. II Officers S. 11. Grimes with Special I Deputies Ward, Rogerson and Taylor escorted the prisoners to Raleigh, traveling in two cars. Thirteen Carolinians Lose j Lives in Auto Accidents Thirteen persons lost their lives in automobile accidents in North and South Carolina during the week-end. Thirty others were injured, some of them seriously, in auto accidents re ported in the two states during the short period. The accidents were well scattered, the nearest one here occurring near J3reenville Sunday night when Bus Mills, of BlounFs Creek, was killed, as his car struck a bridge abutment. Only one or two of the accident victims were walking, the others oper- ( iting or riding in the cars. CAM MORRISON GETS SENATE APPOINTMENT ♦ Takes Seat In Senate To day; Introduced to Body j By Senator/Simmons SUCCEEDS OVERMAN Governor Gardner Appoints His Old Rival To High Office of United I States Senator Raleigh, December 16.—Cameron Morrison of Charlotte was commis sioned today by Gov. O. Max Gardner as United States senator from North Carolina to succeed Senator Lee S. Overman, who died Friday. The commission for Mr. -'Morrison was carrietl to the former governor in Charlotte by Baxter Durham, state auditor. ; The appointment of Mr. Morrison to | succeed Senator Ooverman was an ! nounced at Salisbury late Saturday, I following funeral services of the vet- erau legislator, Mr. Morrison is expected to leave Charlotte tonight to go to Washintgpn j and present his credentials. ■ It is going to be "United States ] Senator Cameron Morrison, Demo- j crat, North Carolina, before long.. j The former chief executive of the i state, known to hundreds as "Quit" | and to thousands as "Governor" Mor- I ■ rison, expects to leave tonight for Washington to take the seat occupied by the late Senator Lee S. Overman. ! Morrison went to Washington by , the grace of an' appointment at the ' ! hands of Gov. Max Gardner, once his political rival. The governor ap pointed the Charlotte man in Salts | Imry Saturday shortly after funeral I services had, been held for Senator Overman. Morrison will go to Washington by train. He was accompanied by Mrs. Mori ison, Miss Angelia Morrison, the new senator's daughter by a former marriage, joined them -in Sweet Hriar, Va., where she is a college stu dent. , * FAMOUS LION TO BE AT THE WATTS FRIDAY —* Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Leo Makes Stop Here While On Tour of World How would you like to pay butcher bills or restaurant checks for an appe tite that required twenty-five pounds 'of beef as a daily diet? Vet when you consider that the owner of the appetite tips the scale at seven hundred and thirty-five pounds,, it is not surprising thai such a menu should be required to | maintain his strength, j Leo, the proud possessor of this leonine appetite, will arrive in Wil liamston on Friday at 4:30 P. M. ( to visit the friends that he has in this city. Leo Is a lion, the celebrated trade- 1 mark lion of Metro-Goldwyn-Myer, who roars his supremacy from the ,"Ars (iratia Artis" wreath at the be ' ginning of all the motion pictures pro duced by that company. He is now em barked on a tour of the world to visit his millions of picture fans who have vi iced a desire to meet him personal ly. | Twenty-five pounds of raw beef per day is Leo's regular diet. 1 his meal is given to him' at about three o clock each afternoon. In addition to favoring 'A strict meat diet as opposed to vege tarian principles, Leo is a staunch supporter of the eighteenth ainend- I incut, water being his preference as 'a beverage. This is most fortunate in asmuch as Leo's thirst is as great as his appetite, two gallons of , water fc ur times daily being his usual con sumption. | When Leo arrives in his caravan of motorized vehicles, each i>£ which ex cels in magnificence any f circut wa 'gons we have ever seen,i»e will make a tour of the principle itreets of the ' town which will terminate at the front ! of the Watts theatre at 4:30 P. M. ■ There Leo will perforin, under the " direction of his trainer, Capt. Volney ' Pltifer, who enters the cage with him, several of the antics that have been ' reriuired of him in his motion picture r career. State and Nation's Fire Loss Increases in 1930 ■ • ' r 5 I The nation's fire loss for the first ten months of this year was estimated at $387,300,260, a decided increase over the $353,426,921 losses reported dur ir.K the first ten months last, year, the Fire Prevention Bulletin reported in its current issue. | A decided increase in North Caro lina's fire losses was also reported during the first ten months of 1930 as compared for a similar period in 1929. .The loss in thin State for the ten months wgs estimated at $5,466,593, an increase of around three-quarter mil lion dollars over the los»e§ in the 6r»t ten months last year. Reopening of Plan Merchants Town Sells $15,000 Bonds At Premium Here Friday Night Issue Floated To Complete Paving of Principal Streets Here The town floated a $ 15,000 bond is sue here last Friday night to complete a street improvement program started here Several months ago. R. L. Dur fee and Company, of Toledo, one of two companies entering bids, purchased the issue at par and giving a premium of sl6l. The sale was said by Bond Attorney J. S. Peel to be equally as good as the two others issued during the past few months for street im- provements here. The three issues, $40,000, $35,000 $15,000 denominations, completes an | extensive street improvement pro- gram here, and several thousand of | the $ ( >0,000 will likely go into a sinking fund, according to a statement made |by a member of the town board yes terday. Plans for street maintenance j tave not been completed at this time, but an investigation shows that the iccst of up keep will be decidely less than it was before the thoroughfares were payed. No assessments were placed in the P>3o tax levy, and the first of the ten installments will IK- due on the new ' next year. i Unable to forecast weather condi tions, members of the Clark Paving [Company stated yesterday that they I could not tell when the work would be completed, that with warm weather they could complete the job within a j few days. With the completion of j William Street, where the contractors 'arc now carrying on their operations, j practically every one of the principal streets of the town will have been paved. THE UNUSUAL IN CARS SEEN HERE Auto Hardly Larger Than Baby Carriage Attracts Much Attention Here The unusual in automobiles was seen lure yesterday afternoon when Roy Albright drove his midget car through the streets. And it attracted ever so much attention. The little Austin ac compauing (he mid Jet car, .was so large in comparison that it received very little attention when Mr. Albright was "along with his motored carriage. The machine, with a 58 inch wheel base and a 33 inch tread wasn't as high as a baby carriage. i The car, made in Indianapolis in 1923, has a speed of 60 miles an hour. One gallon .of gasoline will run it 42 miles and on its trips from Florida to New York it uses one quart of cylin der oil. "Weighing 475 pounds, the car has four cylinders and is of all steel construction. During the past several years, it has crossed the conti 'nent several times and has been .driv en in more than half the states. GIVE PRESENTS MADE IN STATE Would Acquaint the Public with Manufacture of Goods In State I Christmas gifts from the kitchen 'will be sure to please. A few jars of jelly or preserves or pickles—some of your most appetizing cookies—a fruit cake or a tasty layer cake—some homemade candies—are all good last minute remembrances. Dainty wrap pings make them reflect the spirit of the season. Here are four good rules on the care of milk in the home: First, provide a receptacle on the porch, in which the milkman can place the bottled milk, to ptotect it. Second place the milk in the refrigerator as soon as possible after it is delivered. Third, leave cream to the bottle. Keep it, covered, in a separate container. If your rooms are covered with a figured wall-paper, choose a plain co lored curtain material. If the wall-p4- and moat of the furnishings, in cluding the rug, are plani, the curtains may be figured, preferably with a background the same color as the walU, or slightly deeper than the walls. In choosing figured materials, choose conventional designs that will stand the test of being looked at day after day. Don't forget that stripe* tend to increaie the height, and if used in excess, tend to give a stiff, uncom fortable effect. Sprawling designs make windows look shorter and broader. Tobacco Market Closes For Holiday Tomorrow The local tobacco market closes tomorrow for the Christ mas holidays, and will re-open for sales the early part of Janu ary, it was announced follow ing a meeting of the tobacco board of trade held today. Fair-sized sales were report ed on the local floors thits morning, and it is believed that a quantity of tobacco will be offered here when the market reopens after the Christmas holidays. SCOUTS HOLD HONOR COURT HERE FRIDAY Kiwanians Recognize Ad vancement Made By Local Scouts A Boy Scout Court of Honor was hold in the Court House last Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The general meeting was - presided over by Bill Weigman, and the Court of Honor was presided over by Her bert A. Stuckey, of Wilson, North Carolina, who is the general Scout ex jecutive and acting commissioner for j the Martin County district. Associate | members of the Court of Honor were Itlll Weiguiaii and Charles H. Dickey, j local ministers. This meeting was held primarily for the purpose of recognizing the ad vancement. made by several of the lo cj;l Scouts in the troop which has for its efficient Scout Master, Wheeler Martin, local attorney. For about two years now Mr. Martin has given an unusual amount of his time to this troop and has had the pleasure of watching these many boys gradually advance from one' scout honor to an other in rather rapid succession. At tliis Court of Honor meeting se veral of the boys who had done the required work were given due recogni tion by having presented to them by | the Court of Honor badges, distinc tive to their particular grade. It took almost an hour to present these merit badges and awards. And it was high ly gratifying to those present to wit ness the advancement and promotion so nii.ny of the Scouts had made. 11l addition to the scouts who were present and the Court of Honor there were a number of the town's citizens who came out to see the Scouts in ses sion. Several of the town's business and professional men, as well as some o; the parents of the scouts were in their places from the beginning and watched with mounting interest the proceeding of the evening. It is the conviction of those who are familiar with Scout work that the YVil liamston troop is one of the best to In- found anywhere. And Mr. Stuckey told the writer that the boys of this troop were doing as valuable work, un der the leadership 'of Mr. Martin, arc the boys in any troop unifer his jurisdiction. And if the community as a whole has been slow to acknowledge j the splendid work that is being done by | its own boys it is because the people ! have not been familiar with the nature |of Scouting and have not known the values to he (Jerived from its activities. But by now the troop is well or ganized and is moving along on a haslT"and is gradually forcing itself upon the attention of the community and winning for itself the good will of a!) and the support of more and more peoptq. It may. be said without fear of contradiction that among all the good work that is being carried on in the community, few more distinctive bits of service are being rendered than the fine work that is being done with | these Scouts. Ancf if the work tnain- (Continued on the back page) Jesse W. H art ell First To I Purchase New Town Tag Town of iVilliantstOn auto licAse tags, 300 of them, were placed 011 sale 'at the treasurer's office In the city hall here yesterday, Jesse Harrell making the first purchase. j Patterned after the State tags, the town plates have a black blackground 'with the numerals in yellow. No slo gan appears on the tin this year. The price, $1 per tag, is the same as it has been ever since the town required 'local autfe owners to display a tag on 'their cars. Only one plate is neces sary, however. When Your Subscription Expires Watch the Label On Your Paper Aa It Carrie* the Date ESTABLISHED 1898 DEPOSITORS TO HOLD MEETING TOMORROW 7:30 Plans For Reopening Bank Meet With a Hearty Approval PLANS ARE APPROVED Scventy-Fivi Pledge Their Support of Proposed Plan At Me,ting Held Last Night I hat the Planters ami Merchants Bank, fc.\ eretts, a'ter suspending operations tempi r ri!y last Thursday. wuu!d reoperf for liquidation and bu siness' within a very short time, was made certain last night when around 75 depositors, representing a substan tial majority of deposits, met and agreed to support the liquidation plans advanced. Meeting in the school building, the depositors listened with a marked in terest to a plan that bids well to re sult in the lull payment of deposits back to the owners, a plan that will b»> .followed at a minimum cost. Tomorrow ni£ht at Z,:3U o'clock, the depositors will hold a second meeting in the Everetts school building to further , the re-opening plans it was announced today by Cashier I'aul Bailey. . Flails for rc-opeiiing the institution were underway last week when officials of the bank went before the . Corpora tion commission with their problem. The commission and the chief State hank examiner listened to the proposal carefully, later approving and endor sing the undertaking. Returning home th' officers again met a ready recep tion from the depositors, and it was apparent from the beginning that the confidence maintained in the institu tion had not" wanted but little De pi sitors readily backed the plan, and last night a number of them repre senting well over' a majority of the deposits signed contracts. In brief, the depositor signing the contract, agrees to leave his money in the bank until a certain date, or until li) per cent installment of the de posited amount is within the bank. When the collections have reached that point, the bank, under tlie law will pay the first of .a series of de posits. After paying the first, a sec ! ond dividend will follow as the col lections again equal ten per cent of the amount deposited, Mr. I'auf Bailey will handle the work, according to the ptesent plans, and it is predicted that the work will meet with success from the beginning. Signatures of the de positors are being secured at this time and other arrangements are being made for the reopening, which, those in charge think will l>e about next Monday The requirements of the corporation commission and state | bank officials have been met in every particular and as soon as signatures j of as many depositors as possible can be had, the institution will start its ! operations. t To leave the bank in a position to handle regular, business, the depositors having their accounts in the institu tion prior to December 10, agreed not to set up claims against deposits made alter the 10th of the month. The fol lowing paragraph in the contract makes this point very clear: "And for the same consideration, 1 further agree that any new deposits made in said bank after December 10, 1930, and any new assets thereafter accruing ~to said bank shall be kept entirely separate, apart and distinct from the assests belonging to said bank prior to December 10, 1930, and that depositors having claims against said bank prior to December 10, 1930, psliall have no claim or demand what soever against any deposits made or atsets acruing after December 10, 1930." The plan proposed is looked upon viry favorably by all, and simply means that the depositors have a very good chance to recover almost 100 cents on the dollar if not every cent on the dollar. Express Thanks In an important resolution offered last night, the officers and directors of the bank expressed their sincere appreciation to the stockholders, de positors and friends who had remained loyal to them. "The expression* of confidence in our honesty is especially appreciated, and we hope to be able to so act and walk among our fellow meu and business associates in the future us to merit a continued confi dence," the resolutions read, in part. Miraculous Escape Four men riding in tjvo cars, mi raculously escaped serious injury vrtien a 150-foot span in the Cape Fear River bfidge, near Lillington, fell 42 feet to the water with them. A big j. truck barely missed going to the river's edge by only a few inches.
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