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I AdwUsan Will Fnd Oar Co.- I I now a Latchkey to Over Sixteen* I Hundred Martin County Hornet VOLUME XXXIII—NUMBER 95 NO VOTE YET ON STATE SUPPORT OFSCHOOLTERM Measure Debated in House Until 10:30 O'clock • Last Night • OFFERS AMENDMENT ♦ Stat* Supported Six Month* Term I* Topic of Diacuaaion in Both Branches Today « The proposed bill calling for State support of the six months school term reached the House last night where debate over the measure continued until 10:30, the body adjourning with out taking a vote. At noon today, the bill was again placed before the House members. During today| State sup ported schools will be the topic in both branches of the legislature. As the argument progresses, hundreds line the gallaries and thousands of hard- 1 pressed taxpayers turn their attention toward Raleigh, awaiting the outcome as eagerly as any criminal ever awaited his sentence before an astute judge. Already the Mac Lean bill is facing opposition in the form of amend ments, H. G, Connor advancing a suggestion calling for State support "insofar as feasible." His amendment reads similar to what is law, "a rea sonable length of tirpe," a question that has been before every court in the country, and no ones knows yet just what is "a reasonable length of time." Eight or ten members spoke in behalt of the bill, five others attacking the measure in its present form. The case for the proponents was opened by Representative Mac Lean, who asked that he IK- allowed to pro ceed to conclusion, at which time he would gladly submit to questioning "For 30 years the school situation in this State was comparable to the " road situation before the State High way Commission, then for the next 20 years there was the awakening un der the impetus of Aycock, Mclver and Daniels, until 10 years ago when in 'one sweet song' Governor Bickett doubled the value of property and taxes went up. Then came Hoover, and we have the situation today." He answered the question raised by Jeffress of Guilford, as to whether ( Guilford's schools would be brought to the same level as Hoke county's, renewing bis plea for equal apportion ment. • "Everything practically about pub / lie tchooli today is standardized ex cept taxes," he said. "How does it happen that if va riety is the thing want, that th« best schools are found in the richest counties?" he inquired. The first two reasons for passing the bill, he said, was the Constitu-, tional requirement and the needed standardization. The third reason, he said, was taxation. He told of two clients who cmml to him in dire danger of foreclosure for taxes, stating they were hut cases representative of thousands ut North! Carolina under a system that is de stroying property. By unanimous consent the House at this juncture voted to give Mr. Mac Lean all the time re required. He launched into the. money-raising question, stating that was not in this bill, which simply fixed a policy of i equality and justice. --• Applause swept the galleries ' and spread to the floor, but it ceased udder the gavel of Speaker Smith who re membered of the rules against ap plause during a House session. AGENT ORDERS CAR DRAIN TILE Additional Cars Will Be Ordered If Needed by Martin Farmers The first caf of drain tile used j cooperatively by farmers in this coun- , ty was ordered yesterday atjd will be delivered here the early part of next week. County Agent T. B. Brandon stated yesterday. The shipment will be used m for draining farm lands, it was stated. According to the agent's report, the shipment carries many orders, only one or two of the farmers placing or* [ ders for more than 300 feet of the tile.' Several cars of tile are bought cooperatively in this county each year, but it is believed that the use will be > more limited this season.. Additional cars will be ordered when the needs of the farmers justify carlot shipments, it was stated by Agent Brandon yesterday morning. ■ 1 ' • Open Last of Paved Streets To Traffic Here Saturday Williams Street,* recently paved as j a part of the town's 1930 paving pro gram, was opened to traffic last Sat-1 urday. Paving costs and mileage are being figured lit this time, and will be made public within the next few days, it was learned this morning. THE ENTERPRISE J Seed, Sufficient Acres Tobacco, Approximately eight bushels of tobacco seed, enough to sow 990,- 100 square yard* of plant bed*, have been .(leaned by County Agent T. B. Brandon so far this seaaon. Not more than half the seed were treated against diseaae, die agent stating that the farmers were more interested in having their seed cleaned and tested than they were in having tham free of diseaae. However, the agent stated that those farmer* having diseased tobacco crops laat year are having their seed treated this year, as a whole. Records show that 162 farmers have had their seed cleaned or cleaned and treated so far this i year, a number much larger than the one last year, records show. And the time for cleaning and | treating is not over yet. f- Several Robberies Have Been Reported In Martin County During The Past Few Days FILLING STATION ENTERED AGAIN NEAR EVERETTS • Minor Thefts Are Report-! ei in Various Parts of j The County robberFfired UPON Officers Search Homes and Make Special Investigations, But No Arrests Have Been Made A series of bold thefts and robberies featured the criminal news in Martin ; county over the weekend it was learn- j |ed from the sheriff's office yester j day. Two robberies, one last Thursday , night and a second Friday night, and ! several minor stealing rases are now | tinder investigation by local and coun ty officers, but up until noon today no arrests had been made in connection wjth any of the cases. Last week, thieves entered the pas ture of John R. Jones, Williams town ! ship, and attempted to steal a hog. Mr. Jones heard a hog squealing and 1 went out to investigate. At a rapid 'rate, the thief retreated, Mr. Jones fir- ; ing his gun in the direction of the I man. The thief continued his run,' stopping a few seconds later to call his ' j flog. Going to his pasture ' the fol- f ' lowing morning, Mr. Jones found that : t either the man or his dog had at ' tacked one of his hogs and badly hurt the animal. Me killed'the hog. j Thursday night, robbers broke open ; the door and entered a filling station at Holly Springs. Neal Godard, young white man living just across the road I from the store, heard the robbers as they knocked open the door. Bringing I his gun into action, he fired a volley jof shot into the door, but it is not I known whether he struck the robbers. | Friday night, robbers entered the fil ling station of Atonza Allen, near | 1 Everetts and stole goods valued at ' SSO. During the past few mouJjjs rob- I bers have preyed upon Mr. Allen's, 1 possessions and once attacked r him. Going to the station late Friday night, ' the robbers broke five locks and open- I led two doors to gain an entrance.' { Their loot consisted mostly of snuff, j I cigarettes, cigars, and candies. Several months ago after robbers . had broken into his station several j j times. Mr. Allen moved a bed from I j his home and slept in the station. It 1 | was while he slept in the station that they entered his home and removed I a trunk and several other articles. The [' I trunk and, clothes were found in his . I tobacco field a day or two later where | they had been left by the robbers. Shortly after that, Mr, Allen moved his bed from the station and slept in his home. A short while back, Mr. Allen left his filling stating about night and was , entering his front-porch, nearby, when j ,he was attacked by a colored man. He j fired three shots at the man, but each , .shot missed its mark. During the past several months, rob bers have stolen from and molested Mr. Allen at regular intervals. Officers ! have made every effort to stop the racket, but they have not been success- : ful so far in effecting an arrest. Mr. 1 Allen is better armed now than he has | been heretofore, and plans to do bust- ; ness for himself and not for robbers jin the ftoture. V |i I Petty thievery has been reported in 1 many sections of the county during | the past few days, but none of the : cases has been of any great impor tance. Last Saturday night, thieves raided the chicken coop of Mr. S. E. Sprinkle on Main Street here %d carried away eight of his-ten chickens. Officers searched several premises | Sunday in an effort to locate the stol len hen*, but their search proved futile. ♦ , , . %■- _ -' j ~- ■* ■ _ - Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 27, 1931. It is evident from the cleaning and treating work that Martin j County farmers are making pre parations for a big crop this year. Of course, the success of the beds will have much to do with the acreage. Last year, there was a marked shortage of plants in this section, and the increase space given to plant beds this year ia the result of the shortage expe rienced in plants last year. If all the seed that have been cleaned by the agent are planted and the beds turn ( out a good or even a fair yield, there will be suf ficient plans to transplant 9,901 acres of tobacco in this county this spring. Many farmers have already pre pared their beds and planted the seed, but a goodly number will not complete the initial work until late in February. s * z 7 —■ WM. H. KENT DIES IN OYSTER POINT I Married Miss Mattie Moore of Williamston, In Year, 1898 j William' Henry Lindley-Kent, (>2 ' years old, died at the home of his sis , ter-in-law, Mrs. Hettie Young, Oyster Point, Va., last Frida.il following a i long illness. He had been a invalid for three years, . . Horn in l.ngland, Mr. Kent' came to Anftrica when he was 12 years old. In 1898 he married Miss Mattie K Moore, daughter of the late James F. Moore and wife, Jane Mfjore, and j sister of Mrs. \V. H. Harell and Judge I layton Moore, of Williamston. Hy I this marriage, he leaves one son, Mr.' i George Howard Kent, of Houston,! ; *" Texas. Hy a second marriage, he .leaves a son, Rudolph Kent, of Rich mond, Va. Funeral services were held at the I home Sunday afternoon by Rev. Lee, I Episcopal minister of Newport News.' The services were in charge of the' -Elks.—lnterment was r-made ort—the] j Young plantation at Ayster Point. Average Daily Attendance at Highest Mark at Everett • ——* Average daily attendance in the Everetts School reached its highest mark during the fourth school month which ended January loth. The figure' in the elementary school was one hundred and forty-nine (149), while 1 attendance in high school grades was I thirty-eight, making total of one hun dred and eighty-seven (187). The per cent in attendance for the entire school was eighty-eight (88), ! Honor pupils were as follows: | First—Susie Ausbon, Ronald Clark, Irene Williams. | Second—Ruby Cherry, Ottie Forbes, | Elton Hardy, Russell Oakley, Grace Clark, Ruth Forbes. | Third—Joe Hollis, 'Norma Hardy,' j Rachel Mobley, Mary Mallory, An-! drew Bullock. Fourth—Mattie Keel, Margaret Ed , wards. j Sixth—Loyce Culliter. I Seventh— Viola Edwards, Ruth , Cullifer, Alfonso Cox. j Nirfth—Helen Weel, Ha/el Faulk (tier, Ella Cherry. Tenth—Sidney Mallory. Thief Steals $75 Worth oi j t Gold from Dentist Here I Gold, valued at $75, was stolen front I the office of Dr. P B. Cone, dentist, here yesterday afternoon. Noduetothe theft has been established at this time, the dentist stating this morning that 1 !he believed the gold was removed by a drug addict Vooking for morphine.' | The gold, used in filling teeth, was ' j replaced with another supply by Dr. I j Cone this morning. Martin's Oldest Veteran i | Celebrating 88th Birthday' Mr. James Hf Johnson. Martin county's oldest" Confederate veteran, is celebrating his 88th birthday at his | home in Oak City today, i Even though he is the oldest living ; whie man in Martin, Mr. Johnson hail and hearty and strong of mind I and body for that age. Kiwanians To Hold Their : Regular Meet Tomorrow The regular bi-weekly of the Ki wanis Club, will be held Wednesday, at the usual hour —-■ Ths President Mr. W. H. Carttar phen, is anxious that a large mem- I bership be present and is using the co- i lumns of this paper as a personal invi- i tation to Mr. W. G. Peel. LOAD POULTRY AT JAMESVILLE Prices Lower Than Those Offered County Far mers Last Season Fair-sized if not large poultry load ings are expected to be shipped from the county this week, it was learned from County Agent Braiulon today. The cooperative car, scheduled for loadings h:re tomorrow, is in James ; ville today where many of the barn i yard fowls have been delivered. 4 Prevailing Mu prices were advanced | as the main reason for checking what i is believed would have have been a i glut at the car siding. However, there j is some speculation as to really what I size loadings will be made at the four stops, Jamesville, Williamston, Rober | sonvillc and Oak City, this week. ■xfMr. Salter, of the Division of Mar kets, Raleigh, stated last Saturday that the trend of the poultry uiarkel had j been downward ever since Christmas, j that the prices offered cooperative shippers this week were higher titan i I hey are on the outside. It was Mr. j Salter's belief that the price is at its ; lowest peak, and that an increase, al ; though slight, can be expected before i the season closes. However, prices of : fered by poultry dealers after the re , lease last Saturday, were some weaker j than those announced by the. division Lof markets, Saturday, it is umler i stood. ? - 'j Tlie most marked drop in prices is I that offered for leghorns hens. Last year they sold for 20 cents, and the price is pnly 12 cents this season. However, the 20 cents paid last year happened to be the peak, and it is , believed that the one advertised this week is the lowest. Seventeen cents i per pound are offered for colored hens. The price of turkeys is the same, as it was Jast year, and there is very little I difference .in the price offered for ducks and geese this year as compared with last year. Guineas are five cents cheaper. TWO KILLED IN WHISKEY RAID Halifax Deputy Sheriff Is Killed Instantly; Special Deputy Kills Assailant Scotland Neck, Jan, 25.—Two men, a deputy sheriff and a Negro, were | killed near here late today in a gun ' battle growing out of an attempt to ' search the Negro's house for whiskey,. Deputy -Sheriff -J. IL Perry, 4.1, of j Halifax County, died instantly when | Grandtlle Sanders, the Negro, fired a I shotgun at him as he entered the Ne gro's home, five miles front here and | displayed a search warrant. R. K. Allsbrooks, special deputy, shot Sanders to death after the Negro ; had fired once at him and the two went into a scuffle for possession of the shotgun. J. W. Rjibinson, the third member of the raiding party, devoted his attention to Perry while Allsbrooks grappled with Sanders. Less than three hours after the killings, a coroner's.'jury exonerated Allsbrooks. of blame in connection with the Negro's death by returning a verdict of "justifiable homicide," Two negroes in the, house with j Sanders ran when the raiding psrty appeared and officials tonight had no I trace of them. Officers said there! would probably be no search for them | as they did not witness the shootings.' Police officials here said a small quantity of mash had been found onj I Sanders' premises but no whiskey had j ! been found in his house. . Perry had been a deputy sheriff for .two years. He is survived by his I (low and eight children. Funeral ar rangements had not been made to-' I night. Martin Might Save $89,729. If School Bill Is Passed Martin County taxpayer* would save around $89,729.79 if the State ac cepts the task of financing the Consti tutional six months school term j throughout the State, provided the .legislature passes a law that will cover the cost of. current operating ex~. penses. ! Figures compiled in the State De-' partment of Education point out the variation in costs incured by .several counties ih the operation "of their 1 schools. In, some the per pupil cost is higher; in others the cost is lower, j Whether the standard will be reduced to the lowest or whether it will he !raised to the highest is not known.' And until the standard is determined, j Martin' County taxpayers cannot know just how much they will be relieved or just how much they will be relieved of. The task is just another one for jthe legislature. No Session of Recorder's Court Here Next Tuesday j Judge J. W. Bailey announced thisj morning that there will be no session of the county recorder'* court here calls the judge out of town that day. j next Tuesday, February 3. Business i County Officers Fired on by Still Owners Last Friday ; Local Tobacco Sales Increase tv EI & 1 struck Over Two Million Pounds Sot bIdIyISS ■J AVERAGE PRICE sj IS THREE CENTS ; LESS THAN 1929 e Receive $691,922.59 J From Three Warehouses Here During Season | SELL 6,495,614 POUNDS Market Closed Season Last Friday; i Warehousemen Hardly Break j Even and Some Suffer Losses i'i —•— .! 1 losing the 1930-31 season last Fri e day, the VV illiainston tobacco market . exceeded hy two and one-quarter mil . lion * pounds the sales last season, it r was learned yesterday. The marked , I sold during the season closing last . jl* riday, 6,495,614 pounds at an average lof $10.66 per hundred The s | farmers were paid The fi t gures it was stated, were exclusive of | commissions, the $691,922.59 being the lt I actual amount received hy the r growers. s 1 Last year the market sold 4,268,420 s for an average price »f $14.54 per one g hundred pounds. The growers re ,;j ceived that season $620,749.39 or about t $70,000 less than they did for the] greatly increased amount sold last r yw lj I here was a large quantity of poor! s quality tobacco sold on the market here during the season, and while that resulted in a decrease "in the average! paid, it is believed that overproduction had much more weight' in bringing | about a price drop Government fi gures collected on several of the East-, j ern I arolina markets durinjj the sea •-oo clearly indicate that the price wan Off as much a 5.27 per cent on sonic' ! grades and as much as 2.) per cent on! I others, as compared with figures col- j i lected on the preceding crop. I omparing the poundage and price ' during the season just closed with ' those of the year before, one will see that the increase of approximately two! f—artd pounds sold' ' for ground three cents a pound. It is i to be admitted that the growers re - 1 ceived $70,000 more for the larger crop I than they did for the smaller one, but their costs would have been decidedly i .less and their profits, if any, would ' have been greater hail they limited 1 their poundage to the 1929 figure. i Reports from authorative sources in jdicatc that another Increase in acreage j and a resulting increase in poundage' ' | will bring about lower prices next 'fall. i Local warehousemen hardly broke I (even in their operations during the sea-' i j son just closed, and it is understood I | thai several suffered considerable 'losses. . • | HOG KILLINGS ABOUT ENDED —•— * 1 Shortage of Feed Said To j Have Hastened Kill- | I irrgs In the County A shortage of feed resulting from' drought last season, hog killings in this county are practically complete' .' reports received from various sections indicate. With very few exceptions kil-l I hugs were verj limited in size this | .'year, many farmers reporting that' ' they hardly have enough meat to care i for their own wants. Griffins town ' ship, noted for its big killings, is be- t lieved to have suffered the greatest der crease. Various factors presented them ' j selves to limit the meat crop this sea son. The shortage of feed hastened the "j killings, but cholera is said to have re sulted in the loss of many pigs. Far- | mers, ordinarily killing from 2,000 to 3.500 pounds of meat, arc said to have j killed and packed as little as four and five hundred pounds this year. Very '. few had an increase in their killings. ♦ Discuss Unemployment at I Meeting of Commissioners • * Unemployment-and' charity work in j the town and community were dis- j cussed, but nd final action resulted in . a meeting of welfare workers and church pastors with the tdwn board of commissioners here last evening. Although the meeting was an in i formal one and no definite action re- I suited, the commissioners assured the i representatives present that every co operation "possible would be given in an effort to find * employment for those out of work and aa*i*ting those cases really in need of help. > .. / ; "• "i,, ' LIVING AT HOME j v / I WZ - Wi ' ~m Hr ii I sSfii ■■■■ ! .1' —j I here isn't a great surplus of money, i ' i and the meat supply is more limited j this -season than in several but 1931 'j will have to In- a mighty'had year be ■ | fore farmers in (iriflitis township, as f'a whole, how to the needs of actual : want within a radius of out' jnile of the | llardison Mill section of that listrict, ' j approximately 40,(KM) pounds of meat j were salted during -the past few weeks i Much ot this meat will he used in the "ihomes'of that neighborhood; but there j will be some for sale, an amount suf ficient to offset living "expenses in I I some cases and meet the taxes in ; others V ■' . ' ■ Pictured above is Jas, A. Rohersou, ', •>» »r if f ins tun nsliip, with one of his : porkers weighing Still pounds. SAMUEL H. CLARK DIES AT EVERETT ——• Funeral Services Held at 1 Home Saturday by Elders Cowin and Rogerson > Si'MHl*'! 11, ( lark died ilt h's hotll" in Everetts early, last Friday night fol low fun an illness of more than- four years. Stricken with par.il.ysU several years ago, he was forced to his bed, never recovering sufficiently to walk again although he was able to sit up and go about the house in a rolling .chair. '*?f few weeks lie grew worst I ', 1 ' gangrene caused by poor blood cir culation in his feet, bringing about his death. The funeral was Conducted by El-| ders B. S. Cowin aiid J N. Rogerson j Saturday afternoon, and Inn ; ;U was I made in the family cemetery, one mile , front Everetts. Mr. C lark, 65 years old, never mar- I ried and is survived only by one sister, | I Miss Hattie Clark, and two brothers, * James and Ernest A. Clark, all of j Everetts. During the greater part of j his life and until he was stricken sev eral years ago, he actively engaged in i J farming. ■ * START WORK ON I HAMILTON ROAD Plan To Start Paving Work i Some Time During the Month of March I -•» I Preliminary surveys for the pa vine | jof approximately five miles of the! IfamiltTvn highway have been starred by the State. Highway Commission,! and it is understood that the con I I tractor* BroWn l'aving company of I Lexington, will place equipment l on the job the middle or the latter j part of next month. Actual work! will be started some time in March. Thq, construction work, it was un-j i>fficially learned here yesterday, will! i continue over a-period of about three months, and will relieve the « unem ployment situation to a marked extent] in this immediate section, ,it is be lieved. , ♦ Hamilton Man Hurt In Auto Wreck Sunday * ! Whit Davis, young white man of J I Hamilton, was badly cpt about the face and throat when he ran his car I into another parked in the middle of street in that town early last Sunday 'evening. According to reports received here, thf car standing in the middle of the street belonging to a local ne gro broke down and was without lights when Davis ran into it. Davis, driving a Chevrolet coupe, was thrown through the windshield. Both cars were badly wrecked,'- * Watch the Label On Your Paper Ai It Carrie* the Date When Your Subscription Expire* ESTABLISHED 1893 Officers Return Fire And Attackers Flee; Shooting In Hamilton Township 3 MEN ARE ARRESTED Sam Wynn and Ernest Rawls, White, and Roach Salsbury, Colored, Are Placed In Jail Here I County officers, raiding a still* on . { Com,ho Creek, township, .early last Friday evening were fired .upon, a fvw of the shot striking Sheriff C B. -Roebuck, but taking no I effect. Deputy J. 11. Roebuck and !others taking part in the raid were not j touched by any of the bird shot fired ill two volleys. I Sam Wynn and Ernest Rawls, white, land- Roach Salisbury,.colored, were ar rested shortly after the shooting fhe first two are out under bond and Sals bury continued in jail m default of | bond. I hey w ill be arraigned for trial before Judge J W. Bailey here next luesday, it was learned yesterday morning from the sheriff's office. I Each oi the three men arrested deny the shooting, but admitted their parts in connection with the trouble. I (oiing into the section between But ler's bridge and llassell, the officer lo cated a small still and four barrels of beer on the creek They poured out the i beer and burned the barrels, and as •> - they were preparing to leave the shots were fired about -111 yards away. A thick .underbrush practically stopped the shot arid no injury to the officers resulted. hailing to the ground, Sherifi Roebuck cr.iu leij in the direc ,tion where the shot was bred lie ex changed shots, the attackers turning lor a hurried retreat. The ball irom the officer Is nun struck a pine, tearing away a piece of hark that Wynn claim ed bit him in the face. The injury was not serious. I ! "ahle to capture their attackers in the woods, the officers went to the home of Salsbury Wynn was there j hut attempted to escape when the of j triers arrived Sajsbury was arrested | and placed jn jail, the arrests of Wynn and Rawls being affected ftter. Two nt^ 1 the—rliiee men arrestnl~~ailiiiiitcd part ownership in the liquor |fTant. It is understood that two charges will be preferred in the case! The county will handle the shooting, and the liquor charges will .be" handled- by the federal authorities. According to statements made by one of the trio arrested, prowlers had been visiting their plant and removing mash for their own use m another stijl located in that section. The ** owners, after missing their property iseveral times, planted themselves in ! the woods aiul fired into the raiders, j thinking they were the thiefts who bad been removing the mash. BIG TIREHVISITS HERE TOMORORW * Tires Weighs 3,900 Pounds and is 12 Feet High; Worth About $5,000 •— | I lie over-grow it tire of the Goodyear j I ire and Rubber comany, scheduled to {arrive Tiere tomorrow afternoon, is at j trading much attention in those cen ! ters where it has visited. A casual glance at the tire's makeup would in itself, occasion that attention. fwelv.e feet high and four feet wide, the tire weighs, including the yoke, j J,'«»tl pounds. The. tube weighs 125 ; pounds. Valued »t4s.oW,the tlfe i? | brought here by the local dealers, Cen- I tral Service Station. I he. intensely interesting tire was j built by the Goodyear l ire & Rubber I ( ompany of Akron, Ohio, and is on a j tour of-several states in this section of j the country. It has been in many sec j tions of the United States, and has ! been exhibited in Canada, causing no end of amazement at the Toronto Ex i position last fall. Goodyear originally planned to cons -1 truct the giant tire even larger, but the i i;jigineers in charge of the work were restricted in their program by the fact | that some of the bridges over which j this tire would pass on its tours are only twelve feet. The tire is mounted as a trailer to a bus of special design and has a load ■ carrying capacity of approximately 50,- (XX) ounds. Three months' time was re quired ill balding it. ♦ Regular Communication Local Lodge Tonight Second degree work will feature the regular communication of Skewarkey Lodge here this evening, it was an nounced by the secretary this morning. All members are urged to attend.