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II ll I AdwiUaaia WUI Fad Oar Col- I MM ■ Latchkey to Ovar Sixteen I Hnadred Martin County Home* VOLUME XXXIV—NUMBER 13 REVIVAL TO END WITH TOMORROW NIGHT'S SERVICE Attendance Has Been Good Throughout Series; Ail Churches Cooperate .- . ♦ After the service tonight there will | be only one other preaching service 1 during Dr. J. Clyde Turner's stay in this community. Coming to the local church more than a .week ago, Dr. Turner has been doing some of the best gospel preach- 1 ing that has been heard in this whole section, and the people in large num ber* hsve been waiting upon his min istry. From the beginning the community ha* been with the preacher. His sim ple manner of pulpit address, his sin cerity of purpose and the power oi his presetting have captivated the imagination of the whole comniuuity. And in recent years few services have been so well attended. Last Sunday night, it is said, saw more people in the Baptist church than have ever been there at any time. That service was the climax to a busy day. Beginning Sunday morning, Dr. Turner addressed the Sunday school at 10 o'clock, then preached at the regular morning hour of service; ad dressed the young people of the church Sunday evening at 7 o'clock and then preached to a great congregation of fuople at the night service. These congregations have been very interesting in their mape-up. From the beginning of the services, repre sentative people of this whole section hare been in attendance. There is no chnrch in the community that hasn't been represented in the great con gregations. People have come in large numbers from the surrounding coun tryside; and they have come from Ply mouth, Greenville, Robersonville, Ev erett*. Hamilton, Jamesville, and Ply mouth. The cooperation of the other churches has been very evident; and their attendance and assistance have been very greatly appreciated. In ad dition to the services Dr. Turner has conducted in the church here, he has spoken to many hundreds of Martin County school bo}s and girls. Speak ing in both schools here, then going to Jainesville and Everetts, he speaks to the Robersonville* high school in the morning at 8:30 o'clock. And by that time he will have addressed about 1,500 of the achool children of the county. At the closing service tomorrow night an offering will be taken toward bearing the expense of all these serv ices. l>r. Turner plans to leave for Raleigh and Greensboro very early on Thursday morning CLUB MEMBERS BUILD FEEDERS Everetti Boys Show Apti tude for Manual Training ■■ ■■ • By Miss LORA K. SLEEPER Members of the boys' 4-H club at Everetts were afforded an unusual op portunity at their last club meeting held in the school building Friday, April 3, when all boys in the club, having been asked to bring saw, ham mer, and nails and timber, were given a chance during the meeting to con structing poultry feeders for their hens. This is the first time any real manual work has been done by the boys at their meeting, but the boys showed evidence of interest in this tjrpe of work. Many of boys, work ing in groups of two and three, older boys lending their assistance to the younger boys, completed six feeders during the afternoon. "> . » Three different type feeders were uaed as feuides for the construction work. A model of a poultry houae was shown the boys by the horpe agent during the meeting, and suggestions were made for the economical con struction of such houses. Mr. David Hix, principal, is due much credit for supplying boards to the boys, who were eager to work but had been un aMe to secure lumber. BIG PROGRAM AT WATTS THEATRE m Two Big Pictures for Price Of One Friday and , Saturday **A special double program for one price" features the Watts program here Friday night and Saturday afternoon aad night. The Friday night program will start at 7 o'clock, while the Sat urday program starts at 1 in the aft ernoon and runs until 11 that night. Hoot Gikaon features in 'Trailing Through," white Bob Steele plays the fcftling role in the second picture, "Near the Rainbow's End." In ad dition to this program, the theatre is concluding the aerial, "The Indians Are Coming," and introducing a n;w ■»-■ ftc ii -i *« r:_ H * THE ENTERPRISE April Term Supe Is Postponed Until June 22 The April term of court, sched uled to have been started in this county yesterday morning, was postponed last Saturday until the 22nd of June, it was announced following a meeting of the Martin County Bar Association held here. Finding it almost impossible to quit the legislature just at this time. Attorneys Smith, of Rober sonville, and Peel, of Williams ton, asked thst the term be postponed until June, when it is earnestly hoped that the legislature will have adjourned. The April term, generally known as a special term of the Martin Superior court, handles only a civil calendar, and runs for two ARRANGEMENTS MADE TO LIST PROPERTY OF COUNTY DURING APRIL Recorder's Court Will Be Held Next Tuesday A regular teaaion of the Mar tin County Recorder's court will be held here next Tuesday, April 21, it was announced this week by Judge J. W. Bailey. No ses sion of the court was held to day, the court having arranged ita achedule to avoid a conflict with the superior court that was to have convened here yeater day. The term of auperior court waa postponed, and Judge Bailey announced that his court would resume operations next Tues day. MANY TAKE PART IN FIELD DAY AT ROBERSONVILLE R6bersonville Winner of Girls' Events; Local Boys Win Twenty-eight girls and thirty-five i boys, representing five schools took part in the county-school field-day | events held in Robersonville last Fri day afternoon, the Robersonville girls winning their meet, while there was some discussion as to winners of the boys' meet. j The events, about on par with those staged by the average high school, at tracted about people, mostly from Robersonville. Classes were suspend ed at Robersonville that afternoon for the events. j Although there were five schools Represented at the meet, competition | was greatly limited to the contestant! {from the Robersonville and local i Hchjpols, Robersonville tfirls winning 25 points, Williamston 19, Oak City j4, and Everetts and Hamilton 3 points each. In the boys' meet, the local school led with 33 points, under the scoring system followed. Roberson ville was next with 30 points, Oak City receiving 8, Hamilton 1, and Everetts none. Jainesville was not represent ed. Melton Matthews, of the local schools, won first place in the 100- yard dash, and he and Stuart Whitley, also of thf local schools, tied for first place in the high jump. Barnhill, of the local schools, and Hilton Rawls, of Oak City, tied for first place in the baseball accuracy throw. Matthews was first in the 220-yard dash. Hoke Roberson, of Robersonville, won first place in the sack, race, and William Johnson, of the same school, won first jilace in the running broad jump. The score discussion started when all of nine points were given the winner of first place in the relay race. Rober sonville took first place in the event, making the score stand in the boys' events, Robersonville 30, and William ston, 33; and these scores added to those of the girls gave a grand score of Robersonville, 55; Williamston, 52; Oak City, 12; Hamilton, 4; and Ever etts, 3. , In the girls' contests, Nellie Fae Johnson, of Robersonville, won first place in the 50-yard dash, and also in the baseball distance throw. Velma Griffin, of the local schools, was first in the basketball distance throw. Marjorie Lilley and Marina Hines, of the local school, tied for first place in the baseball accuracy throw. Bernice Batchelor won first place in the bas ketball accuracy throw, and Ada An drews was first in the sack race for Robersonville. - ■■■ 1 » ■■■ - - Mrs- B. S. Courtney visited her sis ter in Edenton Sunday, and with friends visited in Washington yester day. She, with her sister, Mra. Henry B. Jones, of Edenton, is visiting rela- A: c—*i i 41—t, iil.„ WiUiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 14, 1931 weeks. Meeting here yesterday, the member* of the bar association agreed to limit the court to one week. However, the nest term of court, convening June IS, will con tinue for two weeks instead of one with Judge W. C. Harris, of Ra leigh, presiding during the first week, and Judge Clayton Moore, of this place, on the bench during the second week. * Witnesses and litigants were notified of die change, and a new trial calendar will be announced later for the second week of the court to be held in June. Several other courts in this sec tion have been postponed on ac count of the legislature, it was leraned yesterday. "LAW REQUIRES ALL OWNERS TO LIST PROPERTY Listing Not Completed By First r of May, Owners Subject To Penalty | Listing of property, personal and real, for the l ( '31 tax levy was arranged ! yesterday when the various list-takers j met with Tax Supervisor T. B. Slade I and discussed the procedure to he fol lowed in handling the work this year, i Blanks were distributed to the various list-takers and work has already been started in some of the districts, it was learned this morning. As far as it could be learned, the work is to be completed by April JO, the law providing a penalty for list ing after that date. 'I be various list takers are announcing their individ ual schedules, and the property own ers in the several townships are urged to learn the schedule and make ar rangements to list their property im ' mediately. Any delay is certain to re sult in confusion and much waiting lat er 011. I I'ersonal property will be listed as lof April 1 and will be subject to no .change. Keal .property will be listed at the old values, but the figures arc j subject to change, Tax Supervisor Slade stated yesterday following the meeting. | Mr. Slade stated that he was not in a position to offer any comment as to 'the outcome of the property listing, but .it is almost unanimously agreed that a marked drop in values will re sult. List-takers will find that they will have about twice as much work in handling the lists this year than they have had in the past. The list-takers include: F. C. Stallings, Jainesville; L. J. Hardison, Williams; N. R. Peel, Grif fins; 11. C. Green, Bear Grass; R. T. Griffin, Williamston; G. G- Bailey, Cross Roads; Eli Rogers, Roberson ville; 1.. G. Taylor, Poplar Point; L. R. Everett, Hamilton; and J. T. Crisp, Goose Nest. » COUNTY CITIZEN LOAD POULTRY, DIES IN DETROIT HERE NEXT WEEK I . • Body of Thomas Holliday, | Expected in Jamesville Late Tomorrow | Thomas Hollliday, a native of this , county, died of typhodi fever in I)e-' ( troit yesterday following an illness of ( only a few days. j Bom in the Poplar Chapel section of this county, near Jamesville, about j 35 years ago, Mr. Holiday moved to Detroit ten years ago to engage in the re,l estate business. He was the ton of the late Harrison Holliday and wife. When a young man he married a Miss Strickland, of Scotland Neck, one child surviving thi» union. Mov ing to Dertoit, and following the death of his first wife, he married again in that city, his wife, mother and sister, all of Detroit, surviving. He also leaves two brothers who live in Char leston. The body is expected to reach Jamel ville late tomorrow. . . s The Itinera! will be conducted from the home of Mrj. Pattie O. Wal lace in Jamesville at 2:30 Thursday afternoon with Rev. C. B. Mashburn, pastor of the Robersonville Christian Church, and Rev. R. G. L. Edwards, of the Plymouth Methodist Church, conducting the la«t rites. Interment will be made in the Hol liday cemetery on the farm where he was born. Jamesville Visitor* Htr« Mrs. Kathleen Lilley and Mrs. Lillian Ezelle, of were visitors here today. TWO PHYSICIANS MAKING PLANS TO LOCATE HERE Drs. A. L. Denton, of Cas talia, and F. S. Whitaker, Of Kinston, Here | The medical personnel of WiUiam ston will he increased within the next few days, it 'was announced yesterday, following investigations carried on by several prominent physicians in til's part of the State. l)r. F. S. Whitaker, prominent phy sician of Kinston, will locate here I within the next few days, according to plans announced yesterday by him. In carrying on a general practice in this section, Dr. Whitaker will maintain the offices of the late Willam E. War ren in the old Farmtrs and Merchants Bank building on Main Street. Dr. Whitaker, 48 years old, has car ried on a general practice in Kinston for the past seventeen, years. Prior to that time he did hospital work in Bal timore for several years. He is mar ried and has four children who will join him here at the close of school. Or. A. L. Denton, popular physic ian of Castalia ami Nash County, aft er investigating the field here last week, yesterday announced that he would locate here for the general prac tice of medicine. Dr. Denton plans to take up his new work here within the next ten days or three weeks. Forty two years old, Dr. Denton was grad uated from the Medical College of | Virginia, and with the exception of I two years as a member of the medical | corps of the United States Navy, he jhas practiced in Vastalia and Nash .County. The announcements are wel comed by members of the medical pro fession as well as by the people of the town and community. At the present time there are only nine physicians in the county, or an average of one doc tor to every 2,(>00 people. The num | her of people per doctor jp this im mediate section is probably even great er than the figure lor the county, as a whole; The United Slates average is one doctor (or every 800 people. "PURINA DAY" HEREPLANNED 50 Baby Chicks To Be Given Free Saturday Afternoon By Local Dealer The I.inrisley Ice Company is plan ning a big day'at its plant here next Saturday, when it holds a "Purina Day." F.very one is invited, and poul trymen and stock raisers are urged to visit the plant that day and talk with an experienced stock-raiser, Mr. C. H. Smith, district manager [or the Purina Peed Company. Mr. Smith js in a position to answer any ijties' tions that might arise in coune.ton with raising chickens and stoek. At 3 o'clock in the "afternoon, a pie eating contest will be held, and an other will be arranged at 6 o'clock, the same day. Poultry and stock raisers are asked to join in the chicken con gest that the company has arranged. : The holder of the lucky number will be given 50 baby chicks at A o'clock Saturday afternoon. All you have-to do is fill in one of the prepared b'anks and forward it to the company or drop it in the Purina bag yot rself. ' Fourth and Probably Last Car of Season; Stops At Four Towns • | The fourth and probably the last poultry car for the current season will ! be operated in this county next week, it was announced this week by County, Agent T. B. Brandon. The car will j make its regular stops, Jamesville, on I j Tuesday, April 21; Williamston, I Wednesday; Robersonville Thursday; 1 and Oak City, Friday. Prices have not been announced at this time, and it is not known whether the prices have advanced or gone down; • Local Characters Make Report on Legislature Returning here from Raleigh yes* terday, Eli Hodges stated that the present legislature has done about as good as any of them. Counter Report ' Eli's brother, Columbus C., report ing on-the other side of the street, not On the legislature but oil Eli, stated lie (Eli) had been up to Raleigh, making laws. Rev. Piephoff To Preach Commencement Sermon 1 Rev. Z. T. Piephoff, pastor of the local Presbyterian church, will preach the commencement sermon as a part of the Williamston school closing pro gram, in the high school auditorium Sunday evening, May 1, it was an nounced this week. Town Convention Scheduled To Be Held Thursday Night Representative To Go To Raleigh This Week Smith Says Unless House Stands Firm and Defeats Action of Senate, Last Chance for Relief For Property Owners Will Be Destroyed Following the defeat last week in the Senate of Day general sales tax plan and the Hinsdale luxury tax measure, Representative J. Calvin Smith, of Robersonville, issued a last warning this week urging farmers and landowners, 50,000 of them, to go to Raleigh this week and observe "who is, who," According to Mr. statement made yesterday, the strength of the House will be tested this week when the members of that body decide t > continue to support the Macl.eav school law or yield to the plan ad vancing an increase in the equaliza tion fund. "Unless the House of Representa tives stands firm and defeats the ac tion of the Senate, last chances of re lief for property owners will be de stroyed," Mr. Smith declared. Ad- TWO ARRESTED WHILE FIGHTING FIRE NEAR STILL * Ira Jones and John Hyman Revels Case Continued By Commissioner An unusual case was brought before the local I'nited State> commissioner yesterday afternoon, and the fire the deftn.lauU went to tight was later ail vanced in the evidence to defend them. Down in the l'op'ar Hranch section of the county, near Jamesville, Ira Jones and John llym.in Revels weie busily engaged in fighting a woods fire which was about to burn four bar rels tit In'cr .mil 1 ijiii«t plant equip ment. When Federal Agents C. 11. Crook and J. 11. Roebuck waked up on the scene, Jones and Revels claimed no interest in the plant, maintaining that they were there to save their neighbors' property. Jones admitted that lie'knew the beer was there, that he had seen it once- before, lie added that he did not know who owned it, that when the tie w: s sweeping the woods, lie called Revels to go wi h hint that the two might save the prop erty of the unknown friend. The case was continued for further j investigation. Officers sfa ted that they had seen] plant operators pushing fire under jJ| liquor kettle, but yesterday was tltj' | first time that they had heird of two men trying to keep fire away. * D. B. WHICHARD DIES SUNDAY Was Prominent Farmer of Cross Roads Township; Funeral Yesterday D. H. Whichard, 64-year-old farmer, died at his home in Cross Roads town-j ship early Sunday evening of Bright'* | disease. He had been in poor health for some 'time. Mr. Whichard- was bom in Pitt j County, the son of John and Hailnah j .YVoolard Prichard. He moved to this' county in early manhood and had i farmed practically all his life. He was ' ! first married to Miss I.uveuia (iur ganus, to wlych union two children J wjpre born. married Miss Mary Ross and to this union one child was | born. He married following the death I of his second wife, Miss Edith Perry, ' and to' this union there were born 12 children. The funeral was conducted from the home yesterday afternoon by Rev. Z. T. Piephoff, of the local Presbyterian church. Interment was in the (iur ganus burial ground in Cross Roads Township. SCHOOL'CLOSES AT SANDY RIDGE • , Final Exercises Held Last Friday Afternoon; Year Unusually Successful The Sandy Ridge School clotted its six-months term Friday afternoon when an appropriate program was pre sented by pupils of the various grades. Tl|« closing exercise* were limited thi* year, and no picnic was included in the program as Iras lieen the case in thi ni>t .i'. * • Principal Charles Daniel stated yes terday that the term had been an un usually successful one, that the pupils and teachers had worked together splendidly. ilressiiiK his remarks to the landown ers, Mr. Smith continued, ''Do-not stay home aiid curse the General As sembly. Come to Raleigh and ob serve who is who. Stay with us on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. In the name of common justice; yea, Al mighty God, aid us with your pres ence and Counsel! Fail us and fall; help us. and win.". ~ In supporting the Macl.ean school | law, the House passed the general, j sale* tax. Hie Senate .voted it ilown". and later defeated the luxury tax, dodg j ing the issue further by advancing an j increase in the school equalization fund. Now as the matter goes back to the House, the question is whether that ..body will refuse to repeal the MacLcan act or repeal it and support . the proposed equalization fund in- | crease. — | ANSWER BOX f 'j Q. When was the first county I school commencement held in thi» county? A. Friday, March 19, 191 S. Q. How many witnessed the first commencement exercises? A. 3,000, a large crowd for that day. Q. What Martin County man distinguished himself in the bat tle of Gettysburg? A. Sergeant J. A. Whitley, who volunteered for service in the Con -1 federate Army with the Hamilton |.; Guards, Co. I, Seventh Regiment, ! and who advanced iartherest a ! gainst the enemy in that battle. SENIORS WILL, PRESENT PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT i"A College Hobo" Is Title; Rehearsals Are Being Held Daily Ati>ther of the series of commence ment exercises of the local school will be held Friday evening of this week | Rcnior class present the farce comedy, ' "A College Hobo," Practices are lie ing held daily, and arrangements for the preesntation are practically com plete. Each year, the graduating class Icayes a parting gift to the school, and | funds received from the play will be * used in purchasing an article, it was stated. Under the direction of their teacher, Miss Annie VanDyke, the following pupils appear in the play, Raymond Gurkin, Mary G. (iurkin, Albert I.es- I lie Clark, Charles Manning, Mary j Clyde Williams, Milton Griffin, lionter | Harnhill, Nell Ingram, Kuth Norton, j Frances Bowen, Frances Peel, Edith | Peel, and Reginald Simpson. ACCUSE INVALID SELLING LIQUOR I K B. M. Haislip, of Near Oak I City, Bound Over to Federal Court I • H. M. Haislip, invalid of near Oak City, was arrested by Federal prohi-i hition agents last Saturday night and placed under bond before a commis -1 sioner here yesterday to appear before | the fall term of Federal court in Wash ington and answer to a liquor-selling charge. ■* j "Uncle Hilly Mack," as he is com monly known, lives alone and is able Jto walk only when aided, but he will sell liquor, He is a member of a lead ing family in the county, and has been urged by relatives and friends to stop the trade with the assurance that they would care for him, but even then he continued with his bar-room, where, it is said, questionable women met certain men in and from around the section to sing the old-time bar-room and "bum" songs. Wives of the men patronizing the. joint are said to have resented the practice, and letters have been received by pfficers urging them to make an investigation. "And plen ty was found," an officer remarked, but names were withheld. The officers found several gallons of liquor, a number of jugs, hundreds of bottles, and about IS gallons of honie brew. - fiiemr i Watch the Label On Your Paper Aa It Carriea the Date When Your Subscription Expires ESTABLISHED 1898 WILL NOMINATE A MAYOR AND 5 COMMISSIONERS • Property Owners Asked To Inspect Paving Roll at the Mayor's Office APPOINT LIST TAKER Messrs. Albert T. Perry, Republican, and J. E. Pope, Democrat, Are Appointed Pollholders Meeting in special session here this morning, the town 1 >t>:ir* 1 of commis sioners with all members present, called a convention to lie held in the City Hall Thursday night, April l'l at 8 o'clock p. ni, iwhen nominees for the mayorship and five members "of town Imard are to be selected. Very littlerlias been said in connection with the local election, and town politicis are expected to take a uiore definite turn i hur&day evening when citizens select their nominees for the election to be held Mav 5. Justice of the Peace J. I, Hassell was appointed registrar when the election was" ordered some time ago, and he will be assisted at the polls by Messrs. Albert Perry and John F. Pope, appointed by the board this morning. The election, the first of the town to come under the Australian Ballot system, will be held in the mayor's office between the hours of 8 o'clock a. m. and sunset, May 5. - After arranging a convention date and ap|K>inting pollholders for the election, the hoard appointed Mr. \V. T Meadows to take the property li>t of the town Mr. Meadows will -it with Township List taker K. I'. Grit fiu at the Farmers Supply Company store on Washington Street, and will begin work Thursday, it is under stood. The paving assessment roll has been completed for the town by Engi neer Rivers and is now open for in spection to the public at the mayur's office. Pro|>erty owners are asked t » visit the office and inspect the roll in an effort to eliminate any efrurs that might be found. Any needed adjn t ments will be made at a s|>ecia! meet ing of the board to be held ,in the mayor's office next Monday night During the m antime, citizens of the town are urged to remember the Convention next Thursday night at 8 o'clock and make arrangements to at tend. DEATH OF MISS ELIZA COLTRAIN Daughter of Mr. Joshua L. Coltrain; Funeral To Be Held Tomorrow Williams Township and community were saddened l»y the death of Miss Eliza Coltrain, eldest daughter of Mr. Joshua 1,. Coltrain, near here, last night shortly after 9 o'clock., The young woman, much beloved hy all who knew her, suffered with a clvill last Thursday a week ago, and pneu monia resulted the foljowing Sunday. Enjoying apparently K l>,, d health be fore she was taken ill 12 days an >, Miss Coltrain, assisted by the best medical care, was unable to combat the disease that has resulted in a num ber of deaths in this section during the past few weeks. Born and reared at the home of her parents in Williams Township, Miss Coltrain attended the Sandy Ridge School, and later attended high school here, graduating last year. Sev eral years ago she joined the Metho dist church at Holly Springs, and since that time she has taken an active part in Sunday school anil church work and was a leader in the Epworth Lea gue there. Her death comes as a de cided shock to her many friends as well as to her relatives. She is survived by her father, Mr. Joshua 1.. Coltraiu, a member of the Martin County Board of Commission ers, her step-mother, two sisters, two brothers, and one half-sister, The funeral will be held from the home tomorrow afternoon at 2:3) o'clock by Rev.s C. T. Rogers, local Methodist minister, and Kev. W. B. Harrington, of Jamesville. Interment will follow in the family burial ground at the home place. _ Shoot Carp in Swamps As Roanoke Overflows • Waters overflowing the Roanoke swamps have provided a large play ground for the old German carp, but the play is dangerous for the fish. Several people, equipped with boots and firearms, have, killed a number of the fish, one man killing a fish weigh ing 16 1-2 pounds. Snakes are also plentiful along the highway across the swamp, and they have, beeq killed la large numbers.