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(Advertiser* WIB Fad Oar Col imu a Latchkey to Over Sixteen Hundred Martm Comity Hemes VOLUME XXXIV —NUMBER 4^ FIRST MONTH OF STATE CONTROL ROADS REVIEWED Experiment Has Proved To C Be Very Successful in Martin County Today, North Carolina completes it* first month as operator of all State and ftjunty roads within its border, Engineer W. A. Cherry stating yes terday that tke experiment had proved very successful in this county so far. Reports having to do with the work throughout the district and State are now being forwarded to the various offices for tabulation, and until that is I completed the progress made during the past month can hardly be deter mined. However, very few complaints have been heard so far in this county, indicating that the State forces are t making a good start in this immedi ate section, at least. All of the approximately 430 miles of county roads, including those in the A, B, and C class, have been covered in Martin at least one time, and the A and B types have been dragged several times, Engineer Cherry stated yesterday. Bridges have been repair m ed here and there throughout the county, and various and sundry jobs have been handled by the six fore men and helpers located in this coun ty. It is a big task, however, and the forces are centering their work as far as it can be successfully done on the A and B roads, and especially on the routes traveled by rural mail carriers and those that will be used often by school busses during the coming term. Working with badly worn and al- i most worthless machinery, in many i cases, the road forces have experienced many handicaps during the first month the roads have been under State con trol, but it is the consensus of opin ion that more work is being done iin j» der the new system than was accom plished under the county or township plan. It is costing the State approx imately $75 each day to work the roads the figure including the labor of 12 men, upkeep of equipment, and inci dentals. Finding a few roads in Cross Roads , Township untouched during the past 12 or 18 months, the road foreman in charge called for help. Day before yesterday the engineers added a tem porary unit, and during the next two months extra work will be handled in that, Griffins, and Bear Grass Town ships, it was stated. The unit, handled by two men, including a caterpillar . type tractor and a grading machine. So far as it is known now there is only one road in the county that is not included in the State system, and that, about a mile and one-half long, con nects the old Everetts - Williams ton road with highway 90 about five miles from here. The road, used by the public to a great axtent, is traveled by the mail carrier serving R. F. D. No. 2 patrons, but it was never includ • ed in the county or township system, j It was worked once or twice by town ship forces, it is understood. Three new trucks have been deliv ered this week, one each to Formean Ross, Robersonville; Foreman Hodges near Bear Grass, and Foreman Hioes, Griffins. MARTIN SCHOOLS VALUED $619,037.00 Plants and Property Used By White Children Are Valued at $537,625. Martin County Jiad approximately $619,037 fhvested in its 56 school build ings last year, according to figures recently released by "State School Facts," State Department of Educa k tion organ. Of the amount, $537,625 is invested in school property for white children and $81,414 for colored children. Since these figures were tab ulated, a new plant has been added to the colored system, increasing the property valne by approximately $30,- |L_ u - ' (100. £ The average value for white build ings ia $16,801 and that of coloreds is j $3,392. As compared with other coun ties, Martin ranks 24th ia the value of its buildings for whites and 53rd in value of colored buildings. The aver age value per pupil enrolled is: for white children, $148.64; colored, $24.13 All school property in the State is valued at $110,421,315. The 3,460 H white buildings are valued at $98,946,- 273 and the 2,365 buildings used by colored children are worth $11,475,- •42 according to figures appearing in |j the department organ. t —r-| ■ Before »J»e consolidation plan on a large scale was introduced this year, there were 32 buildings for white - children and 24 for colored children, ijohn Wadsworth Taken To Washington Hospital r John Wads worth underwent an op eration tor appendicitis in a Wash i ington' hospital today. He was take* * Suddenly ill early Sus morning and | | waa rushed to the hospital. THE ENTERPRISE Texan, Visiting Is Expecting Robersonville, N. C., July 30.—"1 expect that cotton will be selling for 5 cents a pound by Christmas," Mr. Alonzo Johnson, of Texas, stated while on a visit to his brother, Mr. Arch Johnson, and other relatives here this week. Mr. Johnson, 67 yeras old and an employee of the Missouri and Pacific Railroad, has spent 32 years in this state and 35 years in Texas, and, of course, he is divided in his praise for the two sections. He stated while here this week that .the prospects are unusually bright for Price of Tobacco in Georgia Improving I . —— * f COURT OF HONOR I •* A court of honor, with Boy Scouts from Roper, Roberaonville, and William■ ton taking part, will be held in the courthouse hero this evaiini at 8:00 o'clock, Scoutidkatar Wheeler Martin stat ing that tha public ia cordially in vited to witness tha proceedings. f A number of merit badges will be awarded at the meeting and Scout work in general will be ad vanced, it wu state*}. RECORDER HAD ONLY ONE CASE » Session Last Tuesday One of Shortest Held In Several Weeks Another short session of the county recorder's court was held here last Tuesday, when, for the second time in recent weeks. Judge Bailey called only one case. Jasper Williams, charged with stealing corn from Harrison | Brothers and Company's Warehouse last week, was sentenced to jail for a term of six months, to be hired out. I It's real depression for the court,' the number of cases being so limited and the defendants ordinarily so near penniless that the tribunal is collect ing insufficient fines to pay for its up-, keep. 4 CURING BARNS' BURN IN SECTION Crop Is Type That Makes' High Heat Necessary In Curing While farmers in this immediate sec j tion have, so far, been very fortunate I in curing their tobacco, those in and around Robersonville have suffered several fire losses, according to a re port in the Weekly Herald, Roberson ville. The Herald, in its issue this week, has the following to say in con nection with the losses: Four tobacco barns have burned in ago. Mr. C. A. Roberson lost a barn j I last Tuesday morning. Mr. C. M. Hurst Ipst a barn last . Saturday afternoon about dark. The barn, holding 560 sticks of tobacco, was considered by Mr. Hurst as the best tobacco he had. Mr. Hurst carried no insurance on either the barn or tobacco. Mr. J. C. Stevenson also lost a barn early Sunday morning and Mr, W. J. 1 Little had a barn to burn sveeral days ago. Many farmers in this section Jtate that tobacco is hard to cure this year, and that they find it necessary to run high heats for a long period, natural ly increasing the fire hazard connect ed with the work. However, they are consoling themselves listening to the old saying that a hard crop to cufe is generally found to have good body and sells well. Presbyterians Announce Sunday Program Services Sunday, August 2, 1931: "The church with an open dor." Church school at 9:45 a. m. , As there will be no preaching serv ice Sunday, all are invited to attend the church school session. Bear Oraaa Sunday school |t 9:30 a. m. There will be no preaching service at night. Roberaon's Farm Sunday school at 4 p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday night at 8 p. m. Farm Life There will be no service at Farm Life Sunday. Services will be resumed on the first Sunday in September. Uaka l«r rice ' The anion service will be held at the Baptist church Sunday nigh at 8 p. m, the Presbyterian minister bringing the message. .* - ' • •>''* Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July 31,1931 I bumper crops in the Lone Star State, r with cotton far in the lead. No fer . tilizer is used in the cultivation of the I crops there, Mr. Johnson declared, stat . ling that a farmer ginned 11,900 bales : |of the staple on 14,000 acres of land, I and plowed under 10,000 bales on the «, I j same acreage in the same year. An i even better yield is predicted this year , by the visitor. ' | Farmers in the section bring Mexi cans across the Rio Grande, 130 miles j t | away, to pick their cotton, finding the ) r labor industrious and very cheap. AN AVERAGE OF AROUND 7 CENTS IS PAID TUESDAY Vidalia Sold Around 400,- 000 Pounds at Average of 5.92 Cents ♦ Contrary to early reports received from Geogia, tobacco prices paid there on the opening last Tuesday turned out to be low*r than they were on the opening day last year. Government grading figures indicate that the 1931 prices averaged $2.85 per hundred pounds below the 1930 prices, the various markets combined reporting an average of around seven cents a pound for the opening day offerings. Prices are said to have improved as j the sales proceeded after the first hour or two, and yesterday the market j apparently was climbing, a point com paring favorably with last year's prices having been reported by several markets. The only official prices reported on Tuesday came from Douglas, where ' the U. S. Department of Agriculture in maintaining a crop reporting serv ice. First quality orange lugs there | brought $12.50 near the opening, while fifth grade brought $2.20. The de partment said prices averaged below last year's at the opening, but im proved during the day. A total of 92,400 pounds was sold j at Statesboro, and the unofficial aver age price there was $8.34 per 100 pounds opening days, j Vidalia reported sales of 400,000 pounds for an unofficial average of I $5.92 per 100 pounds opening day. I Growers generally did not offer their best grades Tuesday. Much of the choice leaf has not matured, and tobacco men agreed the sales would j be comparatively slow until this crop is brought to the floors. Offerings at the various markets on Thursday were somewhat heavier than on Wednesday and a better tone prevailed, according to the United States Department of Agriculture to bacco reporting service at Douglas. Prices were reported as fully 10 per cent higher than during the first two | days of the four-weeks market, rang jing from $1 to s2l per 100 pounds, ac cording to quality. , I Lower grades prevailed in the of ferings, but there was a larger per jcentage of better grades than on Wed nesday. I Reports from Valdosta stated that apparently Reynolds is the largest buyer of the good cigarette grades, paying as much or more than for the | same grades as last year. Liggett and I Myers and the American come next. Export Leaf is not represented there. | i hut for the fact that most of the tobacco offered is of very low grade, J a report stated, "this market would ( average as much as it did last year." | i Prices paid on the markets in Geor 'gia last Tuesday ranged from two to four cents below those paid on Eaat ern Carolina markets on the opening! day last year, government grading re ports show. The following table gives the government grades, the pricea , paid on Eastern Carolina markets last year and those paid on the Douglas market last Tuesday and Thursday: Grade 1930 IMI E. Carolina Georgia •XIF ..... $17.34 $12.50 t X2F 11.48 9.85 X3F 7.06 SfiO X4F 5.28 3.30 XSF - 3.91 2.20 >-' Prices paid last Tuesday and yester dsy, compared with prices on East Carolina markets In 1930, according to the Government grading service, are I as follows: Grade Tuea. Thura. 1910 XIF $12.50 $15.20 $17.34 i X2F 9.85 11.00 11.48 | X3F 5.90 8.10 7.06 X4F .1 3.30 3.60 5.28 X3F 220 2.10 Ml Returning from Georgia yesterday, , Mr. J. W. Hight described conditions : in certain parts there as critical. To bacco ia no good, he said. V. . \ -. .A-' t ■ NAME COMMITTE TO SELECT NEW SCOUT OFFICIAL Herbert Sutckey Resigns To Take Place on the National Staff Area Scout Executive Herbert ;Stuckey leaves Eastern North Caro lina in August to take a place on the national staff of the Boy Scouts of America. His leaving will not change the status of scouting locally as Williams jton has a well-organized committee headed by Wheeler Martin, that keep* scouting going for the boys. A strong committee of area scouters, composed of B. Sugg, Greenville, M. G. Waters, Washington, C. A. Jeffress, Kinston, D. E. Oglesby, Farmville, J. T. Cheatam, Wilson, G. T. Fulghum, Wilson, has been appointed to employ a successor to Mr. Stuckey. The committee already has a number ' of prospects, all experienced scout ex- , ecutives with good records, and will select one at an early date. In the meantime scouting will con tinue under leadership of the local scouters and scoutmasters, and local people are expected to continue to sup port this great movement for the boys. 1 ROSCOE PEEL IS ! ARMY DESERTER m I Former Martin Boy Escapes To Return Home To See Sick Wife Washington, N. C., July 27.—Roscoe C. Peel, who left this city about two years ago in an auto belonging to F. A. Lilley, and whose whereabouts were unknown for some time, is now be nt; detained by officials at Fort Humph rey, near Richmond, Va., where Peel 1 enlisted in the United States Army j shortly after leaving Washington in ' the Lilly car, and who deserted after enlisting. Peel enlisted in the name of Jack E. Jones, and since the time of his de sertion, army officials have been aft-' er him. He has been managing an in surance agency for some time and was ' apprehended by army officials recently, ' when he had left the city on a business trip, and was carried on to Fort Humphrey. According to a letter received by Mrs. Peel, who claims that she wrote the officials at Fort Humphrey short ly after Peel's desertion, informing them that Jack E. Jones was her hus band and that he had deserted owing to the fact of her illness, and the ar- i rival of a child. Peel will probably be released. The letter concerning Peel's release was sent to Mrs. Peel by a major who ( is conducting the investigation, and states that although the offense is , quite serious, owing to the existing conditions, Peel in all probability will be releated from serving a term at Leavenworth and doing army service. The punishment for the offense is a , period of confinement at Leavenworth, after which the offender would be forced to serve the usual three years in the army. Congressman Lindsay Warren has been assisting Mrs. Peel during the officer's investigation, and states that ' he thinks Peel wilt, in all probability, be released. • Change Made in Parcel Post Weight Limit • I The Post Office Department has ex tended the parcel post service, effect-' ive August 1, so that packages up to 70 pounds will go through to any part of the United States. Heretofore, packages weighing over 50 pounds 1 could not be carried more than 300 1 miles, which was the limit of the 3rd | zone. A 70-pound package could be ' sent to Philadelphia, but not to New 1 York. Under the rule effective to morrow, the same package may be sent I to New York or any other point in' the country. However, the coat would be greater, as the rate doubles going from the third to the fourth zones. The 70- pound package to Philadelphia would require $1.48 postage, while to New York the rate would be $&88. If the same package goea toHouston, Texas, the cost would be $8.53. The same package going to Raleigh would cost the sender 77 centa,' S. D. Matthews, Hamilton, Champion Tomato Grower | Mr. S. D. Mat the wa, prominent cit izen of Hamilton, has won, without any doubt, the tomato growera' champ ionship for Eastern Carolina. Mr. Matthews displayed a cluster of. six tomatoes taken from one small branch, the six, perfect in form, uni form in aise and ripeness, Weighing aix pounda. The tomatoes were ex hibited ia a window of the Enterprise Publishing Company late Wednesday | and Thursday and are now on display, in the Williamston CiU window. County Board of Education In Meeting Here Wednesday County Man Gets Prize for Picking Chick 1 \ Lee Andrews, prominent Martin farmer, and one of the party at tending the annual Farmers' and Farm Women's Convention in Ra leigh thia week, "jerked off the moat feather" to win a prize in a "chicken-picking conteat" arranged by leadera of the meetng program. Eight men and women, repre senting nearly 1,500 farmers and Decrease Estimated In Yield of Tobacco * * 9 'crop this year .WILL BE FOURTH LESS THAN IN 1930 i-~ ' « •Production Drops From 857,222,876 Pounds To 645,493,000 m "They have whooped and they have yelled about reducing the tobacco poundage for years. Now, let 'cm com jpare the production with the 1931 esti jinates furnished by the government, and made public this week," Mr. W. T. Meadows, veteran tobacconist, stat ed yesterday. | In 1930, the States of North Carol' lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Virginia raised 857,222,876 pounds of tobacco. This year, according to government estimates, and they are ( fairly reliable, these States will pro-' dure around 645,493,000 pounds of to bacco, an expected decrease of 211,- 819,876 pounds. This, Mr. Meadows thinks, should boost the price, The following table shows the 1930 production in six state, and the esti mated poundage in the same territory this year: State 1931 (Eat.) 1930 N. C. 1.. 438,740,000 559,258,599 S. C. ; 62,675,000 96,297,126 Ga. - Fla. 58,597,000 107,189,151 Virginia 85,031,000 94,478,1KK) J Exports last year were 40 per cent > greater than they were the yeaf be fore, and this favorable feature com-J | biiied with the fact that there is an ex-j pected decrease in the crop of more | than two hundred million pounds-* should result in a higher price year than the one paid for the crop 1 last season; Approximately 4,000 People Attended Masonic Picnic] ♦ Approximately 4,(KM) people from all j over Eastern Carolina attended the| annual Masonic picnic held at Eden House Beach yesterday. ' The local lodge, in charge of the bath house, took in about SIOO for the Oxford orphanage, Messrs. Norman Harrison and V. J. Spivey reported. Town Property Loss Will \ 1 Be Approximately $75,000 ' Mill I _ - •' J. I An early and unofficial re|iori made | yesterday in connection with the 1931 town valuation indicated a loss in per- j sonal and real property values of ap- ! proximately $75,000, or about one-third of the total loss for the township. Of- | ficial reports will be available within I the next few days, when the books are , checked and a 1931 levy imposed, it j was stated this week by the town treas ( urer. > , I | Town Commissioners To ; Hold Meeting Monday The board of towrt commissioners will hold its regular monthly meet n{ in the mayor's office here next Mon day evening at 8 o'clock, it was an -1 nounced by the clerk yesterday morn ing. No important business is sched uled on the evening's program, it was stated. Hqwever, it was learned that property validations will be placed be fore the board by the treasurer's of fice. j * Frank Margolis Leaves For Northern Markets | Frank J. Margolis, „of Margolis , Brothers, is leaving for New York and Baltimore Sunday, where he will spend 'two weeks making preparations and buying everything in wearing apparel ■ for the coming fall and winter. —- Mr. Margolis saya he expects to bring ready to wear merchandise of ,the very latest styles to Williamston this year. their wives at State College com peted for the prizes, Mr. Andrews winning a pedigreed cockerel pre sented by the college. Mrs. J. G. Blake, of Pender County, took the first honors for women, it was stated. Feathers flew thick and fast when the eight men and women settled down to their tasks in much earnestness. If , I VISITS BIG RANCH I v J Mr. L. A. Thompson, owner of the 15,000-acre ranch at Dymond City, completed a first-hand sur vey of the holdings this week, but was called to Baltimore before making a report on his visit to | the proposed ranch. MT. Thompson, iia resident of Waukesha, Wis., came here from Asheville and left late yesterday for Maryland. NEGRO DROWNS NEAR HAMILTON • Tom Williams Loses Life By Falling From Tug "Carolina" > .Tom Williams, Hertford negro, aiul an employee of the Major-Loomi& Lumber Company of that town, was drowned in the Roanoke River between here and Hamilton late last Wednes day night. Working on the tugboat, "Carolina, 1 ' Williams is said to have left the boil er room and went on deck whVre he drank a quantity of ice water.' lie >at down on the side of the boat, and join ed in conversation with several other members of the boat crew. Apparent ly affected by the ice water, he com "l>Tsffft(l to Woollier liaiufs and toppled over into the water and 'drowned be-' I fore he could be reached. Williams' body was recovered eaily j this morning a few feet from where 'he was drowned. An inquest was or | dered, and the body was turned over to a Bertie undertaker, it- was-report' ed here this meriting. *> "■ Church of Advent %nd St. Mark's Sunday Services Church of Advent—Williamston Rev. A. 11. Marshall, rector. Mr, Maurice Moore, Sunday school superintendent. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Evening prayer and sermon at 8. Vou are cordially invited to make this church your chutch and worship with us. St. Martin's—Hamilton I Rev. A. H. Marshall, rector. | Sunday school at 10 a. in. i Afternoon service at 4 p. in. I We will be delighted to have you i attend tlyis service and make this church your spiritual home. I ♦ Equipment On Way Here To Raise Sunken Barge I 1 Equipment for raising the barge, "Lynn," from the bottom of Roan oke River here is on its way to this I point from Baltimore, according to I Captain Pearce, in charge. Work on - raising the boat and its cargo of 671 I tons of fertilizer will be started im mediately upon the arrival of the equipment, it was stated. The equipment, several days out of Norfolk, is expected here at any time, Captain Peafce said. - _ Program oi Services At Methodist Church • C. T. Rogers, Pastor. Sunday scholo, 9:45 a. ni. Preaching. 11 a. tin. • Epworth League, Monday, 6 p. m. Hi League, Tuesday, 8 p. m. No service at night. Public cordially invited to worship with us. ' According to an estimate by Dr. Jltflph Arnold, an eminent geologist, the United States has potential oli Re sources of 714,000,000,000 barrels— enough to supply the country's needs for the next 140 years. . "V . " i I_J> " I Watch the Label On Yoar Paper As It Carries the Date When Your Subscription Expire* ESTABLISHED 1898 NEW SCHOOL LAW IS MAIN TOPIC OF SPECIAL SESSION #- Macedonia Citizens Ask To Be Annexed with the School Here | Meeting in special session here all I day* Y\ ednesday, the Martin County j Hoard of Kdufation, with State Equal isation Board Members T.. B. Att more discussed* the new law as it af jfccts the operation of the schools, the Uuthorities passing on several matters j developing in the consolidation of sev eral units. The consolidation of Sandy Ridge school with the \\ illinmston was dis- Icussed, the authorities e- pressing the ; belief that a sizeable saving could' be. - effected and the facilities bettered for the children 4>y the combination. The consolidation, carrying a 15-eent spec- I ial tax, would care for more than 80 pupils, and would provide transporta tion ami eight months schooling. Last , >ear, wrtli (>3 pupils enrolled, the school j reported an average daily attendance lof 53. In addition to the enrollment ;—. | figures for the past year, there were | approximately 25 pupils, elementary land high si'lmol, who attended the eight months term Int'e. In the cases of the elementary pupils, traiisporta j tion was made possible out of individ ual funds. I his matter is still pending, j however. j Messrs" It. (i. Matthews, l'aul Sals bury, and John I lavenport appeared j before the board and Mr. Attmore and 'asked that the high school at Hatnil ton be continued, Mr. Attmore ex- I plained that under, the new law it , would be impossible In maintain the high school unit there, as the limited, number oj leachers earned would not be sufficient to warrant its operation, I land that consolidation with the High jSchool at Oak 1 itv would be neces k pitry as origin.ilk plan'he'd t>\ the. State "" I Equalization Hoard. ~ 1 I Armed with a petition carrying a, goodly number of names, representa tives front the Macedouia School Dis ' trict appeared be-lore the board asking - that the unit be annexed to the one ■ here rather than have the children sent I to Bear (irass, the plan ot consolida tion advanced by the State Kipializa r tion Board. The matter was dis- . * - 'cussed at length, but no final disposi tion was made at the Wednesday I meeting. -M Only one change was* made follow ing a centered study .of the new school budget, Mr. Attmore increasing the fund set up for repairs to buildings ? t'ro'in SSOO to $l.0)0. The county board will hold its reg jufar session here next Monday whtin • . several matters of importance are scheduled for discussion. Superin tendent I. Manning ts in Raleigh today in 'he interest of the schools, J and lie will report his findings at the. 'meeting to be held liere next Monday. , MAN LOSES LIFE AT EDEN HOUSE —# — . Woody Ellington, of High > Point, Drowned Late Last Night Woody F.llingtoii, 2,1-year old boy jo? High Point, was drowned in the Chowan River, near Kden Hoflse late ( 'last night when he attempted a lialf 'mile swim from a speed boat to shore. Young Ellington, accompanied by Miss Margaret McKay and her broth er, Earl McKay, of Greensboro, and Alfred J. Sntithwick ,aiuf C. E. Moore, ' of Windsor, was taking a joy ride when the speed boat engine broke ' down a half mile from shore, Elling ton and Miss McKay started to swim ' to shore, but the young man had gone ' a short distance when he decided to 1 retrace his course bue lie had gone only a s-hort way on the return trip be fore he called for help. Two of the young men in the boat went to his j rescue but were unable to hold him up. Miss McKay reached shore all ' fight. . ' - At noon today, the body had not been recovered by searching parties. Each year during the past three, a ' life has been lost in the Chowan. A I young man of Weldrfn, broke his neck there when he dived into shallow wa- • ter in the summer of 1929. A Miss Newsome of Ahoskie was drowned July 4, 1930, at Colerain Beach. / j County Commissioners In Regular Session Monday The Martin County commissioners , will hold their regular meeting in the - courthouse here next Monday. As far - a* it could be learned, action will c«n --s ter arouod routine matter* and prob